Dispute with mod

When you post that for the 1000th time across a multitude of threads, it really doesn't have the breezy, casual, nonchalant bypasser effect that you so desperately want to project when you pretend you don't spend hours of your day buried in Boards threads.

Whopper reek of projection off this post. How many posters on boards are you again?

I see a new incarnation on this thread projecting about middle aged men in that familiar style.

Absolute loser.

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Warned: Personal abuse

Ok fair enough - in that context yes absolutely - if I didn’t watch the Harris interview or debate or whatever it was, AND if some posters are giving their view on it who had genuinely watched it, then no it would be wrong for me to have a “personal view” on it and attempt to contribute to that part of the discussion - I could of course refer to external links and say “well this respected journalist says her performance was crap” - but really that’ wouldn’t be in good spirit of debate - I’d probably just scroll on by myself and ignore that part of the discussion .

@ancapailldorcha sorry for pasting but the reply isn't working on mobile for me. Maybe the admins can take a look.

"I think we're fiddling while Rome burns. The internet has moved on from discussion. I asked a question on a subreddit, asking someone to elaborate and got downvoted to heck for it. People there are so thin-skinned, it's ridiculous. It's designed for engagement and likes, not discussion.

I think Boards.ie could have a future but the site would need to adapt, provide mods with better tools for the job, and have an owner who could at least communicate"

I think that's precisely why boards is a little special. Where else can you have a discussion about your lawnmower or how to solve the world's woes in an afternoon. People are always thin skinned whether it's at the pub or on an online forum. The key is how it's handled when disagreements come up so that we keep coming back.

I've went through few pages here and the fooking state of this thread, unmoderated I guess. It's like to listen to bitching outside local centra where I live. All those nosey citizens crying at the funeral and 5 mins later gossiping about the person who went under... That's how this thread looks to me.

I've had a few interactions with Beasty, got banned from some threads, got warnings, points taken on my side, sometimes not lightly of course. But to sums it up, I always got a response in pm and explanation. One of a very few mods who actually went that far. So not much to complain about.

Never said it was solely text nor has anyone that I have seen.

At least you acknowledge that other sources are there to back up actual discussion.

I'm a user of this site, it's not contentious to me at all. The definition of link dump seems to only perplex a certain type of poster

Without a user adding the discussion part. Both of your examples are the same thing. A link dump

One person's link is another person's dump.

This thread has descended into an audition for wannabe mods.

Seems Beasty has become more even handed in his moderation ans some here don't like it.

How about a poster backing up a post that was being questioned with a comment 'straight from the horses mouth' and a youtube video? All the context is in the thread already, what more comment would be needed to turn it from a link dump to a constructive post?

With embedded tweets and links that give a preview of an article, sometimes it's very easy to work out what's being said,

There seems to be an issue where bans become exponentially worse on 2nd or 3rd offence. Unfortunately this is counter productive when bans are handed out so generously and rules are strict and numerous. So my Rapey Don comment led to my 3rd ban which is a week long but in reality, a heads up message from a mod would have been plenty. So I guess my next infraction will lead to a two or three week ban and if that happens I'd be in two minds about coming back. Longer bans aren't a good way to get posters back on track and keep discussions civil, they just encourage contributers to leave the site.

English or Spanish mods??