Moderation and censorship at virtual forums. [Discussion]

No, it isn't. But what else can one expect from you...

 

Oh, you're breathlessly waiting for a response? Sorry to keep you waiting. Try this on for size:

First of all, you're all carrying on like a bunch of 10 year olds. "Mom! He called me names!". "Yea, but he called me names first!". For Christ's sake, get over it. Grow a f**kin' pair and start acting like adults. If you can't handle that, then you're probably developmentally disabled, and there isn't much I or anyone else on the forum can do for you.

Second, the moderators run the forum and the rules are the rules. This isn't a democracy, there is no constitution, there are no lawyers. Don't start a thread to complain about it and start whining like a little girl. Don't appeal to the other members to side with you. PM the mod you have a beef with and work it out with them. And if you don't like the results, you're free to leave. Just don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Third, you should all fall on your knees and thank God I'm not a moderator. I would have shut this thread down a long time ago, and I'd probably have suspended a couple of your asses for a minimum of six months.

Also, @ipx, I'm not waiting for a reply from you over this, because I personally don't give a rat's ass about what you have to say to me.

 

@John Sutherland:

What a waste of internet bandwidth.

 

I'm still

 

It's not about that. It's about you guys breaking your own rules by leaving nasty posts to stand and taking constructive, rational posts down. Some of these nasty posts were reported, even...

That is why it is important to ask questions before pulling the proverbial trigger.

But as you say, power and duties are going together.

And sometimes they are a curse...

 

Well, in this case, as has been well documented, we can deal with facts and factually see who started what.

To hold people at the receiving end responsible for other people's nasty insults and provocations and not allow them to respond - or delete their posts but leave the offending ones standing (even though some have been reported) - is a serious fault on the part of your Team.

If one wants to maintain the highest standards - we are usually seeing you uphold and we rightly want to see that class act continue - the Team must keep doing it and when one finds stuff that was not up to scratch, then talk about it (hence this thread is a good way of going about it and I for one applaud it).

At the same time, one needs to be mature and take it on the chin, understand one is Human and hence flawed, then reset to a better setup, I guess:

Rules
Triggering levels
Procedures

...need to be agreed and acted upon... If in doubt - talk, communicate, agree through a good procedure.

I find this is a good investment for the future "events" as well, as the machine gets "warmed up" and "oiled" through all this... I've been doing this for more than 20 years now, mostly in Sat TV hobby but...

I don't see any other reasonable options, quite frankly. If this is not generally like this, it is just a question of time before nasty power games are played out, things stagnate and start going backwards. This is how and when good projects die...

 

And I'm still not done yet. You guys are clueless. Completely and absolutely clueless. You have no idea just how lucky you are to be members here at MDL. You think you can do whatever you want, say whatever you want, insult people, rip people apart like a pack of wild dogs, and that's because there are never any consequences to your actions. Zero. So as a result, time and time again, a thread like this one starts off with the best of intentions and ends up turning into a big steaming pile of s**t. Let me tell you something, I belong to four other forums besides MDL, and believe me, you would never get away with this kind of s**t on any of them. Most of the of posts you see on this thread would be gone in 5 minutes, along with the member(s) responsible for them. Guaranteed. It would never be tolerated.

Another thing. Don't any of you realize this is an open forum? Anyone on the internet can read what goes on here. When you do this, you not only make yourselves look bad, you every other member of this forum look bad. It's f**king embarrassing for the rest of us, it really is.

 

It's actually the strength of this forum, if one thinks a bit harder... The fact that licking boots is not required is its greatest asset!

It's why we appreciate it! It's why it's worth fighting for. And some of us actually try to be constructive...

 

another gem :

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/stephen-hawking-dies-at-76.76627/#post-1480466

 

This isn't about licking anyone's boots. It's about treating other members with respect, regardless of how strongly you might disagree with them. And just because you might think you're smarter than somebody else (always debatable), it doesn't give you the right to call someone an idiot.

 

Perhaps if you directed that at the correct persons, who did that all the time, as well documented in this thread, one might agree with you.

Since you are not, I would stay with my previous statements, thank you...

 

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/about-donald-trump.74987/page-3#post-1391922

 

& a racist too :

Spoiler: Joe C

 

Bat turn...Bat turn...Bat turn

You don't need to stalk @Joe C just ask your Mom when she's finished "Her Job" and can talk without something in her mouth

Now DO https://forums.mydigitallife.net/search/1668665/?q=idiot&o=date&c[user][0]=101248

 

the title of the thread is moderation & censorship so am just highlighting posts which going by the rules should have no place on this forum.

it just happens that all the nasty posts are from the same misogynist, racist, advocate of wife-beating who would not even spare a handicapped but genius scientist.

you choose not to condemn your friend & that is your choice / compulsion / prerogative & i respect your decisions.

you also have no clue how to defend your pal after all the venom he has puked so you choose to hit below the belt, i understand & sympathize.

 

So you gonna Highlight ALL de times gorski called someone an idiot

You might also see IF he may have possible called someone Unintelligent
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/search/1668726/?q=unintelligent&o=date&c[user][0]=101248

 

we both know you are trivializing.

would you be fair enough to answer in a yes / no :

do you endorse the posts made by @Joe C ?

 

Please do not feed these trolls. If you give them any attention by making any reply's they will not go back and hide in their little caves from where they hatched from.