Does the Punting Board need another moderator

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The Punting Board is a very active board, moreso than say the Cricket board which has 4 moderators. Nothing against Rizzo nor Dingster, but I believe that the Punting Board needs another mod.

I am not putting myself up (I am a mod on another website), but the events of today in the Wimbledon thread is a turn-off to current and future BigFooty members. There is probably 3 pages of posts in that thread that should be binned.
 

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It was such a battle to get this board in the good old days,Id hate to see it ruined by childish threads like that

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This place goes alright as it is IMO.

Whilst not enough of the content/quality I'd personally like to see, I wouldn't have thought there's the overwhelming amount of kiddies playing up / ''my-d!ck-is bigger-than-yours''-style contests that can infest boards like these that would require extra-policing.
 

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8 weeks ago I'd have said no but the quality has gone way downhill since then.

So yes, I agree there should be.
 

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Theres a lot of nuffys on here due to the influx in sportsbetting...this thread was fine when it was predominantly a racing thread....maybe make a sports betting and racing one. All the guys that post regarding racing are pretty good, a few people here and there bragging about winners after races and so forth, but as a whole pretty good.
 

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Previously this board was all about racing, which was easy enough.

But now with sports betting overall being a heavy topic of discussion on this board, the traffic has been incredible.

An extra moderator may be required, but it's up to rizzo, Dingster & the Chiefton ultimately.
 

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Theres a lot of nuffys on here due to the influx in sportsbetting...this thread was fine when it was predominantly a racing thread....maybe make a sports betting and racing one. All the guys that post regarding racing are pretty good, a few people here and there bragging about winners after races and so forth, but as a whole pretty good.
Or perhaps we could create a separate 'Racing Board' for all you 'purists'. It would be nice if I didn't have to scroll through all the racing stuff which I have absolutely no interest in.
 

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Or perhaps we could create a separate 'Racing Board' for all you 'purists'. It would be nice if I didn't have to scroll through all the racing stuff which I have absolutely no interest in.
Thread title will be enough most times.....

I voted no, just need a little less lenience to a select few who are clearly here to ruffle feathers.
 

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This place goes alright as it is IMO.

Whilst not enough of the content/quality I'd personally like to see, I wouldn't have thought there's the overwhelming amount of kiddies playing up / ''my-d!ck-is bigger-than-yours''-style contests that can infest boards like these that would require extra-policing.
Theres a lot of nuffys on here due to the influx in sportsbetting...this thread was fine when it was predominantly a racing thread....maybe make a sports betting and racing one. All the guys that post regarding racing are pretty good, a few people here and there bragging about winners after races and so forth, but as a whole pretty good.
While not so active on the posting side, I have been reading this board for a long time now, and these two guys have proved to be two of the most informed posters around, so I take seriously most things they have to say, I would suggest others do too.


8 weeks ago I'd have said no but the quality has gone way downhill since then.

So yes, I agree there should be.
And this I have noticed as well, without knowing a thing about anyone who posts here, from the quality of posts, the maturity level seems to have dropped a lot in the last few months.

I vote no, but only because I don't think an extra mod improves behavior, just shares the cleanup duties.
 

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Theres a lot of nuffys on here due to the influx in sportsbetting...this thread was fine when it was predominantly a racing thread....maybe make a sports betting and racing one. All the guys that post regarding racing are pretty good, a few people here and there bragging about winners after races and so forth, but as a whole pretty good.
Agree with this.
This place goes alright as it is IMO.

Whilst not enough of the content/quality I'd personally like to see, I wouldn't have thought there's the overwhelming amount of kiddies playing up / ''my-d!ck-is bigger-than-yours''-style contests that can infest boards like these that would require extra-policing.
Yup. Every now and then it's inevitable that this occurs, but in the main the Punting Board has been one of the best boards in terms of on topic discussion. Some of the racing analysis from the regulars is fantastic reading.
Thread title will be enough most times.....

I voted no, just need a little less lenience to a select few who are clearly here to ruffle feathers.
Fair comment. The title should be enough with the current volume of threads to make a personal decision on interest.

Since I cleaned up the Wimbledon thread, things have settled down and the posters involved to their credit are back to discussing the topic. I'm happy to take a harder line moving forward to maintain the quality of the board. I'd like Rizzo would need a say on this as well.

I vote no, but only because I don't think an extra mod improves behavior, just shares the cleanup duties.
That's right. There's been some good ideas floated around that might not be right now, but could be more valid in the future. Keep them coming guys!
 

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No, I don't think the board needs another mod just a few of the members need to grow up a little bit, abusing people about the bets they make is ridiculous, if an extra mod will stamp this out, well I would support another mod.

If there is a new mod I would prefer them if they were into sportsbetting as I think the current mods are more interested in the racing side of things. It is in the sportsbet threads that the problems seem to occur.
 
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