It really should be as simple as age verification and a disclaimer.
I’d happily pay a small fee a month via a credit card for this site. As it’s only one I use.
I agree, it would also stop any idiots from coming on to cause bother.
Agree. It's just going to take greater staffing and therefore finance to keep forums going. People will have to decide if their pockets are deep enough and or, time is better spent elsewhere.
It really should be as simple as age verification and a disclaimer.
I’d happily pay a small fee a month via a credit card for this site, as it’s only one I use.
Not sure how many ‘active’ users this site has, but if you charged say £1 month for it, that’s worth running for someone as a steady background income.
Likely couple thousand users and more of some sites disappear.
100%. I’m sure most on here wouldI agree, I'd pay a small subscription to keep this place going.
The issue with user verification is the site owner is then responsible for managing confidential personal information...unless it uses a third party but not sure how that works data protection wise.
Reddit is American owned, is in the top 10 most visited websites in the world and has it's own moderating tools that should already cover what's needed. Pretty sure it'll not be impacted in the slightest and there are already subreddits for pretty much any topic covered by any forum that may be effected (like the Sunderland one HERE).
Posted and stickied on RTG today.
(They can't spell 'Harrasment' or 'forwarned' but it's a good effort.)
If they'd moderated the site better it wouldn't have become the mess it is now.
"The UK Online Safety Act will start being applied from today and places many more obligations on RTG as forum operators.
We believe that our own terms and conditions are already more stringent than the OSA in many areas, but we also now have a legal duty to ensure that the Act is applied on this site.
Of the 17 priority kinds of potentially illegal content described in the act there are 3 that stand out as things which have occured on here in the past (and to this day). They are:
1. Hate
2. Harrasment, stalking, threats and abuse
3. Controlling or coercive behaviour
Be forwarned that the moderators will be cracking down harder on these and if people persist they will be warned and subsequently banned.
We are definitely not seeking to close down debate and disagreements, but some of the hatred, abuse and name-calling needs to stop.
If you address your argument against a post and not against a poster and what you say is legal, you have little to fear."
Interesting. Think your post the other night would have been well past the line. (The shut up and die one). Not having a go but guess that's what this online bill has been brought in. Guess that would have copted you a ban over there.
Interesting, 7.14am and your very first post on the week is directed at me. I guess that would’ve copped you a ban over there. As would posting that employees of the club are engaged in skullduggery, that things are happening, in club affairs, that aren't true, etc
1. Hate
2. Harassment, stalking, threats and abuse
3. Controlling or coercive behaviour
By the way what I actually said was 'Lighten up, just f*ck off and die.'
Unlike yourself I don't post something then routinely backtrack on what I've posted such as 'Hume is shyte' ...
... then come back and claim you only meant that in comparison to a different player.
Jesus fella. Wrong side of the bed this morning. Was just making a point given the post and the online safety bill. Guess it's time for another month off from seeing your posts.
Grow up, you came on here the moment your eyes opened to have a pop at me ...
... as usual you start an argument you can't win and have a tantrum.
Get off and post a thread of your own to have another attack at the club for not doing what you told them.