1 day ban from radio

Dick Swiveller

I received a one day ban from the radio forum, and I have no idea why. Apparently I have breached the charter. This was my comment:

"She's typical of the "tolerant" liberal types that make up 99 per cent of the media: Colette Browne, Kitty Holland etc. etc. They're very nice until you disagree with them. Then you're a racist, sexist misogynist[Insert favourite buzzword]"

People write these types of comments all the time. Why is that worthy of a ban?

The Mods on the radio forum are very selective in implementing forum rules. There are some posters (Who, how should I say, hold "correct" opinions) who constantly get away with insulting other posters. But when anyone hits back they are warned and eventually banned.

Beasty

Have you asked the mod why?

Indeed did you read the ban message which refers you to this in-thread warning?

pc7 wrote: »

Mod Note

Having gone back over the last number of pages and handing out various warnings, enough is enough, most of you are here long enough to know the charter, if you can't remember I suggest having a reread of it. There will be no more warnings, it will be bans going forward from this point.

thanks PC7

So have you complied with that warning and reread the forum charter? If you have and still do not believe the ban is warranted, have you attempted to resolve this directly with the mod?

These are basic steps I would expect you to go through before starting a thread here

Thanks

Dick Swiveller

Beasty wrote: »

Have you asked the mod why?

Indeed did you read the ban message which refers you to this in-thread warning?

So have you complied with that warning and reread the forum charter? If you have and still do not believe the ban is warranted, have you attempted to resolve this directly with the mod?

These are basic steps I would expect you to go through before starting a thread here

Thanks

Yes I have. He said he was fine with me making a complaint. And yes, I had read that Mod warning and reread the charter.

Beasty

This is a forum to appeal the mod action. Complaints are dealt with in Help Desk

I will alert the CMods that you are lodging an appeal

Dick Swiveller

Beasty wrote: »

This is a forum to appeal the mod action. Complaints are dealt with in Help Desk

I will alert the CMods that you are lodging an appeal

Thanks

Sad Professor

Hi Dick Swiveller,

I'll look into this for you. Can you post or forward me you pm exchange with the mod please? Thanks.

Dick Swiveller

Sad Professor wrote: »

Hi Dick Swiveller,

I'll look into this for you. Can you post or forward me you pm exchange with the mod please? Thanks.

Sorry, I don't know how to do that??

Dick Swiveller

I think I have it figured out.

pc7 wrote:

Dear Dick Swiveller,

You have been banned from Radio for one day for ignoring a moderator's instructions.

Discussion can become heated, we don't object to that, but when a moderator issues a warning on a thread to reign things in, it stops a heated discussion from turning into a mess.

For more information please refer to the Boards.ie FAQ.

If you wish to appeal this ban you can see details on how to do so here.

pc7

Moderator Note

As per mod note post #1849 on Ciara Kelly thread, enough. 1 day ban.

Your post:

Dick Swiveller wrote: »

Uncharted wrote: »

Agreed,a serious mis-step from producers in my opinion. It really grates to hear a "host" screeching at a contributor in such a tone.

Incredibly unprofessional and lacking any semblance of a debate.

Cackling Kelly is utterly appalling.

Her interview method is as follows...

.....Screech,screech,ask question,screech,screech,interrupt,cackle,interrupt,howl across interviewee with her own biased opinion,cackle,cackle,cackle........

She's typical of the "tolerant" liberal types that make up 99 per cent of the media: Colette Browne, Kitty Holland etc. etc. They're very nice until you disagree with them. Then you're a racist, sexist misogynist[Insert favourite buzzword]

pc7 wrote:

my mod note post 1849 below, you know the charter, I felt your post (especially after my warning breeched the charter)



Having gone back over the last number of pages and handing out various warnings, enough is enough, most of you are here long enough to know the charter, if you can't remember I suggest having a reread of it. There will be no more warnings, it will be bans going forward from this point.

pc7 wrote:

That's ok, there is a process there, I will work through that with you
Regards
PC7

Dick Swiveller

These are my replies to the first two messages:

Dick Swiveller wrote:

Are you for real? What instruction did I ignore?

Dick Swiveller wrote:

Well, I'll be making a complaint because you are clearly abusing your power. My comment that you banned me for is written every day by other people. Am I being picked on in this forum? Yesterday I got a warning for calling the presenter a "moron". Hardly seriously abusive stuff.

Sad Professor

Thanks

Okay, so I've reviewed this and I am upholding the ban.

In other circumstances I might have had a view more favourable to you, but the mod had just issued a warning less than 30 minutes earlier having reopened the thread that the gloves were coming off and that bans would be handed out. In the review of the thread before it was re-opened you were one of the users given a yellow card for abusing the presenter. Yes, calling someone a "moron" is abusive. As is calling them an "imbecile", which you did in another post earlier the same day.

The subsequent post that got you banned, while not abusive of the presenter, was in its tone and personal focus on the them contributing to the toxic atmosphere that resulted in the thread being locked shortly afterwards for the second time in 24 hours and multiple users (yourself included) being given short bans. It was a continuation of the kind of posting that had already gotten you two yellow cards in the last week, but which you don't seem to think is a problem.

The Radio forum has very strict rules about not attacking presenters and the thread in question has an explicit warning about not attacking presenters in its first post, so there's no excuse for this.

My decision is final but if you like I can ask an Admin to review.

Dick Swiveller

Sad Professor wrote: »

Thanks

Okay, so I've reviewed this and I am upholding the ban.

In other circumstances I might have had a view more favourable to you, but the mod had just issued a warning less than 30 minutes earlier having reopened the thread that the gloves were coming off and that bans would be handed out. In the review of the thread before it was re-opened you were one of the users given a yellow card for abusing the presenter. Yes, calling someone a "moron" is abusive. As is calling them an "imbecile", which you did in another post earlier the same day.

The subsequent post that got you banned, while not abusive of the presenter, was in its tone and personal focus on the them contributing to the toxic atmosphere that resulted in the thread being locked shortly afterwards for the second time in 24 hours and multiple users (yourself included) being given short bans. It was a continuation of the kind of posting that had already gotten you two yellow cards in the last week, but which you don't seem to think is a problem.

The Radio forum has very strict rules about not attacking presenters and the thread in question has an explicit warning about not attacking presenters in its first post, so there's no excuse for this.

My decision is final but if you like I can ask an Admin to review.

I have no idea what this paragraph means. But no, I doubt there is much point in asking for it to be reviewed.

Tokyo

Considering the OP is not requesting an admin review, I'll close this off as being resolved.