Keeping Threads On Topic

It's got to the point now where something has to be said, too many topics are starting well, but just falling off topic and becoming 'gutter threads' - fair enough if a topic starts as a bit dodgy, by all means carry it on (within reason)

But trashing a thread that otherwise had a useful purpose won't be acceptable any more

Basically, the dodgy posts will just be removed... end of.

Like I said, this is not to censor everything, its just to keep topics on track. If it starts to sway, just open a new post up... us mod's are getting fed up of almost every topic turning to smut.

Please.... respect the forum...

 

[Stu DemonD]

Sorry Gaz, I mis-interpreted you to begin with

Yes, those 3 you mentioned are very good, active moderators, no problems there

 

[PuntoOllie]

TBH i dont see any problems on the forum! but those who have brought it up must be seeing something wrong what do the other mods think and what thread has caused this thread to be written? There must be one that ben has thought thats it i need to do something! at least then we can see where the limit is.

 

[dave]

we should have smutty sammis corner for posting cool stuff in members only sammi could mod it, so its only smutty no damb right crude stuff

 

[Magical Trevor]

Just been reading this thread, and thought id had a cpl of comments of my own, though being a newbie, my opinion prob dosent count for much.
i have to say though, i havent yet seen anything that has offended me, most off the threads in ll have had me laughing out loud - this is what first attracted me to ff.
there have been some valid points though, and i agree there is a time and place, sammis idea of a members only section seems a natural solution, as this would allow members to decide if they wanted to partipitate or not, anyway thats my bit over with for now.. cheers

 

[dave]

Just been reading this thread, and thought id had a cpl of comments of my own, though being a newbie, my opinion prob dosent count for much.
i have to say though, i havent yet seen anything that has offended me, most off the threads in ll have had me laughing out loud - this is what first attracted me to ff.
there have been some valid points though, and i agree there is a time and place, sammis idea of a members only section seems a natural solution, as this would allow members to decide if they wanted to partipitate or not, anyway thats my bit over with for now.. cheers

newbie comments welcome, its nice to get an idea of what new people think of the site, thanks

 

[Magical Trevor]

Trust me to arrive in the middle of a confict, but im sure all will be resolved soon. only been a member for a day.. but really impressed with the site

 

[Liam]

But wouldn't a members only section exclude some folk because of the donation aspect?

How long till complaints etc are raised on this one?

I think what Ben and other Mods etc have been saying we need to rid the forums of threads that go like this for example

Liam wrote

What is the spark plug gap for a Cinq

Pete replies

0.7mm

Someone says

Hi Pete


**ALL NAMES USED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION WERE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE VICTIMS**

Conversation and one word replies then ensue, aside from smut this can be post annoying as PM's cna be used for talking etc. Thread wasting exists outside the LL and I can prove it!

Why don't we all just carry on and if a thread is hijacked, goes off topic, gets smutty etc there could be a reporting system of some kind all we could all just be civilised and refraining from lowering the tone in the first place (wait a mo'.........is that possible?)

Oh god, everyone has there own ways and means of how to police/stop it but I'll leave it for the powers that be to decide.

Liam

 

[surfin_fella]

ok, i honestly haven't read the most of this thread in detail, but i agree with gaz's comments that moderators are there to control off topic posts. if they can't do it, they don't deserve mod status

 

[dave]

but the mods never new people were upset about it till now, since everybody was doing it how were mods supposed to know. if mods had gone around deleting stuff all over the place people would have got upset about that, if someone dosen't like something pm the mods of the right section and something can be done

 

[Stu DemonD]

but the mods never new people were upset about it till now, since everybody was doing it how were mods supposed to know.

Got it in one, Dave A lot of this seems to be about us two being 'mods' but also being arbitrators of the situation - until now, never even thought it was an issue, since most people joined in the forum banter. At no stage did I get a PM, or whatever, to say 'Oi, you mod, noooooooo'.

Now we have ALL been told, hopefully it will stop in those threads that don't deserve it.

Btw, looks like another warm day

 

[sammiboo]

Threads have been getting worse lately. I have had to delete/edit some obscene material recently.

sorry dave - i gotta disagree with you there - you obviously werent around/active when things were very crude between certain members of the forum, mods shouldnt come on when they feel like it, its their duty to be active all the time being an LL mod where were you when that was happening???

Thread wasting exists outside the LL and I can prove it!

so can i liam - i can think of some where you have been involved too

ok, i honestly haven't read the most of this thread in detail, but i agree with gaz's comments that moderators are there to control off topic posts. if they can't do it, they don't deserve mod status

Sie the mods only have control in their own forum but i can think of a few mods that come on when they feel like it. i made a simple request regarding the hottie thread and the mod i PM'd it to didnt read it for 10 days!!!!!! the other mods werent active either. in the end i had to pm pete which i shouldnt have had to do but knowing he is active i had no choice.

Sie you should read all the thread - you cant really make a good judgement otherwise. plus you cant deny you love or join in the smut

Sorry guys i dont want to fall out with anyone i love you all and the forum but i think the mods that are very active and are active constantly there is no problems with! i think it is unfair for any mod to comment when they just come on in stints.

It just seems funny that people havent complained about this before especially sometime ago where things were really crude what was said nothing, this was before i came active and was reading back on the things said. Some of the people making comments on this thread are also the ones guilty of thread "enhacing" or smut - anyone that denys this - i will quote them LOL

 

[ben]

It more comes up when I read threads on other sites making a mockery of this one. As I said, we have been compared to Max Power!!! Hell no!!

Again, and let me stress... its post hijacking thats the problem.

Leisure lounge is about all threads non fiat related, but could still have a valid point... Not everyone wants to read trash, but might still like a chat. So the leisure lounge is for them. A thread might start useful to them, but if its trashed, this doesn't look good on the forum.... whereas if a thread started out as dubious, they could choose to ignore it.

Oh, and the members forum idea was more, you only saw it when you were registered (not donated) - so guests to the forum could see that we were useful, and given the option when signing up to view the general chat.

 

[Stu DemonD]

Oh, and the members forum idea was more, you only saw it when you were registered (not donated) - so guests to the forum could see that we were useful, and given the option when signing up to view the general chat.

You mean 'more' expensive - ah, ok. I know there is a members only area on the Eurovan2 site, so that would be the general layout.

I reckon now guidelines in place on this new super-duper forum , the level of thread trashing should now decrease, unless a thread is just begging to be enhanced

 

[ben]

No! Still free... i just mean, unless you were signed it you didn't see it. Nothing exclusive or anything, you can't post unless you're logged in anyway.

Just means someone new, would have a browse around, think ah, useful and sign up.. basically see what they could get out the forum if they wanted, and have the option to join in the banter if they so wished. They couldn't however get put off to start with by some LL posts, as they wouldn't see them..... (and once they were signed up, they wouldn't be able to leave anyway... ahahahahaha)

 

[Stu DemonD]

Ah, thats a useful option.

If I recall, things have kicked off in the past from 'outside' guests looking in the LL, then registering and having a rant [rightly, or wrongly].

Maybe worth making the LL as a Members only section, as already suggested - do you think we should have any more forums into there? Or just that 'culprit' '

 

[dave]

do you think we should have any more forums into there? Or just that 'culprit' '

i still think we should have a sammis smut corner sammi can mod it coz she knows the diffrance betweed dirty, smutty and crude

 

[sammiboo]

i still think we should have a sammis smut corner sammi can mod it coz she knows the diffrance betweed dirty, smutty and crude

er should i take that as a compliment but i think crudness is deffo a no no but it was never acted on - as i have said again and again and again...........

 

[dave]

er should i take that as a compliment but i think crudness is deffo a no no but it was never acted on - as i have said again and again and again...........

yeah is compliment

 

[gaz.d]

will moderators move topics posted in the wrong section then if LL gets members only status, a few posts do get moved whilst others dont

 

[dave]

mods can move things out of their forums but cant move things in to them' only adminastrators can move everything to anywhere,
so if a fiat post gets put in ll only ll mods can move it, when they are online