Uncle Urchin Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Originally Posted By: Horace To keep out people we don't want? oh dear horace....your slip is showing.... who said we wanted you over here..? but we still allow you to post as its a truly democratic forum...unlike your new elitist one.... 44 members...wow....where are they all...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Who are the "we" that "allow" people to post? Personally Id like to see horace and others posting here still, but I can see why they started a separate ssml one, and if they just want ssml people on it fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin Originally Posted By: Horace To keep out people we don't want? oh dear horace....your slip is showing.... who said we wanted you over here..? but we still allow you to post as its a truly democratic forum...unlike your new elitist one.... 44 members...wow....where are they all...? Interesting and predictable reply! Interesting that you say "we" and interesting that you claim to "allow" us to post on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Urchin Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Horace Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin Originally Posted By: Horace To keep out people we don't want? oh dear horace....your slip is showing.... who said we wanted you over here..? but we still allow you to post as its a truly democratic forum...unlike your new elitist one.... 44 members...wow....where are they all...? Interesting and predictable reply! Interesting that you say "we" and interesting that you claim to "allow" us to post on here. its the royal we horace but pedantics aside... what are your views on secretive forums which allow and encourage abuse of non members who cannot reply...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Urchin Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: thespursfan Who are the "we" that "allow" people to post? Personally Id like to see horace and others posting here still, but I can see why they started a separate ssml one, and if they just want ssml people on it fair enough. who are they..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin Originally Posted By: Horace Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin Originally Posted By: Horace To keep out people we don't want? oh dear horace....your slip is showing.... who said we wanted you over here..? but we still allow you to post as its a truly democratic forum...unlike your new elitist one.... 44 members...wow....where are they all...? Interesting and predictable reply! Interesting that you say "we" and interesting that you claim to "allow" us to post on here. its the royal we horace but pedantics aside... what are your views on secretive forums which allow and encourage abuse of non members who cannot reply...? I realise that there's no point in entering into a debate/argument with yourself Uncle, so I'll bugger off to the "secret" forum. I can tell you however that it is a happy place where no-one acts like the stasi and summarily deletes posts or bans members for expressing their own views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidermanor Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin but we still allow you to post as its a truly democratic forum Oh this is a democratic forum then, must be a whole new meaning of the word I've not encountered before. I suppose that means the GMs have a vote on who they are going to indiscriminately ban next then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doog is King Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Come on Spider - you should be honoured to be able to post on a forum that so resolutely clings to the principles enshrined in the Magna Carta and by the Founding Fathers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin Originally Posted By: thespursfan Who are the "we" that "allow" people to post? Personally Id like to see horace and others posting here still, but I can see why they started a separate ssml one, and if they just want ssml people on it fair enough. who are they..? i know who "they" are I dont know who "we" are "we" knows who "they" are but "they" dont know who "we" are. I am not part of the "we" nor part of the "they" I am the walrus. Goo goo ge joob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mod Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Yet again a thread hijacked by sniping and bitching. Listen to yourselves. The rules are simple. Personal abuse will be deleted. If that is too difficult to take in and abide by then go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Global Mod Yet again a thread hijacked by sniping and bitching. Listen to yourselves. The rules are simple. Personal abuse will be deleted. If that is too difficult to take in and abide by then go. it wasnt too fascinating a thread in the first place, but it did quickly show the divide. personal abuse should be deleted and the offenders dealt with, for which thanks. "our aim is for everyone to be able to enjoy this site" everyone? im not convinced the mods have been neutral on this, and we've lost some good correspondents. the mods seem to be adopting a my way or the highway attitude, and using h potters cloak of invisibility to do it. its been detrimental to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Urchin Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: thespursfan Originally Posted By: Global Mod Yet again a thread hijacked by sniping and bitching. Listen to yourselves. The rules are simple. Personal abuse will be deleted. If that is too difficult to take in and abide by then go. it wasnt too fascinating a thread in the first place, but it did quickly show the divide. personal abuse should be deleted and the offenders dealt with, for which thanks. "our aim is for everyone to be able to enjoy this site" everyone? im not convinced the mods have been neutral on this, and we've lost some good correspondents. the mods seem to be adopting a my way or the highway attitude, and using h potters cloak of invisibility to do it. its been detrimental to the site. you have much to say on all of these issues jeff and thats fine and dandy...but answer me these questions please.... how would you deal with posters on here who use 23 different log in names to abuse people with...on all FF forums... how would you deal with posters on here who send abusive and threatening PM's to fellow members.... how would you deal with members on here who have a financial agenda far remote from the well being of these forums.... how would you deal with members on here who privately ask for money from other members and then openly slag those members off when they decline to assist.... you have all the answers jeffrey old boy...answer me those questions.... and as for the forum...it will be fine...they always are and have a sturdy habit of moving on from trolling and spamming and abusive posters.... much healthier and wiser for the experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 abuse?ban them. 23 login names ? how do you know? but if its just to issue abuse ban them pms to other users ? none of my business p is for personal rather than private?. Threatening? perhaps thats a police matter financial agenda? no idea you'd need to explain. privately ask for money? thats private.reaction should be too. i dont have all the answers or id be king of the castle. and the forum is too quiet. neither healthier or wiser in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Urchin Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Originally Posted By: thespursfan abuse?ban them. 23 login names ? how do you know? but if its just to issue abuse ban them pms to other users ? none of my business p is for personal rather than private?. Threatening? perhaps thats a police matter financial agenda? no idea you'd need to explain. privately ask for money? thats private.reaction should be too. i dont have all the answers or id be king of the castle. and the forum is too quiet. neither healthier or wiser in my view. a quiet forum can only ever becomes a noisier one jeff.....you are entitled to your opinion but so are others who have made decisions on here related to the past activity..... it may be perhaps significant to also note that the senior admins and owners of thse fora have supported the GM's in their endeavours to clean the site up....these people have also 'seen it done it' before on here and recognise the danger signs... may I suggest in the politest possible way that you start posting about football again and stop whinging about whats gone and won't change and then we may all be happier on here.... I include myself in that critisism also...lets move on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Originally Posted By: thespursfan and we've lost some good correspondents Like Football Man and Spidermanor you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 uncle, sometimes things happen I dont like, and Id rather discuss it than quit posting in a huff. You've been good enough to answer, thanks. Its off my chest, on the record, and away we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy K Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 whats the name of the other forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidermanor Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Originally Posted By: Tommy K whats the name of the other forum? SSML myfreeforum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Urchin Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Originally Posted By: thespursfan uncle, sometimes things happen I dont like, and Id rather discuss it than quit posting in a huff. You've been good enough to answer, thanks. Its off my chest, on the record, and away we go. thanx jeff...its not been a good period on this forum for many and I suppose we are all a bit responsible for that but we do need to shake it off and move on....the new ssml forum is up and running and good luck to them and this one is still here and will re-energise itself....it all sorts itself out in the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin ..the new ssml forum is up and running and good luck to them and this one is still here and will re-energise itself....it all sorts itself out in the end... Yes but my mole on the inside tells me that it is like a library, morgue and graveyard all rolled into one, it's just a facade to attract attention away from our Forum which, to be fair, it has done albeit on a temporary basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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