Did you know....?

Jeanie

cutback wrote:

ya know if the thread starter has no problem with off topic posts in their threads then no one else should....

completely agree.

Nothingman54

Iv been ban before.

Hitch-Hiker

jamie uk wrote:

...That you can get banned from posting here, for...wait for it, 'derailing a thread' !!
It's true, it's happened today.
What is this, the Nazi party forum, or Pearl Jam? Come on mods....have a heart, have a sense of humour.

It's a standard rule for every forum on the internet. If the rule didn't exist a lot of threads would descend into chaos with a ton of people yabberin back and forth about anything all the time. I've worked on a forum before and they can be very difficult to manage. It's tough to strike a balance between keeping the fun within the community, and keeping order. I for one think the mods here do a stellar job, and are FAR FAR more leniant than a lot of others out there. Obviously they can't please everyone, and occasionally their decisions may seem heavy handed or over the top, but they are never made without good reason.
And always remember, it's their site, their rules. They can do whatever the hell they want with it. I seem to remember them taking away the AET before because it descended into shit. The internet isn't a democracy, and it's for the best.

ladygooddiva

well we did not do the rules
it is them but we have to respect the rules ..
is the same in life right
there are rules and you have to respect them ......

MattCameronKicksButt

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

It's a standard rule for every forum on the internet. If the rule didn't exist a lot of threads would descend into chaos with a ton of people yabberin back and forth about anything all the time. I've worked on a forum before and they can be very difficult to manage. It's tough to strike a balance between keeping the fun within the community, and keeping order. I for one think the mods here do a stellar job, and are FAR FAR more leniant than a lot of others out there. Obviously they can't please everyone, and occasionally their decisions may seem heavy handed or over the top, but they are never made without good reason.
And always remember, it's their site, their rules. They can do whatever the hell they want with it. I seem to remember them taking away the AET before because it descended into shit. The internet isn't a democracy, and it's for the best.

Great post! If I ever get banned, it'll be for chatting but I'll take it like a man and accept it.
Some of the nicest, sweetest people on this board complain about it a lot and I can never understand. You can't just wander into work and do whatever the hell you feel like so why should it be any different here? The mods have got a job to do and like Hitch Hiker said, they do let a lot of things slip. It even says (not a chat room) at the top of the page. That being said, I'll still carry on chatting to people for as long as I can.

Anyway, if I say anymore, I'll just be repeating what he above me said. ^^^

Nothingman54

I got ban for a couple days for reposting a thread that was deleted. It was a spoiler for the last Harry Potter book and I sent the mods a email and I told them the F off, then the next time I tried to log on it from a 2 day ban to being ban for life. I didnt care at first, I waited a couple days and begged the mods to let me come back. Im not bragging, what I did was wrong. Think before you speak.

libragirl

Well I had a perfectly good thread erased because someone had to say idiotic comments. It would've been nice if the offenders comments were erased but I guess I'm not one of the cool kids here.

MattCameronKicksButt

Nothingman54 wrote:

I got ban for a couple days for reposting a thread that was deleted. It was a spoiler for the last Harry Potter book and I sent the mods a email and I told them the F off, then the next time I tried to log on it from a 2 day ban to being ban for life. I didnt care at first, I waited a couple days and begged the mods to let me come back. Im not bragging, what I did was wrong. Think before you speak.

*Scratches head* yeah, I'm not sure telling the mods to fuck off was such a good idea. AHAHAH

Nothingman54

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

*Scratches head* yeah, I'm not sure telling the mods to fuck off was such a good idea. AHAHAH

No it wasent, but "I'm Still Here"

jamie uk

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

It's a standard rule for every forum on the internet. If the rule didn't exist a lot of threads would descend into chaos with a ton of people yabberin back and forth about anything all the time. I've worked on a forum before and they can be very difficult to manage. It's tough to strike a balance between keeping the fun within the community, and keeping order. I for one think the mods here do a stellar job, and are FAR FAR more leniant than a lot of others out there. Obviously they can't please everyone, and occasionally their decisions may seem heavy handed or over the top, but they are never made without good reason.
And always remember, it's their site, their rules. They can do whatever the hell they want with it. I seem to remember them taking away the AET before because it descended into shit. The internet isn't a democracy, and it's for the best.

Fuckin teachers pet

Jeanie

jamie uk wrote:

Fuckin teachers pet

And a 5, 6 , 7, 8! Go DORIS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ouLrgvneE

EddiE

Still no explanation of what "derailing a thread" means :S

harmless_little_f***

EddiE wrote:

Still no explanation of what "derailing a thread" means :S

Taking a thread off the original topic by chatting or saying something entirely random which leads it to spiral into an anarchic mess..

Go Padres!

EddiE

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Taking a thread off the original topic by chatting or saying something entirely random which leads it to spiral into an anarchic mess..

Go Padres!

Guessed as much....that does my tits in tbh, I hate trawling through threads where people are like "Hi _____ (insert name here), how are you, where've you been" blah blah blah...I mean wtf...go on MSN messenger or something ffs :P

MattCameronKicksButt

EddiE wrote:

Guessed as much....that does my tits in tbh, I hate trawling through threads where people are like "Hi _____ (insert name here), how are you, where've you been" blah blah blah...I mean wtf...go on MSN messenger or something ffs :P

That's why!

It's hard to stick to one subject alone though without branching off into other area's. Like the 'cigerette littering thread'. Some people moaned because others started talking about other forms of littering.

brain of c

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Taking a thread off the original topic by chatting or saying something entirely random which leads it to spiral into an anarchic mess..

Go Padres!

...sigh...

EddiE

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

That's why!

It's hard to stick to one subject alone though without branching off into other area's. Like the 'cigerette littering thread'. Some people moaned because others started talking about other forms of littering.

Isnt that what private messages are for?

I can't see what difference it is if its cigarettes or whatever litter, its still on the same/similar topic, but when they totally go off on a tangent on a thread to something completely non-related, that's when it pisses you off.

catefrances

EddiE wrote:

Isnt that what private messages are for?

I can't see what difference it is if its cigarettes or whatever litter, its still on the same/similar topic, but when they totally go off on a tangent on a thread to something completely non-related, that's when it pisses you off.

yeah cause that never happens in normal daily conversation. :rolleyes:

Steve Dunne

i don't get it. i don't see it.

dunkman

prljmngrl wrote:

Who got banned and for how long?

Jenna Jameson and for about 6 hours straight.