A discussion on the rules.

bedrock#1 wrote: »

Why then does my posting record have anything to with this discussion? It doesn't even deserve a mention, yet it was the first line of the other mod Dr.Galen's post.....

The thread in question did begin with a one line post but the reason given for closing it wasn't to do with that. It was the personal opinion of the mod that

Dr GalenThis won't end well, so let's just end it now, before it all gets out of hand

OP - A "witty" one liner does not an OP make, Bear that in mind for future threads

The OP wasn't "witty" (white phosphorus is anything but witty) and the fact it might have gotten out of hand seems to me to be more a reflection of the mods on this forum not being capable of keeping threads on track.

Or god-forbid adults might make their own mind up about which threads to reply to and which ones not to.... :eek:

Be Civil (Don't be a dick)

The internet is full of anonymous keyboard warriors being rude to each other. We don’t want that here. We're not saying you have to be super-nice to everyone and sign each post with a little heart, but we DO require that you are at least CIVIL to the humans on the other end of this intertube. Everyone is tired of the muppets online and if you feel you must be a dick to others, you aren’t welcome here.

anymore wrote: »

:)After Bluewolfs latest ridiculous warning to me on the usual anti israeli thread, I have asked him to cancel my account, so goodbye all. A little bias is fine even funny, but really ordinary posters actually have other alternatives. It is not that surprising, Boards politicial is sinking into obscurity.
Bye all and happy Xmas, Scofflaw - please cancel my account - no hard feelings !

yekahS wrote: »

Click on the control panel. Click on close account. No need for the drama. See ya when you rereg pal.

anymore wrote: »

Mr Scofflaw, the message below keeps coming up when I try to close the account.
Can you please Cordially sort this out for me ?
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anymore wrote: »

In fact four of the five warnings I have received since Sept have been from Blue wolf and as none of them followed on from any grave offence, I think it is fair to suggest that Blue wolf has her own agenda here. Is she particularly close to Noddy who of course has posted his/her thanks to Bluewolf. Or maybe it is my refusal to swallow much of the usual politicall correct nonsesne that is spouted on so many threads ?.
My highlighting the hyprocisy in the censorship that allowed 3 of the Norris Presidential threads to be closed before the election of course probably didnt endear me to the moderators involved. The catholic Church would have been proud of this kind of politicial censorship !
It seems to be often the case that people get warnings if they have upset moderators even though moderators themselves appear to be allowed to behave as badly as they wish. As a matter of routine moderators can be snide, insulting and provocative in thier posts and their fellow moderators ignore it. I have made this point several times myself in the past and the stock reply ' Report the post' Which is just a cop out for allowing some moderators, and I mean some, to act like mangy dogs around a bone when they are insulting ordinary posters. Why is that so often you see moderators posting ' Thanks' when some ordinary poster gets a warning or infraction ? Is that not provocative inflammatory behaviour ? For example, we do not see linesmen jumping up and down in delight when refs hand out red or yellow cards do we ? No, linesmen and other officials are expected to be detached and neutral. No such guidelines seem to apply on Boards. I would have thought the standard of behaviour required from moderators would be much higher than that expected from ordinary members. Yet in some cases, and again I say in some cases, moderator's standards fall below that of many ordinary members. In here, in the rules thread, you see examples of a kind of mob mentality displayed by some moderators.
Some threads seem to be treated as being particularly sensitive and some posters appear to be very very sensitive to comments passed about themselves but feel they can be as rude, inflammatory and provocative as they like. Poster Nodin as one of these - and yet moderators, some of them, are very happy to take a one sided view and hand out warnings to order when some of our 'sensitive 'posters inparticular get upset and report posts. I mean, I say again, I see the funny side and as I am leaving it doesnt really matter that much to me. And I said before the owners of the site can develop it any way they please, (this is private enterprise after all. I know that the thought of private enterprise is anathema to some people !) But the reality is that if Boards.ie political were a stand alone site, it would have failed. It is all the other sections on Boards that keeps Boards Pol alive.
Consider this, there are days when it is mainly moderators of one kind or another posting on boards POls. So if you ignore the number of moderators who are posting on the Politics, and if you ignore the small number of posters who have several identities on Boards, then how many ordinary people are left ? Not that manyI would say.
As for Nesf and what is traditional - you really mean you can as abusive as you like and then you climb up on your 'High moral ground' soapbox. Sorry that is far far too transparent. You are a moderator- if you are being provacative- it is you who are the problem. My advice, take a break from being a moderator for a while, switch off the computer for a while and take a period to readjust.
Now I will try agian to cancel account.

nesf wrote: »

Already being dealt with.

Hayte wrote: »

Positive reinforcement usually works better than punishment for changing behavioral norms (see reinforcement theory).