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Correct, he did. I tried to talk him out of it but he was adamant.
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Doss tells me he has requested his own board ban.
how many trolls did we really have though throughout the season?
we were top of the ladder and barely lost a game, i can't remember us being invaded and trolled all year.
some people in this thread need to calm down, go and enjoy christmas and down a couple of eggnog's.
Doss tells me he has requested his own board ban.
How do you make someone participate if he doesn't want to participate.Bushie was forced to self ban by Righto and the mods .
I for one want him reinstated ASAP and I will not accept anything less .
Bushie was forced to self ban by Righto and the mods .
I for one want him reinstated ASAP and I will not accept anything less .
I wasn't suggesting that you personally posted anything abusive . I was answering your post as to what I was basing my previous post on .A lot of the poor posting was done on the Mcarthy board which got deleted by MODs
Bushie was forced to self ban by Righto and the mods .
I for one want him reinstated ASAP and I will not accept anything less .
how many trolls did we really have though throughout the season?
we were top of the ladder and barely lost a game, i can't remember us being invaded and trolled all year.
some people in this thread need to calm down, go and enjoy christmas and down a couple of eggnog's.
couldhavebeen If you're going to start hurling about accusations of abuse, kindly name the poster or posters you're referring to.
Making unfounded allegations of abuse is just plain wrong - and the fact that you're doing it in a noble attempt to defend Allikat does not make it right.
The posts on the Cam MacCarthy thread (now locked) that were deleted were not deleted for being abusive of Allikat and thus breaking the rules. As Allikat explained, they were deleted for being rude about Freo-hating trolls, thus being off-topic and for that reason breaking the rules.
1. I would say that because it's true. I'm talking about the entire site. The "Ballantyne Rule" isn't peculiar to this board.
2. It's not opinion, it's objective fact. We can see infraction history and view each infraction. Serial offenders usually have their own thread on the mods board/cigar lounge.
Well that sucks for the Freo board.Correct, he did. I tried to talk him out of it but he was adamant.
No, bushie was not banned by the mods. He specifically requested to me that he be removed.
As for the reasons behind it, it's no secret that bushie hasn't seen eye to eye with regards to some of the moderation here recently. We've had discussions with him privately about his grievances. Some of those grievances, in particular around the presence of a few opposition posters who have been trolling, have been largely addressed now.
However, he's made a judgement call that things are still not as he'd want them, so he's made a choice to not participate for a while.
I want to address some of the other things that have been raised here recently. Have opposition posters been given too much rope? Admittedly with the McCarthy saga, there were an influx of a few; one of those in particular actually turned out to be a much-banned Freo poster dressed up as a West Coast supporter, and they're not going to be back on this board, ever. But overall, as a Super I receive all post reports from all boards and I have not noticed a disproportionately high number of reports of non-Freo posters trolling this board as compared to opposition posters trolling any other team board.
Tayl0r and Allikat are new to the mod game, and Seppo has not been around much recently- as happens to us all sometimes- because of his private life being even busier than normal. That's left only Righteo of the experienced hands, and that has happened to coincide with some of the recent unrest on the board here. Righteo has been in a position where has had to shoulder much of the load while not heaping too much on the new girls.
There's something else that needs to be kept in mind. It has always been the case that there is a line as far as public discussion of moderation. goes. This is not a recent thing. During the last month or so, for various reasons this has happened repeatedly, despite warnings to cease, it hasn't. So, that's what the vast majority of deletions have been about. That, and keeping threads on topic. What's the point of a thread supposedly about McCarthy being taken completely off topic by pages of discussion about moderation? Apart from being against the edict of going over the line of public discussion of moderation, it's also pretty hard for those who want to simply discuss football to do so in that environment.
Like any team board, of course Freo supporters should be getting more latitude on their home board than others. But when you believe they are stepping over the line, please do the right thing and report them. And give these mods a chance, please.
Mods should always be open for feedback, but in the appropriate fashion; PM them if you have concerns. Or PM Supers and Admin if you have a concern which you'd rather not discuss with the mod/s in question.
Having countless threads derailed is not the way for these issues to be resolved.
The board suffered from West Coast supporter’s syndrome which is when prolonged success turns fans into whiny bitches when their team achieves anything less than being the greatest team of all time.
No, bushie was not banned by the mods. He specifically requested to me that he be removed.
As for the reasons behind it, it's no secret that bushie hasn't seen eye to eye with regards to some of the moderation here recently. We've had discussions with him privately about his grievances. Some of those grievances, in particular around the presence of a few opposition posters who have been trolling, have been largely addressed now.
However, he's made a judgement call that things are still not as he'd want them, so he's made a choice to not participate for a while.
Thank you for the explanation and the depth of your reply .
We all need to take a big breath . Not being aware of the conversations taking place behind closed doors didn't help me understand what was happening or why .
Clems knee has raised some valid points that need addressing and I look forward to the outcome .
1. No. "It's completely reasonable" is an opinion. Which is completely wrong, in my opinion.
I look forward to prolonged success. Jumping the gun a bit?
What do you when the poster is both a serial offender and one of the best contributors?We give serial offenders a shorter chain and use our discretion with posters who are generally good contributors. Like it, don't like it. Plenty of shades of grey in moderation.
And the explanation of what this meant (tongue in cheek but still true)Disclaimer - Whilst enforcing the rules we will take into account the different histories of each poster and the context of discussions. This can lead to irregularities with moderating at different times and different moderators.
That's the bit that means all the rest is meaningless and we can do what we want
There's something else that needs to be kept in mind. It has always been the case that there is a line as far as public discussion of moderation. goes. This is not a recent thing. During the last month or so, for various reasons this has happened repeatedly and despite warnings to cease, it hasn't.
You can improve them no doubt, but the interpretations will always differ as mods will view things differently depending on the issue and who is involved and the mood of those involved. Like it or not, that is how modding works.
I wrote the disclaimer to illustrate the point that's it's not consistent.
Posters who have a history of causing trouble will attract the mods attention more than others. This won't change by altering some words here. The disclaimer actually lays bare some of the truths to applying the rules.
#lockupbushie
I didn't see any posts that I thought were over the top in that thread by anyone
Whilst I'm here and on topic for once if Allikat has been subjected to name calling on PM or any other way then the posters should be held responsible for that.