Off Topic The Waterboy Thread

You've got that all wrong and back to front. What the Mods and Supermods need is a secret 'Invisibility button.' This will enable us to actuate it on a troublesome poster. They would be completely oblivious that whatever they post can't be seen by anyone and they are in essence just talking to 'the blue nowhere.'

 

Then I'd kindly suggest that you get yourself into bed and sleep it off. You have a football match to attend tomorrow.

 

I was unaware of what the report button did until it was used. When we switched platforms this was a new feature that didn't exist on the previous site. But this is my take on it ... On the old site if you had an issue you reported it by PM to the appropriate forum's mods. On this new site we have the added option of the 'report button' as well as the old school option of a PM to the mods. If you activate the report button it alerts the Supermods to a potential issue. They will have a look and then ask the Mods of that forum to investigate it and report back with their intentions in order to resolve the matter. If this can't be done the Supermods will decide what to do which is unusual. They have enough on their plates and would prefer the 'report' button to not be used and would rather it be dealt with in-house. Misuse of the button will probably end in a site ban though.

NorthernR was probably unaware of the consequences of hitting the 'button' as most of the posters on here are. It's still in it's infancy as to how it's used and may feature more prominently in the future.

 

In fairness I think that the ' Capo di tutti capi ' were also unaware of the extra leg work required regarding the 'report button' when we switched platforms. They were suddenly alerted to too much of this unnecessary traffic. I don't think they have much say in the matter. When the site owner 'MalteseMick' decided to go with XenForo I doubt that he took into too much consideration of the new functions. He was probably more concerned with the overall function of the site and getting more bang for his buck. ( Of course I may be wrong, I'm guessing. ) We either get on with it or we quit. It's his site, we get it for free and we either use it or abuse it. I'm grateful for it personally in which ever capacity I post in. You don't get much or anything for free these days, this is why I don't understand why anyone feels the need to put this site down.

As a free poster, you can add or takeaway the free entertainment that's on offer. The QPR board on this site is one of the busiest on here. Whether or not that continues is dependent on whether you're an antagonist or a protagonist kinda poster. It's your board, you choose.

 

I'm quite sure there is a whole psychology behind what we do or don't post, hopefully someone will enlighten us. I'm not qualified myself. Nor am I inclined to do so by way of google. Perhaps someone is ...