[G1dds]

Oh, Im confused

So, I could write a thread with " I think X is a kn*b" , but Cant write a thread/post "X, you are a kn*b"

same difference to me.............

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Faye's mum or Jay's mum aren't members of this forum .... are they?

Not that we know of, though it wouldn't surprise me in the least if family or friends of some of this years BB housemates are on forums posting. And if that were or is the case, then at least David is open about who he is on here. And for those Having a moaning about him posting as he is, well, as a member he has as much right to post as anyone else does, and even more reason to big up his brother Aaron, he also has a right to make just the one post and doesn't have to defend anything in his post at all. Plus if anything he might have done more damage towards Aaron's chances of winning BB than good by posting, although I doubt he has, he just probably wanted to speak out about his brother of which I don't blame him I think some who don't like Aaron are just probably miffed that his brother cares enough to joinand make that post

Good on yer David

[G1dds]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

See...I thought Faye's mum had that coming - and I was glad to see it.

Lol, so did I

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Yes but you wouldnt say it TO them. Thats my point. You would say it about them when discussing them...if thats what you felt.

But saying directly to any other member that they are a dick...is against the rules. No matter who the member is.

If you could post a list of which members are dicks....they would know who they were and nobody would have to mention it to them....

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

If you could post a list of which members are dicks....they would know who they were and nobody would have to mention it to them....

I'm not quite understanding this at all.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by pyramid*

see...i thought faye's mum had that coming - and i was glad to see it.

lol......

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Yes but you wouldnt say it TO them. Thats my point. You would say it about them when discussing them...if thats what you felt.

But saying directly to any other member that they are a dick...is against the rules. No matter who the member is.

Yeah indeed, I'd always take the subtle approach lol

And for the record I don't think he's a dick or anything

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I'm not quite understanding this at all.

..it was a joke......well obviously not.......LOL

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by G1dds

Oh, Im confused

So, I could write a thread with " I think X is a kn*b" , but Cant write a thread/post "X, you are a kn*b"

same difference to me.............

IF they joined...you could not directly insult them. As it would be an insult to other members...

You could post/start a thread about their involvement with BB and say they were a knob. But if they were posting, you could not say TO them that they are a knob.

Its a very grey area, I have to admit, but you need to separate the poster from the housemate...

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by G1dds

Oh, Im confused

So, I could write a thread with " I think X is a kn*b" , but Cant write a thread/post "X, you are a kn*b"

same difference to me.............

Me too. If that is written, then as far as I see it , it is still an insult - discussing another forum member in a rude, insulting and derogatory manner.

[LivT]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Act upon what? I see nothing wrong with the reaction to Aaron's Brother's post and in the case of Faye and Jay's mum they're not members of the forum so there is more leeway to insult them. I wasn't saying anything was happening that was breaking any forum rules.

You're saying you saw nothing wrong....yet it was stated that some posts were deleted, so others must have. I don't give a crapola about other threads, I simply felt inclined to voice what I felt in this one

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Me too. If that is written, then as far as I see it , it is still an insult - discussing another forum member in a rude, insulting and derogatory manner.

But it's also an opinion. And if you word it right you can get away with it.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

IF they joined...you could not directly insult them. As it would be an insult to other members...

You could post/start a thread about their involvement with BB and say they were a knob. But if they were posting, you could not say TO them that they are a knob.

Its a very grey area, I have to admit, but you need to separate the poster from the housemate...

i think the confusion is what you have clarified here: from earlier posts it came across as it being okay to discuss a member on another thread by saying "I think x/y/z is a dick".

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by InOne

But it's also an opinion. And if you word it right you can get away with it.

No it's not - and you will see that from what Vicky also wrote. Opinions on other members have to be respectful and not rude.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

i think the confusion is what you have clarified here: from earlier posts it came across as it being okay to discuss a member on another thread by saying "I think x/y/z is a dick".

You can discuss them in relations to BB...and say what you really think about them. If that so happened to be the opinion that you dislike them and think they are a dick, then so be it.

But you cannot insult them directly as a member.

Is that a better way of wording it? I know what i mean but I may be putting it across wrong

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

No it's not - and you will see that from what Vicky also wrote. Opinions on other members have to be respectful and not rude.

Not rude if they're true though

We'd call it "blunt"

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

You can discuss them in relations to BB...and say what you think about them.

But you cannot insult them as a member.

Is that a better way of wording it? I know what i mean but I may be putting it across wrong

PMSL. I know what you meant - but I think you know it also came across the other way too..... which is where I think we all got confused!

Bliddy nora, this reminds me of SOAP !!

[Suze]

Originally Posted by InOne

Not rude if they're true though

We'd call it "blunt"

True in who's mind though? If you feel the need to insult to extremes and think you can get away with it, then maybe it's best to take that bluntness to PM instead of the forum itself, and see where the other poster wishes to go to from there with said posts.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by InOne

Not rude if they're true though

We'd call it "blunt"

Rude is rude. Whether true or not. And being rude happens to be against the forum rules.

[Vicky.]

I may split the posts debating the rules...into a separate thread. As if David does come back and sees all this it may scare him off, plus its all gone a bit offtopic now

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

You can discuss them in relations to BB...and say what you think about them.

But you cannot insult them as a member.

Is that a better way of wording it? I know what i mean but I may be putting it across wrong

I understand what you're saying but the problem is that this year the insulting of H.M's has extended to their families..if I started a thread saying 'Vicky's a b*tch' it would be the same as saying you are a b*tch in a post...I don't think personally it makes any difference if you were related to someone in BB..I'd still be insulting you..not them. Because some family members are also forum members I think we have to treat them as one or the other...either fair game...or members..

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I may split the posts debating the rules...into a separate thread. As if David does come back and sees all this it may scare him off, plus its all gone a bit offtopic now

Great idea I think this thread was better as a positive thread

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I may split the posts debating the rules...into a separate thread. As if David does come back and sees all this it may scare him off, plus its all gone a bit offtopic now

sounds a good shout!

We want David back please!

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

I understand what you're saying but the problem is that this year the insulting of H.M's has extended to their families..if I started a thread saying 'Vicky's a b*tch' it would be the same as saying you are a b*tch in a post...I don't think personally it makes any difference if you were related to someone in BB..I'd still be insulting you..not them. Because some family members are also forum members I think we have to treat them as one or the other...either fair game...or members..

But it does. if my sister was in BB, and I had to give nominations etc. and give opinions on the show, it would be expected that some would have a negative opinion on me.

But if I had been involved in the show, then came back on here and everyone just insulted me everytime I posted...I think thats very different.

Whereas if someone just randomly started a thread right now calling me a bitch(which has happened once or twice anyways ), it would be entirely different

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I may split the posts debating the rules...into a separate thread. As if David does come back and sees all this it may scare him off, plus its all gone a bit offtopic now

I think you should Vicky.