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TomToWin · 08-09-2017, 09:48 AM

I like a good read of this forum and it is evident that a lot of posters post through raw emotion and the posts can sometimes seem OTT and end up being deleted.

So should forums be more open to the raw emotion that people feel with certain subjects?

Niamh. · 08-09-2017, 09:50 AM

Depends if their raw emotion involves insulting other forum members or not

Nicky91 · 08-09-2017, 09:54 AM

well if you insult forum members you get banned, right

so something like that is a no-go for me

user104658 · 08-09-2017, 10:10 AM

We could have an opt-in raw emotion subforum where we all air our angers and... passions...

But if you're not interested in that sort of thing you can just opt out.

There could be some absolutely epic threads in a section like that

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TomToWin · 08-09-2017, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Depends if their raw emotion involves insulting other forum members or not

Obviously that should never be allowed as nobody comes on a forum to be insulted but people feel very strongly about certain issues and it is just human nature for people to get worked up about those issues.

should we not think about allowing a little leeway here and there during a heated debate as long as members aren't insulting eachother?

user104658 · 08-09-2017, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Nicky91

well if you insult forum members you get banned, right

so something like that is a no-go for me

Don't you want to air your passions, Nicky?

Smithy · 08-09-2017, 10:10 AM

Yeah there should be a no holds barred thread!!!

Niamh. · 08-09-2017, 10:12 AM

That has come up over the years but you know it would end up messy as ****. That UBB thread we were only talking about recently is a prime example and you would still have people complaining when we allow you all to go to town on eachother

Smithy · 08-09-2017, 10:14 AM

Im sure its unhealthy to keep all of it inside though

surely having a thread is going to relieve the stress of it all

Keeping it in kills you off early

TiBB trying to kill off even more members smh

user104658 · 08-09-2017, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TomToWin

Obviously that should never be allowed as nobody comes on a forum to be insulted but people feel very strongly about certain issues and it is just human nature for people to get worked up about those issues.

should we not think about allowing a little leeway here and there during a heated debate as long as members aren't insulting eachother?

TBF TiBB gives quite a bit more leeway than a lot of forums already.

But yeah, I've spoken before of a forum (similar size to this one) that I was a member of as a teenager. It had ONE moderator (the admin) and he was paid staff, 9 - 5 Monday - Friday. So all evening every day, and all weekend, the place was completely unmoderated.

And I seriously LOVED that forum

. It was the Wild West, a total free-for-all, and forged some pretty meek and mild members into the best keyboard warriors I've had the pleasure to encounter. Simpler times. Sigh.

user104658 · 08-09-2017, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

That has come up over the years but you know it would end up messy as ****. That UBB thread we were only talking about recently is a prime example and you would still have people complaining when we allow you all to go to town on eachother

Thats why you should make it opt-in, rather than opt-out, with a disclaimer! Like "If you accept access to this subforum, you forfeit any right to complain about anything posted inside".

With obvious exceptions e.g. posting people's personal details / stolen pictures of them (oh yes, I have seen that happen

)

Niamh. · 08-09-2017, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Thats why you should make it opt-in, rather than opt-out, with a disclaimer! Like "If you accept access to this subforum, you forfeit any right to complain about anything posted inside".

With obvious exceptions e.g. posting people's personal details / stolen pictures of them (oh yes, I have seen that happen

)

That's happened here before too

Smithy · 08-09-2017, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Thats why you should make it opt-in, rather than opt-out, with a disclaimer! Like "If you accept access to this subforum, you forfeit any right to complain about anything posted inside".

With obvious exceptions e.g. posting people's personal details / stolen pictures of them (oh yes, I have seen that happen )

Thats quite tame compared to what has happened on here in the past

TomToWin · 08-09-2017, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Nicky91

well if you insult forum members you get banned, right

so something like that is a no-go for me

My idea has nothing to do with insulting people

user104658 · 08-09-2017, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Smithy

Thats quite tame compared to what has happened on here in the past

Were they pictures of someone

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Because that was one of the ones that went around

Smithy · 08-09-2017, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Were they pictures of someone

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Because that was one of the ones that went around

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i think thats worse

Crimson Dynamo · 08-09-2017, 10:31 AM

I just want to spread love and peace

Niamh. · 08-09-2017, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Smithy

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i think thats worse

omg I never knew about this

user104658 · 08-09-2017, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Smithy

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i think thats worse

OK yes, at least the girl on the forum I was on wasn't underage.

Though I was on another large student forum (now HUGE student forum) where one of the admins (...yeah... now ex-admin) was soliciting nude / semi nude selfies of teenage forum members and storing them up / occasionally sending them on to other members. He also offered a few girls cash to meet up in hotels with him and "perform" on the bed, saying he just wated to smoke cigarettes and watch. Not quite as bad as again I;d say all of the girls would have been 18 - 21 (though I believe a couple were probably 17) but yeah. An ADMIN!

I mean a couple of mods here have asked for dikpix but never an admin...

Niamh. · 08-09-2017, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

OK yes, at least the girl on the forum I was on wasn't underage.

Though I was on another large student forum (now HUGE student forum) where one of the admins (...yeah... now ex-admin) was soliciting nude / semi nude selfies of teenage forum members and storing them up / occasionally sending them on to other members. He also offered a few girls cash to meet up in hotels with him and "perform" on the bed, saying he just wated to smoke cigarettes and watch. Not quite as bad as again I;d say all of the girls would have been 18 - 21 (though I believe a couple were probably 17) but yeah. An ADMIN!

I mean a couple of mods here have asked for dikpix but never an admin...

Dezzy

TomToWin · 08-09-2017, 10:45 AM

Do not let the past influence the future.

Niamh. · 08-09-2017, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by TomToWin

Do not let the past influence the future.

You would be silly not to let the past influence the future imo, you learn from experience and all that

waterhog · 08-09-2017, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TomToWin

I like a good read of this forum and it is evident that a lot of posters post through raw emotion and the posts can sometimes seem OTT and end up being deleted.

So should forums be more open to the raw emotion that people feel with certain subjects?

a bit like a exclusive club ? come to Highgate tomtom = I will give you the VIP treatment.