Just to clarify the whole Stretch banning, he was originally banned for breaking the rules repeatedly. After the initial banning he rejoined at least 9 times, that we knew of, and each of those accounts was deleted. We did warn him and we did communicate with him behind the scenes, we tried for along time to make him fit in.
Forums are a challenge. Differing writing and reading styles mean that what is explanatory to one person can be inflammatory to another. Hopefully moving forward, and using a different system, we can manage crazy threads better and find a way that nobody needs to be told that their view doesn't matter.
I too feel that a little thread meandering can be very interesting and educational, so I think clarification of what "off topic" means is something that needs to be worked on.
There are no rules for banning members. There are forum rules, breaking those results in banning.
I think all members get to be snarky sometimes, I will work harder to be less snarky. However blaming the Chalkbucket for the views of members is never going to win any awards here. Humour is so personal too, one persons riotously funny is anothers slap in the face. Ignoring members who rub you the wrong way is a great option, and can be chosen in your profile.
I would love to see more coaching threads here, more technical detail and information.
Having more forum specific mods will make the board run much more smoothly as will using the private groups feature, private from the regular members that is.
Forums are a challenge. Differing writing and reading styles mean that what is explanatory to one person can be inflammatory to another. Hopefully moving forward, and using a different system, we can manage crazy threads better and find a way that nobody needs to be told that their view doesn't matter.
I too feel that a little thread meandering can be very interesting and educational, so I think clarification of what "off topic" means is something that needs to be worked on.
There are no rules for banning members. There are forum rules, breaking those results in banning.
I think all members get to be snarky sometimes, I will work harder to be less snarky. However blaming the Chalkbucket for the views of members is never going to win any awards here. Humour is so personal too, one persons riotously funny is anothers slap in the face. Ignoring members who rub you the wrong way is a great option, and can be chosen in your profile.
I would love to see more coaching threads here, more technical detail and information.
Having more forum specific mods will make the board run much more smoothly as will using the private groups feature, private from the regular members that is.
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