Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself? [Threadbanned users in 1st post]

But it wasn't meant as fat shaming. BTW I like Sam and think he is a pretty thick skinned bloke who doesn't read Boards.

I could refer to FLJ and SA…but people might wonder why am I referencing South Africa. His surname is a little difficult spelling wise, so BFS is a quick solution.

Example of common references out there:

"BFS reveals thoughts on “do or die” West Ham clash

Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on May 20, 2023 in News, Whispers"

This is as much a term of affection.

But maybe Boards is following the cancel culture:

Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat'

Are you offended by Dahl?

And maybe answer my two questions

Q.

1. were you offend by me using BFS ?
2. Do you think any other poster on the soccer forum was offended by that post?

But I wouldn't dream or ever posting "Fat Sam" on here.

Now you are stating you know how my head works despite earlier when asking if you thought any other Poster would have taken offence from the term BFS, you said you couldn't comment on how they think.

Why does the current Charter in the year 2024 make reference specifically to abuse of Pat Dolan and Andy Gray not being tolerated?

I'm sorry you were so offended and had to get your yellow card out.

Keep up the important work 👍

Important or self importance?

I don't know if it has been accepted that the issue with modding is 'over modding'.

The reason I've stopped using the site is significantly modding related but with respect to these points rather than 'over modding' as such.

• Modding inconsistency
• Modding being initiated and implemented solely as an action of a flagged post
• Modding being applied without context
• The application of 'don't being a dick' rule being entirely subjective.
• Dispute resolution process (escalation through CMod's) flat out not working
• Militant application on some threads, none on more.
• Lack of modding process application visibility
• Lack of knowledge of process amongst mods
• Moderation stifling conversations that may be unpleasant to some degree, but are happening in society and there should be an effort for them to take place on a platform like Boards rather than just shutting them down

In terms of resolving the biggest issue, which is the moderation that everyone is talking about, there has been action taken on 'back seat modding' for quite a while but maybe having more of the community able to participate in such behaviour to help keep conversations or individuals in check without having the finger of wrath pointed at them for doing so would actually lead to more of a self policing environment which could help make better use of the few mods left around here than what is currently happening. Just a thought.

I dropped in to the thread a few times the last few days but didn't contribute but wanted to see the flow of the conversation. This did have me shaking my head.

The single poster in question at that point had finally been banned for implying that mods were circling the wagons. To be threadbanned for this, given the thread, really had me thinking that this in itself is a synopsis of the problem with the site. I didn't necessarily agree with the comment or sentiment, but was it ban worthy? No, in my view (even if there had been some other comments that proceeded it) and the ban and reaction on the thread to it really only served to suggest the poster had come quite close to some degree of truth in their post.

There was conversation here during the week that young people are most definitely not using discussion boards, and maybe that is the case, but if it is, it doesn't make sense to be trying to moderate like chaperones at a teenage disco in 1970's Ireland where the tiniest bit of inappropriate behavior sees the lights turned on and the perpetrators marched out of there. Or it being an environment where the 'chaperones' cannot be questioned.

Excellent post @ Tell me how

A blind man on a galloping horse could see why that thread was closed. It was a consumer issue which had been asked and answered and then went way off course. It was in Consumer Issues, not After Hours.

Nah, this poster was pushing his luck and took it a bit too far.

Insidious low level trolling is a lot more sophisticated than that.

It doesn't mean a simple explanation can't be attached. I just noticed a moderator managed to post in the thread over 8 hours after it was closed down somehow.