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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by somme
(Post 7620121)
Grayling WHY are you still here ??????
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 7620093)
To be honest, its far more common for a thread to turn into a slanging match, then other posters in the thread start whinging about "Why hasn't a Mod shut this yet", but no-one reports it. Most thread closures and reprimands (which are often private, as you say) happen after a Mod comes across it by chance.
We really wish that people would remember we all have busy lives and cannot read every thread, therefore cannot spot every case of abuse/bullying/rudeness/etc If people reported problems rather than just complain in within the thread we might manage to stamp out fights faster, thus meaning we would end up closing fewer threads :) Its interesting to note that in some of the BE forums problems do get reported faster, and so are stamped out faster. In the Aus forums there seems to be more a culture of "Carry On Whinging".......... We aren't psychc, and we all need help to keep the forum going in the right spirit, esp as my crystal ball is currently busy with a large number of posters in the Immigration forum who are only interested in foretelling dates of visa grant. So do us all a favour and report the problems when you see them :thumbup: Quite right Polly. Some posters deserve a smack across their bare arse with the ban-stick imo. :frown: |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by Call me AL
(Post 7620125)
Quite right Polly. Some posters deserve a smack across their bare arse with the ban-stick imo. :frown:
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by kporte
(Post 7620112)
Listen to Patsy there!
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by Call me AL
(Post 7620125)
Quite right Polly. Some posters deserve a smack across their bare arse with the ban-stick imo. :frown:
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
For my two-penneth worth, I reckon this forum is pretty easy going, and a reasonable bunch with the rare fly in the ointment. Nowt to worry about really.
You want to try things like the myspace forums - jeez, that's like living in a small one-bedroom house in the middle of a war-zone with a psychotic axe-wielding homocidal maniac, thousands of adolescent chimps, several extreme religious zealots and a giraffe - and trying to stay sane and make sense of the conversation!! Some of the abuse and grief caused is just plain wrong. Oh, and I came a cross a quote the other day which I thought was worth sharing as it summed up a fair amount of the expat process and differing attitudes: "The future has several names. For the weak it is the impossible. For the faint-hearted it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal." Victor Hugo |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 7620093)
To be honest, its far more common for a thread to turn into a slanging match, then other posters in the thread start whinging about "Why hasn't a Mod shut this yet", but no-one reports it. Most thread closures and reprimands (which are often private, as you say) happen after a Mod comes across it by chance.
We really wish that people would remember we all have busy lives and cannot read every thread, therefore cannot spot every case of abuse/bullying/rudeness/etc If people reported problems rather than just complain in within the thread we might manage to stamp out fights faster, thus meaning we would end up closing fewer threads :) Its interesting to note that in some of the BE forums problems do get reported faster, and so are stamped out faster. In the Aus forums there seems to be more a culture of "Carry On Whinging".......... We aren't psychc, and we all need help to keep the forum going in the right spirit, esp as my crystal ball is currently busy with a large number of posters in the Immigration forum who are only interested in foretelling dates of visa grant. So do us all a favour and report the problems when you see them :thumbup: If closure of threads was democratic and based on complaints then this would be less subjective and less work for mods as they wouldn't have to rely on trawling through different threads. Often Moderators are the ones who decide if it's gone too far and often against public opinion. Of course Mods reserve that right as they are the rules, however personally I find this frustrating, imposing and over bearing :banghead: Then I don't give a toss either. I just leave the site for a while till I can be bothered to engage again. This site aint that important in my life:D |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by johnnyx0
(Post 7620152)
For my two-penneth worth, I reckon this forum is pretty easy going, and a reasonable bunch with the rare fly in the ointment. Nowt to worry about really.
You want to try things like the myspace forums - jeez, that's like living in a small one-bedroom house in the middle of a war-zone with a psychotic axe-wielding homocidal maniac, thousands of adolescent chimps, several extreme religious zealots and a giraffe - and trying to stay sane and make sense of the conversation!! Some of the abuse and grief caused is just plain wrong. Oh, and I came a cross a quote the other day which I thought was worth sharing as it summed up a fair amount of the expat process and differing attitudes: "The future has several names. For the weak it is the impossible. For the faint-hearted it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal." Victor Hugo |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 7620093)
To be honest, its far more common for a thread to turn into a slanging match, then other posters in the thread start whinging about "Why hasn't a Mod shut this yet", but no-one reports it. Most thread closures and reprimands (which are often private, as you say) happen after a Mod comes across it by chance.
We really wish that people would remember we all have busy lives and cannot read every thread, therefore cannot spot every case of abuse/bullying/rudeness/etc If people reported problems rather than just complain in within the thread we might manage to stamp out fights faster, thus meaning we would end up closing fewer threads :) Its interesting to note that in some of the BE forums problems do get reported faster, and so are stamped out faster. In the Aus forums there seems to be more a culture of "Carry On Whinging".......... We aren't psychc, and we all need help to keep the forum going in the right spirit, esp as my crystal ball is currently busy with a large number of posters in the Immigration forum who are only interested in foretelling dates of visa grant. So do us all a favour and report the problems when you see them :thumbup: |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by framac67
(Post 7620181)
Tell me where you dont read Polly and al curse and swear at a few people;)
That's alright. They've got you on ignore anyway:lol: |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by johnnyx0
(Post 7620152)
"The future has several names. For the weak it is the impossible. For the faint-hearted it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal." Victor Hugo
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7620219)
"What's our vector, Victor?." Leslie Nielsen
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by somme
(Post 7620121)
Grayling WHY are you still here ??????
I have every right to be here.....as much as anyone else. I will do my time in the colonies (I see it as missionary work:angel_smile:), and when the time is right I will go back to civilisation:thumbsup: Do you realise how much money I have made (through exchange rate changes) in the last 6 months? It beats working.....I will be even better off when I go back HOME.:thumbsup: G |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by Grayling
(Post 7620250)
:confused:
I have every right to be here.....as much as anyone else. I will do my time in the colonies (I see it as missionary work:angel_smile:), and when the time is right I will go back to civilisation:thumbsup: Do you realise how much money I have made (through exchange rate changes) in the last 6 months? It beats working.....I will be even better off when I go back HOME.:thumbsup: G |
Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
Originally Posted by sonlymewalter
(Post 7620190)
That's alright. They've got you on ignore anyway:lol:
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