lacroupade
29-04-2009, 12:22
Just a thought for consideration.
With Bat seriously pre-occupied at the moment, its difficult timing, but perhaps the members should give the Mods an idea of what they believe is reasonable intervention, preferably BEFORE another thread gets out of hand. They don't have an easy role (I wouldn't do it) but I have to agree with a couple of posters that there has been little or no moderation in evidence lately.
Thats NOT to criticise the mods in any way whatsoever, let me make that clear - Bat's philosophy has been minimal intervention to date, but its clear that occasionally things are being said that cause offence in some quarters and could even have more serious consequences for the site or individuals if somebody decided to take things further.
This is a car club when all's said and done, as well as a largely friendly community where its always good to hear peoples views on run-of-the-mill things that are not car-related. Personally I don't care how wide that makes the horizon; its all part of the fun of the site.
But I think there are a couple of things we could do:
1. If its not something you'd say out loud in the middle of a busy street in a large city without expecting to have someone poke you in the eye or worse, then its probably not a good idea to say it on here. Thats just plain common sense. THINK BEFORE YOU POST. :thumb2
2. I would suggest that if a Mod receives two or more complaints about the content of a post or thread, they should seriously consider locking the thread and/or removing any relevant individual posts. Being a pay site they are perfectly at liberty to do so.
I want to make it clear these are simply my suggestions - nobody has to take a blind bit of notice. But if they are considered sensible, someone needs to take the initiative in Bat's absence and make a policy statement before his (our!) site gets screwed. It doesn't take an idiot to work out what his view will be.:question
Other than what I've covered, I don't personally have any issues with anything else. Sick jokes, the odd rude word (already automatically censored by the site where necessary) are what you'd expect in places like the Pub Thread (the name is a clue!), but as I said earlier, there are plenty of things you'd only say in a pub if you wanted a fight or to get ejected, so don't be surprised if you get 'flamed' for doing so in the absence of any regulation!
And lets all just chill out and be nice to one another and our fellow man, whoever that might be. :grouphug:beer
Comments anyone?
With Bat seriously pre-occupied at the moment, its difficult timing, but perhaps the members should give the Mods an idea of what they believe is reasonable intervention, preferably BEFORE another thread gets out of hand. They don't have an easy role (I wouldn't do it) but I have to agree with a couple of posters that there has been little or no moderation in evidence lately.
Thats NOT to criticise the mods in any way whatsoever, let me make that clear - Bat's philosophy has been minimal intervention to date, but its clear that occasionally things are being said that cause offence in some quarters and could even have more serious consequences for the site or individuals if somebody decided to take things further.
This is a car club when all's said and done, as well as a largely friendly community where its always good to hear peoples views on run-of-the-mill things that are not car-related. Personally I don't care how wide that makes the horizon; its all part of the fun of the site.
But I think there are a couple of things we could do:
1. If its not something you'd say out loud in the middle of a busy street in a large city without expecting to have someone poke you in the eye or worse, then its probably not a good idea to say it on here. Thats just plain common sense. THINK BEFORE YOU POST. :thumb2
2. I would suggest that if a Mod receives two or more complaints about the content of a post or thread, they should seriously consider locking the thread and/or removing any relevant individual posts. Being a pay site they are perfectly at liberty to do so.
I want to make it clear these are simply my suggestions - nobody has to take a blind bit of notice. But if they are considered sensible, someone needs to take the initiative in Bat's absence and make a policy statement before his (our!) site gets screwed. It doesn't take an idiot to work out what his view will be.:question
Other than what I've covered, I don't personally have any issues with anything else. Sick jokes, the odd rude word (already automatically censored by the site where necessary) are what you'd expect in places like the Pub Thread (the name is a clue!), but as I said earlier, there are plenty of things you'd only say in a pub if you wanted a fight or to get ejected, so don't be surprised if you get 'flamed' for doing so in the absence of any regulation!
And lets all just chill out and be nice to one another and our fellow man, whoever that might be. :grouphug:beer
Comments anyone?