There has been a spate of arguments,insults and general bad feeling happening back and forth over on the Bristol Rovers board,culminating in one of our fans being banned from that board by the Rovers Mods,having had quite a bout of that last year myself,I understand how they feel and why they took the actions they did.
We as mods co-operate fully with their mods but we can only take actions on our own board and no one from outside will influence us on our actions on this board,however,if any of the following takes place (racism, libelous, homophobic, inciting religious hatred etc)we will take action, after a warnig,people can be banned but with us it's only used as a last resort..
With [thankfully] only a few exceptions the banter between our two sets of fans on here has been on a good natured and civilized level, which is testament to the decent quality of members we have on here,our forum is now twice the size that it was a year ago,we are now about 13th or 14th largest on the whole forum,we are still growing and we want to keep it that way,quality with quantity.
However, as with any open forum, we will inevitably experience the prose of posters whose sole intention is to wind up or aggravate supporters of the other side – WUMs, as we have coined them. Now the vast majority of us get pee’d off with WUMs when they make constant attempts to rock the boat, so here are some valuable tips to deal with them.
1. Do NOT post a reply to the thread – that’s exactly what they WANT you to do.
2. Do NOT confront the poster in person as it is likely to end in a bun-fight
3. DO send one or all of us a Private Message (PM) if you see content that you consider unacceptable (racist, libelous, homophobic, inciting religious hatred etc)
4. If a particular member is really getting on your Bristols, DO go to their profile and add them to your ignore list. Their posts will no longer appear on the screen when you are logged in – as far as you are concerned they will no longer exist.
Whilst this forum does promote freedom of speech, which means that posting a WUM thread doesn’t necessarily constitute a reason for deleting said thread, I would urge all users to heed the advice above. If we all do so, then the WUMs will soon find themselves ‘talking to themselves’ as their drivel will be falling upon deaf ears (blind eyes?)
As far as moderation goes, we believe in self-moderation; these boards run in the manner the majority of users want them to run on each site, not how we think it should be. At the end of the day we are just ordinary fans, using the site for enjoyment, the same as every-one else. You will therefore find us far less conspicuous than some mods and less touchy that some appear to be (I am not aiming that at anyone specific).
To avoid the risk of rambling, I’ll end there, but just finish in saying: I care about our forum,our club and our fans and will do everything I can to keep harmony,so post freely,speak frankly but try to avoid getting people’s backs up, as it will probably leave you with an ever depreciating audience.
We are the servants of our members but we wil attempt to moderate for all points of view..
Thanks for reading...wiz.....shiny.....angelic...
We as mods co-operate fully with their mods but we can only take actions on our own board and no one from outside will influence us on our actions on this board,however,if any of the following takes place (racism, libelous, homophobic, inciting religious hatred etc)we will take action, after a warnig,people can be banned but with us it's only used as a last resort..
With [thankfully] only a few exceptions the banter between our two sets of fans on here has been on a good natured and civilized level, which is testament to the decent quality of members we have on here,our forum is now twice the size that it was a year ago,we are now about 13th or 14th largest on the whole forum,we are still growing and we want to keep it that way,quality with quantity.
However, as with any open forum, we will inevitably experience the prose of posters whose sole intention is to wind up or aggravate supporters of the other side – WUMs, as we have coined them. Now the vast majority of us get pee’d off with WUMs when they make constant attempts to rock the boat, so here are some valuable tips to deal with them.
1. Do NOT post a reply to the thread – that’s exactly what they WANT you to do.
2. Do NOT confront the poster in person as it is likely to end in a bun-fight
3. DO send one or all of us a Private Message (PM) if you see content that you consider unacceptable (racist, libelous, homophobic, inciting religious hatred etc)
4. If a particular member is really getting on your Bristols, DO go to their profile and add them to your ignore list. Their posts will no longer appear on the screen when you are logged in – as far as you are concerned they will no longer exist.
Whilst this forum does promote freedom of speech, which means that posting a WUM thread doesn’t necessarily constitute a reason for deleting said thread, I would urge all users to heed the advice above. If we all do so, then the WUMs will soon find themselves ‘talking to themselves’ as their drivel will be falling upon deaf ears (blind eyes?)
As far as moderation goes, we believe in self-moderation; these boards run in the manner the majority of users want them to run on each site, not how we think it should be. At the end of the day we are just ordinary fans, using the site for enjoyment, the same as every-one else. You will therefore find us far less conspicuous than some mods and less touchy that some appear to be (I am not aiming that at anyone specific).
To avoid the risk of rambling, I’ll end there, but just finish in saying: I care about our forum,our club and our fans and will do everything I can to keep harmony,so post freely,speak frankly but try to avoid getting people’s backs up, as it will probably leave you with an ever depreciating audience.
We are the servants of our members but we wil attempt to moderate for all points of view..
Thanks for reading...wiz.....shiny.....angelic...
