Calling EC1

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BennyB said:
The forum is a worse place without you. Don't let one idiot get you down mate, your insight is sorely missed.


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Absoluteley. I enjoy everyones input on this forum (apart from the odd clown) but EC and a couple of other forum members posts on here are always insightful educational and funny.
 
Really?

He's quick enough to throw some insults around from behind the keyboard.
 
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Dont let a child chase you off EC1. Nor should the moderators be ignoring the latest incarnations.

Neigh died because of one poisonous character. People no longer felt inclined to post because of the constant hijacks. We've been here before several times over, and this goes on too long and too often. Surely it's not asking much for a mod to get a spine and protect the forum.

I agree the best way to moderate is in silence, but not complete silence!
 
Reading through some of these troll and spoof profile postings is beginning to get very tiresome,like wading through quicksand.
 
This is supposed to be about horses and our passion for horses and debates.

If we just stick to horses we'll be alright.

The notion that we' know each other' is nonsense. E.G I've read posts from Grasshopper for a period of time but I do not actually know Grasshopper from Adam. I think this is where people get their wires crossed.

Everyone is simply an actor on a cyber forum, imo.
 
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What surprises me is how thin-skinned EC is being about it all.
Forums inevitably attract the odd loon, but for a poster of his calibre to feel threatened by some lightweight let loose with a keyboard, just would not happen, out in the real world.
The Frogman might be dangerous - were anyone to give him credence - but that's unlikely ever to be the case on here, and worrying about his input elevates him to a level of recognition he clearly doesn't deserve. Even the newbies (those not created by himself) know he's a twat.
 
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EC1 will be back, he's too big of a contributor.
 
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Maruco said:
Dont let a child chase you off EC1. Nor should the moderators be ignoring the latest incarnations.

Neigh died because of one poisonous character. People no longer felt inclined to post because of the constant hijacks. We've been here before several times over, and this goes on too long and too often. Surely it's not asking much for a mod to get a spine and protect the forum.

I agree the best way to moderate is in silence, but not complete silence!
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I'm sorry I must have missed everyones (including EC1's) report of the offending post, when did you all make it or are you expecting the mods and myself to read every single post made on the forum?

When this thread was made I did have a quick look to see what the problem was and it seems to be because a laughing smily face was posted. If you really expect the mods or me to suspend or ban someone for that, then theres going to be a lot of suspensions and bans handed out, as theres a lot worse posted by others.

Mods can never win on forums, you are either accused of being too harsh or not doing enough, some people will remember Phil Waters, who 'everyone hated and wanted banned' except me it seemed. When I did finally ban him, I got over 30 pm's from people saying I had been too harsh and he had been banned unfairly.

It's a forum, on the internet. Thats it. Theres an ignore button if someone's getting on your nerves. You don't have to respond. You don't have to stop posting, nor do you have to post. Its not like someones walked up to you at work and punched you in the face.

I can count on one hand how many complaints I've had over the past few years, considering how many members and posts we have on here I don't think thats too bad, and we are obviously doing something right.

In case I've missed a post, if someone would like to report any posts that breach forum rules I'll take action against the member concerned.
 
When terry was posting here he had a formula for dealing with trolls -the bottom line was ignore the troll.
 
dvds2000 said:
I'm sorry I must have missed everyones (including EC1's) report of the offending post, when did you all make it or are you expecting the mods and myself to read every single post made on the forum?

When this thread was made I did have a quick look to see what the problem was and it seems to be because a laughing smily face was posted. If you really expect the mods or me to suspend or ban someone for that, then theres going to be a lot of suspensions and bans handed out, as theres a lot worse posted by others.

Mods can never win on forums, you are either accused of being too harsh or not doing enough, some people will remember Phil Waters, who 'everyone hated and wanted banned' except me it seemed. When I did finally ban him, I got over 30 pm's from people saying I had been too harsh and he had been banned unfairly.

It's a forum, on the internet. Thats it. Theres an ignore button if someone's getting on your nerves. You don't have to respond. You don't have to stop posting, nor do you have to post. Its not like someones walked up to you at work and punched you in the face.

I can count on one hand how many complaints I've had over the past few years, considering how many members and posts we have on here I don't think thats too bad, and we are obviously doing something right.

In case I've missed a post, if someone would like to report any posts that breach forum rules I'll take action against the member concerned.
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i'd like to thank people who posted decent messages on this thread..it shows that some people do actually value input to a forum..as i myself also do

DVDS2000

the tone and content of your post in general tells me you don't basically give a toss who posts...it tells me you don't value anyone who posts...it tells me you don't really deserve decent members posting stuff they may spend a fair bit of time and effort putting together.

it tells me you actually deserve idiots like frogthebollocksucker taking over your board...as any hit is a hit..no matter how its achieved.

your idea of a good board and my idea of one are two different things..thats clear..which is fair enough

bit of a shame really
 
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