Originally Posted by
etothepii
I think a cooling off period would be ... therapeutic. If/when it comes back, I would personally like to see thread locked instead of deleted. That way, the mod to lock it can provide an explanation. The "mystery" of disappearing threads works some people up. Plus, a lock can be temporary. Might make people a little happier, and happier people are less likely to make the inflammatory posts.
I'm on other forums, and there are systems warning 1-> warning, 2-> one month suspension,-> warning 1-> warning 2-> one month suspension, perma-ban. The mods check a box and the consequences are carried out automatically. Not much more work than deleting a thread. But the members see what's happening. Offending posts are edited, and the official warning is announced. No mystery. Not that I want to tell HNI how to run things, but one specific forum I belong to (an online game forum) runs very smoothly.
Also, there has been a tradition of being a little more lax in the off season. Maybe that time should end?
I have a different take on what you refer to as "fan boy." Because this forum is an online community, members develop a sense of ownership. It's not ownership in the sense of property rights, but a sense or feeling that goes along with belonging. When someone is kicked out, it violates that sense, and it effects others -- friends -- as well. So the way discipline is handled is critical.
In some cases, dissennsion may be unavoidable, like the way people trash a house just before they are foreclosed.
But if everybody sees a ban coming from a mile away, maybe the constant dissension of the onlookers/friends would be avoided. Instead of "YOU BANNED OLD JOE! ARRRRRGGGG!!!" people would say, "Well, hot-headed Old Joe got himself banned (again), LOL!"
Nobody will be happy all the time. I know I'm not, but there's no need to go into my little pet issue right now. I probably wouldn't ever get into it with an overall happier environment.
So I think the Off Season needs a cool down and a reboot, where we all start over happier, and the negative threads get locked right away with an upbeat message from the mod.
Maybe I'm too hopeful here? I just like what we have (had).
E2 I do agree somewhat with most of what you said, but there is more going on....
Some of the "fanboy" is true also....
I've been here for a long time and I've seen some things that I wish I hadn't.
I've seen people try to take advantage of the moderation team, and I've seen mods abuse their authority. It goes both ways. Unfortunately those mods who abuse their authority, and those who abuse the system(ordinary members) are the reason this has happened.
I remember when a mod would delete a post and give a warning, and that would be the end of it. But now it's gotten to the point where a mod does that and the poster cries about it and his/her fans cry also. Sorta like an Obama supporter. Wah, wah, wah...SO...the mods would just kick a field goal and delete the whole thing, no 'splainin' for the action...just to avoid all the grief from the "fanboy"
If only it was like it was ten years ago....
You get out of line, and a mod would say something, and you reply "sorry" and that'd be the end of it.
Now some people cry like 6 year olds...includng one or two of the mods, but that may be because some of the mods may not be PC enough withthe PMs they give people. I've seen some that basically said your on thin ice you do it once more and you are gone permanently!
I thought...what? my average is 1.32 posts per day??? and someone wants to do a permaban? Sure this is where attitude comes to play....
Instead of threatening someone, maybe there should be a warning? there is a difference between a warning and a threat.
Yes, I have seen some of the mods delete a post and give a warning, (only once for me, about 6 or 7 years ago) but I have seen a threat of a permaban (for me also, less than a year ago with no other warning...came right out of the blue...)
It's like someone getting right up in yer face, if'n ya know what I sayin'...
It's like a flame war, and only one of you will win, but ya gotsta at least stand up...
Anyway, I don't think many will see this post as it will be deleted and I might be permantly gone into the
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