[Kizzy]

Aw thanks you guys!


... Maybe we are the forum mafia, you feck with one of us you feck with all of us!

[Christmas Dynasnow]

knitting club

fck with one

fck with ALL

[jet]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Aw thanks you guys!


... Maybe we are the forum mafia, you feck with one of us you feck with all of us!

Credit where credits due. It was a great post kizzy.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

knitting club

fck with one

fck with ALL

[Candy Annie Cane]

Lol....a thread about scrapping SDs brings all sides of the debates together. Harmony

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

[Babayaro.]

Classic TiBB.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Classic TiBB.

yep

a massive hot mess

a ban fest


some hugging


and nowt changes

[Cherry Christmas]

The Chat thread is SHOOK

[montblanc]

no it's a scream

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Aw thanks you guys!


... Maybe we are the forum mafia, you feck with one of us you feck with all of us!

Maybe we really ARE underneath it all.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

knitting club

fck with one

fck with ALL

If you are IN the club does that make you the Knit-Wit L.T.?

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

If you are IN the club does that make you the Knit-Wit L.T.?

an SD rebrand

The Knit wits ?

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Sorry to disappoint but posting on this forum isn't my be all and end all like it seems to be for you. Probably why I can laugh it off when a mod deletes my posts instead of throwing tantrums and starting witch hunts.

Says someone who knows NOTHING of what went on. It would help to know what happened to cause such issues before making ill-informed comments.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Simply ,Why would it bother some people who don'treally use it so much they want it axed ? as Cherie said the chat threads have been the cause of bother etc lots of times,,but some of us don't go in there as it doesn't interest us and serious debates would be ok if people could take a differing opinion and be civil in their responses,even when it gets heated most adults can sort it out, I think some people just love the drama and keep trying to wind people up.

Exactly!

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Lol

Can you imagine going into the music forum to say that the latest lady Gaga song is crap

"wait when did you hear it?"

me: "I havent but dont shut down my opinion"


er


no

The people that are complaining about SD I'm assuming have read some of the posts on there and are not liking how toxic it can get on that section of the Forum.

I wouldn't want SD axed personally, I agree with Michael21 that we should be adding more sections to the Forum, not losing them. But I have noticed recently that a SD thread can't happen without personal insults being flung at each other very often.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

The people that are complaining about SD I'm assuming have read some of the posts on there and are not liking how toxic it can get on that section of the Forum.

I wouldn't want SD axed personally, I agree with Michael21 that we should be adding more sections to the Forum, not losing them. But I have noticed recently that a SD thread can't happen without personal insults being flung at each other very often.

there are very few personal insults by members, if any are made they are quickly reported and infractions handed out

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

there are very few personal insults by members, if any are made they are quickly reported and infractions handed out

Which I think is sad though as the Forum is struggling for activity at the moment, and we're seeing good members who contribute alot to the Forum getting themselves into trouble when all that needs to be done is be reasonably civil about each other's opinions.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Cherie

an SD rebrand

The Knit wits ?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Maru

[Ammi]

...Serious Debates, Procrastiknitting and News Stories...

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Which I think is sad though as the Forum is struggling for activity at the moment, and we're seeing good members who contribute alot to the Forum getting themselves into trouble when all that needs to be done is be reasonably civil about each other's opinions.

yes but Mock what you and many on here dont understand is that a lot of infractions are for "baiting" or "trolling" or other generic and non specific things

what is baiting, what is trolling? - half the infractions i get are for me being ironic or perhaps playing devils advocate and frankly you need a bit of that in a debate where a lot of people take themselves a little too seriously

its an opinion and often it is felt that this type of infraction is used nefariously. ie you are in a debate with a mod and say you infuriate them by perhaps exposing a lack of evidence in their argument or maybe just by having a difference of opinion and then hey presto you get a ban/infraction for a non specific thing and you are like :suspicious:


Also if you make a lot of threads I think you get penialised when actually you should be rewarded. In SD if you make a thread about say a rape, abortion or death penalty using a news story you will, on page one, be attacked and in some ways will be held accountable for the article when you did not write or research it. as the OP people who say have strong feelings about the subject latch onto you as the OP and vent at you and thus one can get defensive and you open yourself up to being reported - also just by opening lots of threads you open yourself up, by default, to more reports.


People go on about "just stick to the rules" but if the rules can be interpreted to suit its hard - especially if all the active Mods have left leaning liberal sympathies and also its easy to say this if

1. you make no threads

2. you make like 5 posts a day in chat


I think we all know its not easy to moderate but its not as simple as "just sticks to the rules"

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...Serious Debates, Procrastiknitting and News Stories...

Cross stitch is very popular.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes but Mock what you and many on here dont understand is that a lot of infractions are for "baiting" or "trolling" or other generic and non specific things

what is baiting, what is trolling? - half the infractions i get are for me being ironic or perhaps playing devils advocate and frankly you need a bit of that in a debate where a lot of people take themselves a little too seriously

its an opinion and often it is felt that this type of infraction is used nefariously. ie you are in a debate with a mod and say you infuriate them by perhaps exposing a lack of evidence in their argument or maybe just by having a difference of opinion and then hey presto you get a ban/infraction for a non specific thing and you are like :suspicious:


Also if you make a lot of threads I think you get penialised when actually you should be rewarded. In SD if you make a thread about say a rape, abortion or death penalty using a news story you will, on page one, be attacked and in some ways will be held accountable for the article when you did not write or research it. as the OP people who say have strong feelings about the subject latch onto you as the OP and vent at you and thus one can get defensive and you open yourself up to being reported - also just by opening lots of threads you open yourself up, by default, to more reports.


People go on about "just stick to the rules" but if the rules can be interpreted to suit its hard - especially if all the active Mods have left leaning liberal sympathies and also its easy to say this if

1. you make no threads

2. you make like 5 posts a day in chat


I think we all know its not easy to moderate but its not as simple as "just sticks to the rules"

Well said LT.