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This is just the mod team throwing the dummy out of the pram. The problem was never just CA, it was certain mods everywhere. One forum with no rules won’t fix a broken culture.

”Its the septic tank of the forum”

I don’t know if I’d go that far although things may change with the new lax rules over the coming days -but it was never a forum where you felt comfortable as a poster- most discussions become confrontational and petty for no real reason - if people want to post there fine- Reddit probably serves a similar purpose and does it better than CA-but not for the specialist topics -that’s still boards strong point

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You don't have to have a run in with a mod to see how mods can cause catastrophic decline in the quality of the site overall.

Hey, all rules are lifted from what I can see. It's not the rules you disliked being lifted.

The ‘I am not going to subscribe because you won’t run it the way I want’ posts appearing now neatly sum up the problem with a subscription model.

I appreciate the effort of volunteer mods and I thank them for that. I also fully understand how they can easily get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content but the over-zealouness of some of the moderation and the inability to allow adults to strongly disagree was too officious. I believe it's unnecessary to be polite to someone who supports the killing in children in Gaza or thinks that refugee boats in the Mediterranean should be sunk irrespective of the deaths caused. As long as there's no swearing or name-calling I don't believe there's any need for fake civility.

Mods have recently been reprimanding people in CA for offences such as having a negative tone to the posting. This drives people away. I stopped posting in CA after the Kneecap thread was shut down as there was a case before the courts. This was done despite the case being in the court system of England & Wales, an entirely different jurisdiction to the Republic of Ireland and there are no legal restraints whatsoever on forums outside England & Wales discussing the case. There are no legal ramifications. Same as with US cases which are discussed on this forum whilst ongoing. Consistency please. I pointed this out without success. Maybe it's a case of too few mods, or badly-advised ones but the CA forum isn't working.

Nonetheless I shall probably be getting a subscription as I love the gigs, festival, soccer and other threads. I wish Boards and all the moderators well and am pretty sure it'll be fine as the reactions of support have been very positive.

It’s been the busiest it’s been in months. Don’t see anything posted by any poster over concerning to be honest.

They have done a good job of making a show of how short sighted it is to just chuck the entire CA charter out the window.

It seemingly does need to be made. It shouldnt need to be done but that's on whoever ok'd this course of action.

I would say they're expressing a view in the form of parody, but parody or anecdotes are entirely within the remit of the rules. This is what you and other posters have been asking for. 😂