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Len said:
If push ever came to shove ‘god forbid’ and Roy couldn’t afford a bigger sever then he has always the option of wiping out the anything goes forums which would in effect give us more server space thus allowing him to keep the decent serious discussion forums for everyone to enjoy. So if you want to have a wily nily chit chat then please use the chatroom, that’s why it’s there.
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I must admit I'm confused again now. On the one hand you seem to be saying that the more posts we make the more of an inconvenience it is for Roy because the more expensive it is for him to host them, and yet not long ago we were celebrating the fact that we were in the top forums for activity.

So which is best? Lots of active threads and a popular forum, or keeping it short, tight and to the point and slipping into obscurity?
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
I must admit I'm confused again now. On the one hand you seem to be saying that the more posts we make the more of an inconvenience it is for Roy because the more expensive it is for him to host them, and yet not long ago we were celebrating the fact that we were in the top forums for activity.

So which is best? Lots of active threads and a popular forum, or keeping it short, tight and to the point and slipping into obscurity?
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Sorry willow, didn’t mean that to happen. I am probably totally wrong and maybe I shouldn’t have said anything, Roy is probably a multi millionaire and I was presuming that one day that push may come to shove. Best person to ask is Roy.

See this thread.
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
I must admit I'm confused again now. On the one hand you seem to be saying that the more posts we make the more of an inconvenience it is for Roy because the more expensive it is for him to host them, and yet not long ago we were celebrating the fact that we were in the top forums for activity.

So which is best? Lots of active threads and a popular forum, or keeping it short, tight and to the point and slipping into obscurity?
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yeh aint kidding its as clear as mud.:eek:summats not right here i'm gonna take a break meself.:(
 
People are entitled to take a break, leave, whatever.

Personally I'm staying, as I think it's a good forum, and by leaving it just means you don't have a voice, yet those who demand attention still retain one.
 
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I don't really care if my posts/threads are deleted. I come here for fun and I wont die if a few off thread or iffy posts disappear. To be honest I don't even think I would notice if my posts had been deleted. I have had pm's telling me I have had things removed but I bet a damn site more have gone without me noticing.

I don't for one minute think anything funny is going on with our mods.
If people think there is and feel they need to leave then thats up to them.

I see rule bending all the time and think the mods are very sensible about what they do and do not allow.

(except for one person who needed banning ages ago :) )
 
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willow i may have given it you because of the cousins thing, i couldnt for the life in me think which thread you where asking me to remember till slinks mentioned it :D;)
 
Ah Len told me about the cousins thing because he was merging in bits from the other thread which had been closed. Maybe that was it. You see I never noticed but something else must have bumped my Karma up enough to change my rep power which was when I went looking to see who had given me karma so I could thank them.
 
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I think the Mods do a fine job and it can't be easy. You go away for an hour, come back and some threads have wandered all over the place - I'd hate to have to wade through them all and untangle them so well done chaps.

I have complained in the past about posts - mostly spam but a few that I have thought were overly abusive or agressive (not necessarily directed to me either). I've done this because if i were a mod I would have deleted them so I'm bringing them to the Mods attention - if they choose not to delete them i wouldn't lose sleep.

Sometimes threads do get out of hand with one or more getting abusive or angry to each other and in my opinion, I think some of them should be nipped in the bud much sooner then they won't get completely out of hand and people won't feel the need to leave. Perhaps, we should stop being afraid to use the report button and instead of wading into the thread to help a mate which let's face it, usually makes things worse, just report it and walk away. Some people thrive on arguments and it completely stop them if no one bothered to actually take them on!
 
Like the Karma thread if we delete a post for some reason and another member has quoted that post it has to be edited or deleted as well .
with all the quoting going on which really is not needed as the post is there anyway it makes it hard to edit threads and delete individual posts.
also if we have to do what Len says a mass delete of off topic posts that have gone way off thread then there is no way we are sitting here sending pm's out to every member to explain why.
it would just take too much time.
if its just the odd post then i tend to pm the person and explain but not every time.
so if your posting in a thread that has gone way off thread and you know it has then be prepared for the post to be deleted with any other off thread posts without a pm.
or your post edited if you quoted an off thread post
 
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There is a world of difference between a wandering thread and an abusive or unpleasant interlude. Of course personal abuse should be reported/deleted but a natural digression in a thread is just that - natural. From what I have seen in 99% of cases the thread either returns to it's original theme or dies off.

In common with a few others it wouldn't be the end of my world if a post of mine were deleted. Come to think of it - it may have happened - it certainly once did on another website I haunt (I was naughty and used too many asterisks. I thought what I said was light-hearted but their mods thought it was too.....rude. :D) Can I say this again without upsetting you (or being deleted)? It's only a bl**dy website. :rolleyes:
 
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mick said:
Thanks for the report Lancsdave will look into it later:D
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I am very disappointed that West Enders post has remained with the * trying to get around the swear filter system.

I also see no need for you poor attempt of humour over the mater. I expect you will be removing your own post and pm'ing yourself as to why. :p
 
Personally I think the thread that seems to have caused all this upset, Jambutty's karma moaning thread, shouldn't have been in General Chat in the first place, but in Feedback and Suggestions, or Anything Goes.

I think I'll go and report it.:D
 
The phrase 'mountains and molehills' springs to mind.
And if we are supposed to be a friendly forum...well, you can easily see how wars break out can't you?

I'm really sorry that Jen felt unable to sort it out, and like many others I will miss her on the forum. I hope her absence is temporary, and that she gets withdrawal symptoms soon.
 
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My last post got deleted, folks. I posted a completely meaningless set of asterisks (to represent an non-existant word - you couldn't even have conjured one in relation to the text) and it was judged inadmissable. :D
 
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