I never said you can't do it, I said I know you're gonna object. As Admin, you can pretty much do whatever you want.

I think it's only fair that if the members are to be kept in line, then the mods should also, otherwise it will be seen as Stalinist, which is something AndyK clearly said it wasn't.

Pud :twisted:

I'd like to hijack the thread by adding the philosophical point that consistency is subjective. :-P

Neil explained to me earlier but thanks for explaining it again R. :up:.

I'm hijacking it further by turning it into a surrealist ramble about the inflections of time versus super-fluidity in the modern waxworks factory.

Translated into "bees don't enjoy the heat".

I have a question. What constitutes an insult? Is it a direct personal attack, a judgement call by a mod or can a member just be insulted by a post?

Jules :cool:

It is the same as before, either a ouright personal insult along the lines of "your opinion sucks becuse you are a total and utter ******* " or someone uses the report thread link to complain that they feel personally insulted by post because....

That actually sucks horses balls. Because if someone gives a personal opinion about something but it wasn't insultive to anyone personally, then they could get reported. I know this happens from personal experience.

There's probably a couple of points you can notch up on my tally there ;)

Pud :twisted:

So Pud, how many points do you have now lol :twisted:

I have no idea where they're displayed. I thought I had a Total of 130, but then realised that I was looking at the amount of Total PM's I have :lmao:

Off to clear my in and out boxes :D

Pud :twisted:

If you click on your username to view your profile, it will tell you how many points you've got, if any.

If we get any do we get told first or do they just appear?

Well I can't see anything, so I'm assuming I don't have any :mrgreen: Rock and ROLL the system has been Pudified :lmao:

Pud :twisted:

IIf points are given, a PM is always sent explaining why and how many.

So if you don't have any it doesn't say anything at all? Or does it say somewhere Number of points = 0 ?

Correct, it says nothing.

correct

I have to agree with you Pud, as a reporting of a post is totally subjective. I might be really extra sensitive and report everything which I assume to be a dig at me or I might be someone who actually doesn't give a monkeys and the same digs insults would go unreported unless another member reports it. So to use reports as a way is distinguishing whether someone has broken the rules isn't right in my opinion anyway. Plus someone might have it in for another member and just report all of their posts that could be viewed as a dig...

I actually see it a lot that people dig at others or say something and someone else will say the same thing back and they'll report it straight away, I know life isn't fair but you can make it a little fairer by not letting the fact someone has reported a post sway your descision.

It doesn't Lou, it may raise something to the front of the queue to be looked at and have it logged, but in no way does it sway a decision. All posts are read by a good proportion of the team on here.

Good I'm glad. I don't have a problem with the infraction system just the way it may be inplemented...

Does it mean there will be less locked threads?

What guarantees are there that no posts are going to be misinterpetted by the 'team' due to say certain prejudices they may have towards a member?

Also, because the board is made up of people from many different countries that use many different forms of slang, what's to say that an innocent post is posted or interpretted the wrong way?

Pud :twisted:

Exactly the same guarantee's Pud that there are that certain posts by certain members that may be misinterpreted by other members of this board because of their prejudices towards that member, at the end of the day we're all human. Some more so than others I'll admit :))


Which is why the team is multi-national too, with people from the Uk, Germany, Holland and Yorkshire.

At the end of the day the onl thing that has changed is the introduction of a system that will provide more consistency, not less as you seem to be implying.

The introduction of the system means that people could incur points that may ultimately lead them to being banned, surely asking for clarification on the fairness of judgement before giving someone points isn't too much to ask.

I know the mods don't like their authority to be questioned or ego's dented, but that's not what I'm doing. I just want assurances that a system that's being implemented is going to be honest and fair for all and not Stalinist.

Pud :twisted:

Following a few PM queries regarding this, can i reassure people that if you are not a member who recieves regular bans/cautions you will not be affected in any way.

The introduction of the system just means that whichever mod is dealing with a complaint will treat it in the same wqay and issue the same penalty if needed.

And yes, if we are unsure how to treat a member due to possible prejudice towards them, we will ask the rest of the team as we do already.