Len Madeiros
Journeyman
One thing you are is fair, Mister B. I speak as one who once served a deserved one week ban.
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Forum discipline bans (moved from Thyestes Handicap Chase.)
- Thread starter archie
- Start date
I too was moderated when I was reported to MisterB for "stalking" a member because I actually posted a comment on a thread that he was on 
however once I explained the situation to MisterB in a private message that he sent to both of us ( I engaged the other person did not openly) I was reinstatedstraight away.
however once I explained the situation to MisterB in a private message that he sent to both of us ( I engaged the other person did not openly) I was reinstatedstraight away.Rules is rules.
Dessie -how many times have you tried to get me banned.
Danny -you are a great guy with a great perspective on life and I mean that.I respect you but disagree with you about Slim.
Mister B -no problems with your moderating with this one exception. Slim is box office -the forum is always better when he is posting.The forum has brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people -me included.
Now I'm logging out.
Mister B -no problems with your moderating with this one exception. Slim is box office -the forum is always better when he is posting.The forum has brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people -me included.
Now I'm logging out.
Desert Orchid
Senior Jockey
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2005
- Messages
- 28,146
Honestly, Luke?
None that I can remember.
That's not to say I've not maybe objected to something you've said but maybe in the near-30 years I've been on here I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've even reported a post, let alone ask for someone to be banned.
I don't ask for people to be banned. I merely report when I think a post has crossed the line and, as I say, that has been extremely seldom.
Is it possible you're assuming I've asked for you to be banned in response to something you've posted?
Danny
Senior Jockey
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2013
- Messages
- 2,550
We may disagree slightly Luke but we're not a million miles apart. I'd agree the forum is better when he's posting but I certainly dont think you detract anything from that by losing the bits he was suspended for.
You have my full respect also, top bloke.
archie
Senior Jockey
I fully accept that MisterB is doing this for free and thank him for it. However, there are certain things that he may not know that are important to some of us who have been on here for some time.
For perspective, I am now 77 and have, I think, been a member here since the late 90s. I have had my flirtations with Final Furlong and Neigh and absented myself from here for a while because a few (who have now disappeared) made it an unpleasant place. I have taken part in the ownership of 2 horses organised through here and was also present for the Alan Morgan memorial at Lingfield. If any of that means nothing to you, I'd be happy to expand on it privately but my main point is that none of those events or similar are likely to be repeated in this day and age. Incidentally, over that period of time some of us have contributed time in organising quizzes and competitions or actual money by offering prizes for said competitions or donating the winnings to Col for the benefit of the forum. Maybe we feel that we have some skin in the game. Most people of my age are conservative with a small 'c' but the changes to the home page of the forum have seemed to me a complete dog's breakfast and the response to statements of the same have seemed perfunctory to the point of rudeness.
Moving on from SEO to USP, I first met Slim (and for the only time in person) when he made the trip over to Cheltenham for Istabraq's last race. Fresh faced and polite, he was not remotely like his online persona. Having not met him since I have no way of knowing how he has changed and how much of the online side is a career move. I don't think that I've had a serious run in with him but I tend to go with the theory that politeness costs nothing whereas 'banter' about someone's career is rarely well received. I sometimes follow his selections but not blindly which means that I can happily thank him when they come in and blame myself when they don't. I hardly ever bet these days but I'll happily leech selections for the weekly tipping competition in my Cheltenham group. In exchange, I can make occasional contributions mainly based on ownership and breeding activities.
The point is that people stay and contribute on here because they like it as it is. If you change it too much to attract others, some of them will stay and some won't but you will very likely leak members who no longer feel comfortable with the setup. As MisterB is a fine technical administrator but isn't blessed with the background in the forum ethos, could I suggest that he organises a disciplinary committee which could knock up a code of conduct and handle minor misdemeanours.
The nature of these places is that people come and go for a variety of reasons but it would be wrong to drive people away for the sake of attracting transient incomers.
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Oh, and safe in the knowledge that Slim won't have read this far,
Better Times Ahead
Search For Glory
Shanbally Kid
for the Thyestes.
For perspective, I am now 77 and have, I think, been a member here since the late 90s. I have had my flirtations with Final Furlong and Neigh and absented myself from here for a while because a few (who have now disappeared) made it an unpleasant place. I have taken part in the ownership of 2 horses organised through here and was also present for the Alan Morgan memorial at Lingfield. If any of that means nothing to you, I'd be happy to expand on it privately but my main point is that none of those events or similar are likely to be repeated in this day and age. Incidentally, over that period of time some of us have contributed time in organising quizzes and competitions or actual money by offering prizes for said competitions or donating the winnings to Col for the benefit of the forum. Maybe we feel that we have some skin in the game. Most people of my age are conservative with a small 'c' but the changes to the home page of the forum have seemed to me a complete dog's breakfast and the response to statements of the same have seemed perfunctory to the point of rudeness.
Moving on from SEO to USP, I first met Slim (and for the only time in person) when he made the trip over to Cheltenham for Istabraq's last race. Fresh faced and polite, he was not remotely like his online persona. Having not met him since I have no way of knowing how he has changed and how much of the online side is a career move. I don't think that I've had a serious run in with him but I tend to go with the theory that politeness costs nothing whereas 'banter' about someone's career is rarely well received. I sometimes follow his selections but not blindly which means that I can happily thank him when they come in and blame myself when they don't. I hardly ever bet these days but I'll happily leech selections for the weekly tipping competition in my Cheltenham group. In exchange, I can make occasional contributions mainly based on ownership and breeding activities.
The point is that people stay and contribute on here because they like it as it is. If you change it too much to attract others, some of them will stay and some won't but you will very likely leak members who no longer feel comfortable with the setup. As MisterB is a fine technical administrator but isn't blessed with the background in the forum ethos, could I suggest that he organises a disciplinary committee which could knock up a code of conduct and handle minor misdemeanours.
The nature of these places is that people come and go for a variety of reasons but it would be wrong to drive people away for the sake of attracting transient incomers.
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Oh, and safe in the knowledge that Slim won't have read this far,
Better Times Ahead
Search For Glory
Shanbally Kid
for the Thyestes.
Agree absolutely with these sentiments.
