pol pot mods ruining boards

beargrisley

i saw a request from a guy today,in the limerick city thread,looking for a mountain bike.quick as a flash in comes a moderator and locks the thread telling him he cant post that request there:eek: WTF like???

why the hell cant he request such an item in that thread,if he lives in the city??? isnt that why theres regional threads?? ffs:(

this situation reminded me of ny own request around 6 weeks or so ago,

i posted up a request on the motor section,went something like this.

ive a nrth reg car an livin down south but my insurance company threatned to stop my cover unless i changed the number plate to an irish reg.my question was,can they do this?
got a load of smart ass replies that went unchecked by the moderator who promptly locked the thread,when i pm him and asked why he locked it and why he didnt tick off the unhelpfull posters the reply came.what else did i expect? and i shouldnt be driving in the republic with northern plates and should regester the car and pay vrt etc etc? as about as helpful as a chocolate fireguard!that wasnt my question.....and a smartarse with it.
so thats the short story.......my experience of boards is very negative ruled by egotistical moderators,theres more free speech in a pol pot run regime.i rarley post now,a waste of my time. and im still driving the same reg car with the same insurance company:)you can change your no plates for nothin if youve owned the car abroad for a period of time and the irish drivers association were of help when it came to this issue...
just thought id get that off my chest..

Karl Hungus

Moderators here are awful. One time, a few After Hours moderators found where I lived, they must've been waiting outside for a while so when I went out to the pub, they followed me and roughed me up a bit, all because I posted a thread that belonged elsewhere.

Magenta

beargrisley wrote: »

i saw a request from a guy today,in the limerick city thread,looking for a mountain bike.quick as a flash in comes a moderator and locks the thread telling him he cant post that request there:eek: WTF like???

why the hell cant he request such an item in that thread,if he lives in the city??? isnt that why theres regional threads?? ffs:(

this situation reminded me of ny own request around 6 weeks or so ago,

i posted up a request on the motor section,went something like this.

ive a nrth reg car an livin down south but my insurance company threatned to stop my cover unless i changed the number plate to an irish reg.my question was,can they do this?
got a load of smart ass replies that went unchecked by the moderator who promptly locked the thread,when i pm him and asked why he locked it and why he didnt tick off the unhelpfull posters the reply came.what else did i expect? and i shouldnt be driving in the republic with northern plates and should regester the car and pay vrt etc etc? as about as helpful as a chocolate fireguard!that wasnt my question.....and a smartarse with it.
so thats the short story.......my experience of boards is very negative ruled by egotistical moderators,theres more free speech in a pol pot run regime.i rarley post now,a waste of my time. and im still driving the same reg car with the same insurance company:)you can change your no plates for nothin if youve owned the car abroad for a period of time and the irish drivers association were of help when it came to this issue...
just thought id get that off my chest..

Oh it's terrible. Those mean old mods!
Go to the Spell Czechs forum, you'd have an amazing time there

Overheal

beargrisley wrote: »

i saw a request from a guy today,in the limerick city thread,looking for a mountain bike.quick as a flash in comes a moderator and locks the thread telling him he cant post that request there:eek: WTF like???

why the hell cant he request such an item in that thread,if he lives in the city??? isnt that why theres regional threads?? ffs:(

this situation reminded me of ny own request around 6 weeks or so ago,

i posted up a request on the motor section,went something like this.

ive a nrth reg car an livin down south but my insurance company threatned to stop my cover unless i changed the number plate to an irish reg.my question was,can they do this?
got a load of smart ass replies that went unchecked by the moderator who promptly locked the thread,when i pm him and asked why he locked it and why he didnt tick off the unhelpfull posters the reply came.what else did i expect? and i shouldnt be driving in the republic with northern plates and should regester the car and pay vrt etc etc? as about as helpful as a chocolate fireguard!that wasnt my question.....and a smartarse with it.
so thats the short story.......my experience of boards is very negative ruled by egotistical moderators,theres more free speech in a pol pot run regime.i rarley post now,a waste of my time. and im still driving the same reg car with the same insurance company:)you can change your no plates for nothin if youve owned the car abroad for a period of time and the irish drivers association were of help when it came to this issue...
just thought id get that off my chest..

1) Mountain Bike? Cycling/Cycling Adverts

2) Insurance Question? Consumer Issues

Oh wait, sorry Banking & Insurance & Pensions

You've just posted your questions in the incorrect forums is all. Lets call a mulligan a mulligan.

beargrisley

Magenta wrote: »

Oh it's terrible. Those mean old mods!
Go to the Spell Czechs forum, you'd have an amazing time there

spelling mistakes were put there so at least 1 pedantic smartass would read the whole post,and fingers crossed, point them out to me:rolleyes:

beargrisley

Overheal wrote: »

1) Mountain Bike? Cycling/Cycling Adverts

2) Insurance Question? Consumer Issues

Oh wait, sorry Banking & Insurance & Pensions

You've just posted your questions in the incorrect forums is all. Lets call a mulligan a mulligan.

dats right.......and regional posts in the ermm,em. well they just doint go anywhere do they?:rolleyes:

KoolKid

Stating the obvious.....................
Have you PMed the mod in question? :rolleyes:

beargrisley

koolkid wrote: »

Stating the obvious.....................
Have you PMed the mod in question? :rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

did you read the 1st post? it clearly says i did.

Magenta

beargrisley wrote: »

spelling mistakes were put there so at least 1 pedantic smartass would read the whole post,and fingers crossed, point them out to me:rolleyes:

That's not nice.

KoolKid

beargrisley wrote: »

:rolleyes:

did you read the 1st post? it clearly says i did.

And his reason was???

beargrisley

Magenta wrote: »

That's not nice.

neither is your sarcasim

Magenta

beargrisley wrote: »

neither is your sarcasim

If there's something weird, and it don't look good...
Who you gonna call? Spellczechers!

Seriously, there are different forums for different things.
You just have to get used to it.

looksee

beargrisley wrote: »

neither is your sarcasim

I'm a pedant! I saw what you did there! You got me to read a whole four words and comment!

beargrisley

koolkid wrote: »

And his reason was???

nope....you havent read the post have you?

this is pointless kid if your not going to read the original post.

beargrisley

looksee wrote: »

I'm a pedant! I saw what you did there! You got me to read a whole four words and comment!

3 actually!

everybody knows "is" isnt a word,so there!

beargrisley

Magenta wrote: »

If there's something weird, and it don't look good...
Who you gonna call? Spellczechers!

Seriously, there are different forums for different things.
You just have to get used to it.

nope magenta,dont have to get useta anything.....motor questions go in the motoring forum....thats not the reason my thread was locked..
as for the guy in limerick,i really dont mind/care but it was just a reminder to me of the little jobsworths moderating here.
i use another forum letsbet.ie and theres no nazi like mods there and its a very sucessfull and friendly forum..

Jay P

koolkid wrote: »

Stating the obvious.....................
Have you PMed the mod in question? :rolleyes:

beargrisley wrote: »

:rolleyes:

did you read the 1st post? it clearly says i did.

koolkid wrote: »

And his reason was???

beargrisley wrote: »

nope....you havent read the post have you?

this is pointless kid if your not going to read the original post.

Overheal

beargrisley wrote: »

nope magenta,dont have to get useta anything.....motor questions go in the motoring forum....thats not the reason my thread was locked..

It was an Insurance question.

i use another forum letsbet.ie and theres no nazi like mods there and its a very sucessfull and friendly forum..

/waves

seriously though, why does that matter?

Magenta

beargrisley wrote: »

nope magenta,dont have to get useta anything.....motor questions go in the motoring forum....thats not the reason my thread was locked..
as for the guy in limerick,i really dont mind/care but it was just a reminder to me of the little jobsworths moderating here.
i use another forum letsbet.ie and theres no nazi like mods there and its a very sucessfull and friendly forum..

1,027 members. Numbers Boards can only dream of!!!

Stark

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Moderators here are awful. One time, a few After Hours moderators found where I lived, they must've been waiting outside for a while so when I went out to the pub, they followed me and roughed me up a bit, all because I posted a thread that belonged elsewhere.

That's dedication.

dr.bollocko

Sometimes on boards thread titles promise so little yet deliver so much. Sometimes the opposite is the case. I would suggest changing the title of this thread to "Regional forum discourages bicycle sales" so I don't have to read it again or alternatively I would suggest applying for a job in the Daily Mail.
If the thread remained open for a few months we'd get some good publicity though.
"Moderators solve limerick bicycle crime ring"

Stark wrote: »

That's dedication.

He got his revenge. :mad:

OutlawPete

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Moderators here are awful. One time, a few After Hours moderators found where I lived, they must've been waiting outside for a while so when I went out to the pub, they followed me and roughed me up a bit, all because I posted a thread that belonged elsewhere.

Funny you should say that.

Ever since I started 'that' thread last, the one with the 'Poll'.

There have been some funny looking dudes hanging about my street.

One of them followed me to Centra and then "accidentally" smacked into me spilling me Slush Puppy :mad:

Course, that's all a coincidence I suppose :rolleyes:

Insect Overlord

This thread needs lolcats...

Overheal

Insect Overlord wrote: »

This thread needs lolcats...

Don't tempt me.

Pol Pot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-rlv32xhw

........?

Wibbs

That brings back memories

Orion

I'm ignoring the op cos it's crap (but I would welcome it being moved to Spell Czechs for further analysis.

So I'm focussing on Overheals reply. More importantly on Overheals modships...

Why is there a Feed Forward Private forum? Doesn't that go against the whole ideal behind Feed Forward ... i.e. that it shouldn't be private.

Bonito

Insect Overlord wrote: »

This thread needs lolcats...

Overheal wrote: »

Don't tempt me.

Magenta

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I would suggest applying for a job in the Daily Wail.

FYP

Tom Dunne

beargrisley wrote: »

i saw a request from a guy today,in the limerick city thread,looking for a mountain bike.quick as a flash in comes a moderator and locks the thread telling him he cant post that request there:eek: WTF like???

Do you have a link to the thread? It might help put things in context. If it was somebody looking to buy a bike, then it is probably more suited to adverts.ie. If we let everyone post up commercially slanted threads, the place would be over run with people trying to make a quick buck. That's what adverts.ie is for.

beargrisley wrote: »

,theres more free speech in a pol pot run regime.

And that's the way it is designed. This is a privately owned website, the owners (and possibly the moderators) could be held legally responsible in a court of law for things posted on the website. There is no free speech on the internet, simple as. Try setting up your own discussion forum, allowing everyone to post anything they like. Then set aside a large room for the legal threats you will receive.

beargrisley wrote: »

i rarley post now,a waste of my time

I am sorry to hear that, but could I suggest you check out a few other forums where things aren't as serious? It can be a bit of a laugh and should ease you into the way things work around here.

KoolKid

beargrisley wrote: »

nope....you havent read the post have you?

this is pointless kid if your not going to read the original post.

I have,I read them all. I should have made the point clearer. You PMed the mod in question& you were not happy with the response. Your next step would be to PM a cMod. You will get better response than coming on here being critical of mods.

Magenta wrote: »

1,027 members. Numbers Boards can only dream of!!!

Ahhh some day lads. :rolleyes:

Cabaal

beargrisley wrote: »

i use another forum letsbet.ie and theres no nazi like mods there and its a very sucessfull and friendly forum..

Please don't move to letsbet.ie if you do their members will far outway Boards.ie...it could spell the end :pac:

Anyway the motor thread makes sense as it sounds like you were trying to dodge VRT which in fairness people are going to be annoyed about so they are going to comment on that.

If somebody is looking for a bike or something to do with a bike boards.ie has a cycle forum or even adverts,

In short if you had it your way anyone could post anything in ANY forum, we might as well close every forum and move all the posts to afterhours.

beargrisley

Magenta wrote: »

1,027 members. Numbers Boards can only dream of!!!

quality over quantity magenta.;)

they never want to be as big as boards,i read that quote by admin team very recently.. not sure what your point your trying to make here giving sarcastic replies to every post,hop off somewhere else and give hand out some infractions.

beargrisley

Cabaal wrote: »

Please don't move to letsbet.ie if you do their members will far outway Boards.ie...it could spell the end :pac:

.

now thats the kind of smartarse reply ive come to expect here.kindly fcuk off dude.thanks

OutlawPete

Using a fine clothing company's name in vain is no way to behave now is it.

...

beargrisley

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Do you have a link to the thread? It might help put things in context. If it was somebody looking to buy a bike, then it is probably more suited to adverts.ie. If we let everyone post up commercially slanted threads, the place would be over run with people trying to make a quick buck. That's what adverts.ie is for.
no i dont have a link,but it was in the limerick city thread,yesterday.


And that's the way it is designed. This is a privately owned website, the owners (and possibly the moderators) could be held legally responsible in a court of law for things posted on the website. There is no free speech on the internet, simple as. Try setting up your own discussion forum, allowing everyone to post anything they like. Then set aside a large room for the legal threats you will receive.



I am sorry to hear that, but could I suggest you check out a few other forums where things aren't as serious? It can be a bit of a laugh and should ease you into the way things work around here.

thanks for your more sensible and mature response tom.

beargrisley

OutlawPete wrote: »

Using a fine clothing company's name in vain is no way to behave now is it.

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eh.....and i thought unhelpful posts wernt allowed.:rolleyes: im outta here.you sir are whats know as a timewaster,good day to you.

Tom Dunne

beargrisley wrote: »

now thats the kind of smartarse reply ive come to expect here.kindly fcuk off dude.thanks

And this is the kind of attitude we do not like around here. If this were another thread, I would have kicked you off the forum for personal abuse. However, in this case, it would be playing straight into your hands, so I am not going to do it. I will however ask you to attack the post, not the poster.

You appear to have a problem understanding how Boards.ie works, so let me give you a quick overview - we work on the basis of mutual respect. You can have a laugh, talk Serious Business, discuss pretty much anything, as long as you remember that everything has a place there are few basic rules.

If you have a problem with the way something is done or said, you can complain to the Category Moderators or the Admins. I refer you to the Newbies and FAQ forum over here. I strongly suggest you read it.

Starting a thread in Feedback, likening all moderators to Pol Pot will not win you any friends and most certainly not get you any respect.

I ask that you follow my suggestions above as this thread has a very limited lifespan.

Eoin

Here is the thread in motors. Admittedly some smart replies are in there, but your question was also answered sensibly and accurately by other posters. Hope this helps.

The Recliner

Macros42 wrote: »

Why is there a Feed Forward Private forum? Doesn't that go against the whole ideal behind Feed Forward ... i.e. that it shouldn't be private.

Off topic for this thread but some things need to be discussed in private, like the addition or removal of members etc

Anything site/Feedforward related is discussed in public, there are enough people with access who would object if it was being used for any other purpose

LoLth

Hi,

If the original thread you mentioned was a person trying to sell or buy something then it was an advert and was better suited to the adverts section of boards, adverts.ie.

From the motors thread: your question was answered and , honestly, there werent that many smart replies, most of the posts on that thread are asking for further details. The moderator closed the thread , with an explaination. You had been given an answer on the htread and to let the thread continue would have allowed the smart answers to increase in frequency. so he closed it before you got insulted. If anything, he did you a favour. Mods ahve experience in the forum thay are in charge of and can usually (not always, but usually) tell the direction a thread is going from past experience.

Likening all mods to Pol Pot based on your experience of two mods (not to mention describing someone as Pol Pot for how they post on an online forum!) is a bit over the top. Freedom of speech? doesnt exist on the internet, nowhere. Doesnt exist in society either. You have the right to express an opinion (in real life and on boards) but dont be suprised if those responsible check to make sure you are doing it in the right place (what would happen to someone singing Fenian songs and waving a tricolour with pro IRA slogans on a sandwich board if he was standing in a field in Kerry? How about the middle of o'connell street? how about the falls road during marching season (or whichever road it is they walk down)? There is a time and place for everything and the moderators of boards try to ensure that the posters post in the right forum and in the right way to make boards as useful and accessible as possible for as many users as possible. Want to rant abotu VRT? post in the Ranting and Raving forum. Want to talk about bikes? Cycling forum is the place. Want to talk about the upcoming street art festival in Kilkenny? Kilkenny forum and/or one of the Arts forums is the place. Not only will other users find it easier but you are more likely to be speaking to an audience that is interested in listening and get decent , interested responses.

responding to smart replies with "f**k off" really doesnt do your point any favours. If you think a reply is useless or just trying to bait you, ignore it or report it. Dont engage in the exact same behaviour. True in the real world as well as on boards.

As for the smart replies. Guys, this is feedback (no, not sparta) and users are entitled to post their feedback, be it good bad or indifferent - unfortunately its much more rare to get a positive thread here but it does happen - if you dont want to share your opinion or help understand an OP's opinion then please refrain from making matters worse by baiting or aggravating the OPs (though your obvious urge to defend the boards.ie community is appreciated). It doesnt add anything to the discussion.

DeVore

Macros42 wrote: »

I'm ignoring the op cos it's crap (but I would welcome it being moved to Spell Czechs for further analysis.

So I'm focussing on Overheals reply. More importantly on Overheals modships...

Why is there a Feed Forward Private forum? Doesn't that go against the whole ideal behind Feed Forward ... i.e. that it shouldn't be private.

It is for the discussion of new members of FF. Its not polite or desireable to have those discussions in public, readable by all. For a start its humiliating for the person and secondly is that some people might feel "awkward" giving their honest opinion of someone if they know that person can read it. Hence the threads on individual prospective membership are removed before the person is given access.


DeV.

Overheal

OP before you leave, could you help solve this squirrel dilemma?

Thanks.

Sully

I thought the point of Feed Forward and the likes was to address how threads like these are handled? Odd to see how its being handled, even from mods of said forum.

DeVore

Bear, Tom and I are admins here... we are the people you need to talk to (or any other 5-star Admin).


I think your question has been answered but it might have been better to mod the thread rather then close it.

DeV.

DeVore

Sully wrote: »

I thought the point of Feed Forward and the likes was to address how threads like these are handled? Odd to see how its being handled, even from mods of said forum.

Feedforward hasnt set any policy yet, its only spinning up.

People dont always do as they say. In other news, water is wet.

DeV.

billy the squid

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055894598

Above is the thread on Limerick City forum.

The original poster was informed that his thread was in the wrong place and was directed to adverts.ie.

Also, comparing strict moderating to a man responsible for the death of millions of his own people is a little harsh.

Overheal

Sully wrote: »

I thought the point of Feed Forward and the likes was to address how threads like these are handled? Odd to see how its being handled, even from mods of said forum.

well to quote the OP,

my experience of boards is very negative ruled by egotistical moderators,theres more free speech in a pol pot run regime.i rarley post now,a waste of my time.

spelling mistakes were put there so at least 1 pedantic smartass would read the whole post,and fingers crossed, point them out to me

nope magenta,dont have to get useta anything....

i use another forum letsbet.ie and theres no nazi like mods there and its a very sucessfull and friendly forum..

I did actually attempt to address the OP. The OP has since taken to calling people smartasses and likening the moderators to a cambodian collectivizationary dictatorship and declaring their unwillingness to sway in their belief that they can post anything where and however they like. so I don't really see what more I should be expected to do.

jonsey

Magenta wrote: »

1,027 members. Numbers Boards can only dream of!!!

Member numbers isn't the only measure of the success of a forum. To think so is not very clever.

DeVore

Its not the only one but it is a factor. 1000 users is very different to 100,000s.

Thing is, good sites tend to attract and retain users and thats why after 10 years, we point to our happy users and say "there is no systemic issue here"... what we may have is an slightly llama-drama OP and a case of misunderstanding the options available to him.

I dont think Pol Pot has invaded JUST yet.

DeV.

DeVore

DeVore wrote: »

Thing is, good sites tend to attract and retain users and thats why after 10 years, we point to our happy users and say "there is no systemic issue here"...


DeV.

Eoin

DeVore wrote: »

I think your question has been answered but it might have been better to mod the thread rather then close it.

DeV.

Which one are you referring to Dev?