More severe moderation in update threads?

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

Oh for gods sake man , give it a rest , your narrow minded , im gonna read you your rights attitude is getting real boaring, grow up.

Your spelling sucks, your grammar is horrible, and you're now on my Ignore list. Have a nice day.

[fireflyerz]

Oh thank god...prat.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Splitter

I've seen both on various internet board and the ones that go downhill fastest are the ones where the mods take over.

Seen that too.

I one occasion it tore a already small community apart, resulting in three factions.

Maybe the people calling for a more severe moderation don't spend too much time on Internet boards.

[BP_Tailspin]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Have you tried to wade through some of the crap people post week after week, in an effort to find meaningful discussion about the topic at hand? It's ridiculous.

One mans “crap” is another mans “meaningful discussion” …

Originally Posted by LukeFF

And no, it's not "free-speaking." It's a privately-run board. "Free speech" doesn't apply here.

I think this is for Oleg to decide.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by BP_Tailspin

One mans “crap” is another mans “meaningful discussion” …

I'm talking about the off-topic discussions, such as the current one about Britain's treatment of Poland. Nothing wrong with talking about that, of course, but it has no relevance to the topic at hand.

I think this is for Oleg to decide.

He has to wade through all of that as well. Show the man some respect by staying on topic.

[leggit]

well seems this thread has turned into a lot of chaff..i'm done with it.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

I agree completely Winny, even though I was one of the guilty parties.
I posted to calm things down before it turned into a slanging match, which seemed to work ok.

I retract that statement in full. I just went back and had another look and my post didn't calm things down at all.
That'll teach me.

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

I'm talking about the off-topic discussions, such as the current one about Britain's treatment of Poland. Nothing wrong with talking about that, of course, but it has no relevance to the topic at hand.

I'm one of the guilty parties of that discussion. Unfortunately my standards drop to that of the thread, I'd rather mods just removed all our off topic chat (in update threads), and we'd all get the message. Unfortunately I give in to the 'if you can't beat them, join them' attitude. If there's a conversation I'd like to join in on, it's tough to say 'hey everyone, come with me to chat about this elesewhere' (I did try it with one topic), and easy just to join in.

[Blackdog_kt]

That's exactly what i would favor as well. Bans should be reserved for offences like repeat personal attacks and so on, it's too harsh for off topic remarks.

Best thing to do would be to cut the off topic posts from the update thread and move them to a separate one, opened by a moderator. Since moderators can't waste their time categorizing each off-topic discussion in its own thread but would lump everything in the same basket, we would be left with a thread that's hard to follow for our side-tracked musings. This would gradually force us to open up separate threads of our own whenever we wanted to go on a tangent.

Sad but true, causing a minor inconvenience to upset the modus operandi is the most effective means to make people drift to a different one

[winny]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

I retract that statement in full. I just went back and had another look and my post didn't calm things down at all.
That'll teach me.

LOL.. I might join in.