Why the stress in every single thread?
May 31st 2009, 11:35 am
#92
saoirse
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
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
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
Quite right Polly. Some posters deserve a smack across their bare arse with the ban-stick imo.
May 31st 2009, 11:38 am
#94
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May 31st 2009, 11:39 am
#95
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May 31st 2009, 11:43 am
#96
Hasta la victoria siempre
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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
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
May 31st 2009, 11:44 am
#97
no stressin no fussin....
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
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
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
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
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
May 31st 2009, 11:44 am
#98
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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
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
May 31st 2009, 11:50 am
#99
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
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
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
May 31st 2009, 11:53 am
#100
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May 31st 2009, 12:06 pm
#102
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May 31st 2009, 12:09 pm
#103
Bitter and twisted
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
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
), and when the time is right I will go back to civilisationDo 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.
G
May 31st 2009, 12:19 pm
#104
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Re: Why the stress in every single thread?
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
), and when the time is right I will go back to civilisationDo 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.
G
It is the same for anyone that has the capital to do so
May 31st 2009, 12:22 pm
#105
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