I1L2T3 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It's a forum for adults, senior citizens in fact that have lived through all sorts. It shouldn't need policing at all, if people can't go on a forum without crying onto their keyboard because they're offended, they shouldn't go on there. Go play Wii bowling instead. It's for the over-50s. ---------- Post added 06-02-2013 at 22:54 ---------- It's not that people were offended it's the fact that if any one dissented from their views they were criticised and hounded. Sounds strangely familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 It's a forum for adults, senior citizens in fact that have lived through all sorts. It shouldn't need policing at all If the mods left Sheffield Forum I'd give it about a month before the place became unusable. Decent posters would leave as the rabble took over. The number of threads about Muslims would go through the roof. By your crazed logic, the police should only deal with juvenile crime as adults, who "have lived through all sorts", shouldn't need policing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 If the mods left Sheffield Forum I'd give it about a month before the place became unusable.<snip> [climbs up from under the desk having fallen off my chair] Someone sticking up for SF moderation!...It's nice to see that some people do realise the reality of it all. We try our best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 If the mods left Sheffield Forum I'd give it about a month before the place became unusable. Decent posters would leave as the rabble took over. The number of threads about Muslims would go through the roof. By your crazed logic, the police should only deal with juvenile crime as adults, who "have lived through all sorts", shouldn't need policing at all. My point is adults should be able to handle being offended, it happens every day in real offline life and life goes on, we don't shut ourselves in a sealed room to avoid it. Why do people expect online to be any different? The police are there to fight crime. Offending people isn't usually a crime unless it's racially derogatry. Being offended isn't a crime either. So your crazy logic doesn't equate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Because it was the people with the right wing views who were being offensive. Unless you don't consider advocating violence, homophobia and racism to be offensive, of course. They are views on violence, homophobia and racism. I don't consider those to be right wing views, why would you? Isn't it time that people stopped using lazy labels? As for Saga's forum, well it just goes to show that folk miss it if it isn't there - both the forum and moderation. It is a real shame that they have decided to throw the baby out with the bathwater instead of sorting it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 "'The majority are a good group of people but a minority caused concern with offensive and potentially illegal racist or homophobic comments. We even discovered what I believe are called trolls with multiple online personalities, because messages were coming from the same computer – sometimes with names from both sexes." That would never happen on here. Sounds like the Daily Mail comments section, only its not a minority of posters who are racist and homophobic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Robust discussion is one thing, but trying not to say things that would win you a smack on the nose in the pub is a reasonable standard to expect to comply to. That's the difference between anonymous online behavior and person to person discussion. It's easy to be offensive when you're anonymous and hide behind a persona and keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecsaetan Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Let's face it, some people only bother with forums to try and push their own political or personal agendas, or troll with the intention of muting opposing opinions, it's nothing to do with education or enlightenment, or trying to help fellow man, those people offer nothing and rightly should be banned, especially if the moderators can't keep on top of the trolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 My point is adults should be able to handle being offended But so what? Saying that is like a Miss World contestant wishing for World Peace. People obviously can't handle being offended, so a community needs measures in place to make life pleasant for the masses. That applies online or in real life. Robust discussion is one thing, but trying not to say things that would win you a smack on the nose in the pub is a reasonable standard to expect to comply to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 But so what? Saying that is like a Miss World contestant wishing for World Peace. People obviously can't handle being offended, so a community needs measures in place to make life pleasant for the masses. That applies online or in real life. Robust discussion is one thing, but trying not to say things that would win you a smack on the nose in the pub is a reasonable standard to expect to comply to. Whether you'd get a smack in the mouth in a pub is a fairly low standard to go for isn't it? Is that what you expect of us all on here, are we all pub brawlers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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