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Post by jamo on Mar 31, 2024 12:45:15 GMT 1
What one thing would you introduce to make B&A a more friendly, informative and sociable forum if you had the opportunity?
Nothing drastic or life changing, just something that could possibly steer it back towards its once decent and inclusive reputation. Would: * a cooling off period ( sin bin if you like and after a warning) for rule breaches work * being able to block posters you donβt wish to engage with * a right of appeal to moderators when posts are removed without explanation What would you like to see change. If anything.
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 31, 2024 12:50:29 GMT 1
A bit of tolerance of other's views. There's a place for all views, they can be countered or, if there's no point, ignored.
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Post by tarporleyblue on Mar 31, 2024 12:53:16 GMT 1
There is already the option to block posters.
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Post by tarporleyblue on Mar 31, 2024 12:54:59 GMT 1
Be respectful of others and stick to the rules of the board, simple as.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Mar 31, 2024 13:16:12 GMT 1
I think you can make your own rules.
For example, I try not to post multiple times in the same thread, not always successfully, but it does reduce the amount of times I may repeat myself.
Remembering that it isnβt compulsory to respond to every post relating to something Iβve written.
Itβs also not difficult to see when threads deteriorate into games of ping pong between a handful of posters determined to have the last word and so avoid them.
Then thereβs only reading the thread directly relating to the game currently being played and ignoring the others, thereβs generally reasonable discussion on those threads unless they descend into arguments about previous managers.
Finally when it all becomes too noxious Iβll just take some time out.
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Post by jamo on Mar 31, 2024 13:30:55 GMT 1
There is already the option to block posters. Really? How do you do that ? It hasnβt worked for me. Do I need to adjust my settings or something similar?
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 31, 2024 13:48:31 GMT 1
There is already the option to block posters. Blocking a poster just leaves you in your own one track. I'm prepared to see opposing views, just occasionally they might have a point. In addition, some are fine on football but have a different viewpoint on some subjects.
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Post by tarporleyblue on Mar 31, 2024 14:02:08 GMT 1
There is already the option to block posters. Blocking a poster just leaves you in your own one track. I'm prepared to see opposing views, just occasionally they might have a point. In addition, some are fine on football but have a different viewpoint on some subjects. That's the only problem if you block a poster, it's not selective.
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Post by Pilch on Mar 31, 2024 15:19:12 GMT 1
The easiest change would be to rename the forum let's discuss the mods again
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 31, 2024 15:35:23 GMT 1
The easiest change would be to rename the forum let's discuss the mods again Or we could just have a "Let's discuss the mods again" thread, or even...... a sub board
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Post by hectord0g137 on Mar 31, 2024 15:38:18 GMT 1
Perfectly happy with the forum. I have finally realised that SOME posters on here wouldn't have the houlies to say some of their comments face to face. Once that's understood I either totally ignore them or in some cases find myself agreeing with them. I believe being able to express an genuine opinion is what it's all about
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Post by tarporleyblue on Mar 31, 2024 15:42:50 GMT 1
Let's not forget, we had a reset to this board at the New Year.
Play fair and there will be no reason to change anything.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Mar 31, 2024 16:06:41 GMT 1
I think a social event like the good old days would be good but I can't see it getting enough support.
It's amazing how people respond to people differently if they've actually met them.
I've known people spitting feathers at a username but part of that is not knowing the person, not understanding their humour, not knowing anything of their background.
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 31, 2024 16:41:32 GMT 1
A lot less seem to go down the pub anymore, sad really that people settle for a few tins of Carlsberg crap. So this place could be considered "boozer" chat. There were always a few cantankerous patrons who you either argued with, or ignored.
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Post by belfastshrew on Mar 31, 2024 17:03:06 GMT 1
There is already the option to block posters. Really? How do you do that ? It hasnβt worked for me. Do I need to adjust my settings or something similar? I don't think mods can be blocked.
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Post by belfastshrew on Mar 31, 2024 17:03:37 GMT 1
Really? How do you do that ? It hasnβt worked for me. Do I need to adjust my settings or something similar? I don't think mods can be blocked. I got a ban for asking how to block a mod π€£
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Post by gainsparkshrew on Mar 31, 2024 17:11:15 GMT 1
I think a social event like the good old days would be good but I can't see it getting enough support. It's amazing how people respond to people differently if they've actually met them. I've known people spitting feathers at a username but part of that is not knowing the person, not understanding their humour, not knowing anything of their background. I think you may be on to something Dave. I never got involved in the golf events etc from the old days because of personal circumstances at the time, e.g.mortgage, young family .not a lot of spare money and I didn't play golf etc. Result is that after 20 years on this board and a few years on the old board I hardly know anyone !!! Genuine!y I met and had a chat with Ex keeper standing in a queue for tickets many years ago at the Meadow and met and had a chat with you Dave when you were coming out of Morrisons. I would recognise Pilch as I've seen his photo on here and KL 28 because he went to school with my daughter and that's probably it.. I've spent more time talking to and in the company of mega rock star and multi millionaire Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin than in accumulative total with supporters of my football club ! Obviously people's circumstances change , personally I would welcome a social event ,in a pub, to meet people I've spent a quarter of a century communicating with
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Mar 31, 2024 17:17:35 GMT 1
That's funny because I thought I knew you but I'm clearly talking to the wrong bloke
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Post by gainsparkshrew on Mar 31, 2024 17:40:17 GMT 1
That's funny because I thought I knew you but I'm clearly talking to the wrong bloke No, as I said I only met you the once and then it was only because I recognised you from a photograph from somewhere so I introduced myself. If anyone on here likes a pint, or ten, of real ale and is involved with the local branch of CAMRA then you will probably know my son Jon\Jonny but not me
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Post by armchairfan on Mar 31, 2024 17:50:20 GMT 1
I think a social event like the good old days would be good but I can't see it getting enough support. It's amazing how people respond to people differently if they've actually met them. I've known people spitting feathers at a username but part of that is not knowing the person, not understanding their humour, not knowing anything of their background. I seem to recall suggesting a similar thing, myself, but organising it could be a problem....
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Post by Pilch on Mar 31, 2024 18:35:52 GMT 1
I don't think mods can be blocked. I got a ban for asking how to block a mod π€£ Some people will believe that
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Post by servernaside on Mar 31, 2024 18:52:21 GMT 1
A sure way to make it more friendly would be to remove political threads to the 'Politics Only' board as I have suggested on another thread.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Mar 31, 2024 19:06:01 GMT 1
A sure way to make it more friendly would be to remove political threads to the 'Politics Only' board as I have suggested on another thread. I'm never convinced about that. There's a multiple page thread about Wrexham. We really don't need a sub board. Just keep it to one thread. Likewise the middle East. I don't see the point of clicking on it if you're not interested. This forum has always been a melting pot of ideas and views on all sorts of different things. "Football only" is boring as anything in the closed season. See it more like a pub near the ground. The games come and go and are the major focus but on a cold Thursday night people would rather be playing dominoes.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Mar 31, 2024 19:34:46 GMT 1
There is already the option to block posters. Most posters.....
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Post by neilsalop on Mar 31, 2024 20:00:03 GMT 1
A sure way to make it more friendly would be to remove political threads to the 'Politics Only' board as I have suggested on another thread. I'm never convinced about that. There's a multiple page thread about Wrexham. We really don't need a sub board. Just keep it to one thread. Likewise the middle East. I don't see the point of clicking on it if you're not interested. This forum has always been a melting pot of ideas and views on all sorts of different things. "Football only" is boring as anything in the closed season. See it more like a pub near the ground. The games come and go and are the major focus but on a cold Thursday night people would rather be playing dominoes. Christ on a bloody bike that's twice I've agreed with you in two threads. I hope it isn't becoming habit forming.
There are posters on here that I am in agreement with on politics, but not on religion or on STFC, but not on Premier League or England or on the managerial post or the ownership of the club.
Everyone is welcome to their opinions and everyone else is entitled to argue for or against those opinions, but it would be better if those arguments didn't get as heated as they do. I am as guilty, if not more so than most of raising the temperature.
I am sure that many of us would welcome a social event if nothing else than an opportunity to put names to faces and I would imagine that most of us would probably tone down our arguments if we actually knew the people we were interacting with via a keyboard.
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Post by FloreatShrew on Mar 31, 2024 20:04:11 GMT 1
I'd be up for Blue/Amber meet up at the Prince of Wales!
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Mar 31, 2024 20:24:39 GMT 1
I'm never convinced about that. There's a multiple page thread about Wrexham. We really don't need a sub board. Just keep it to one thread. Likewise the middle East. I don't see the point of clicking on it if you're not interested. This forum has always been a melting pot of ideas and views on all sorts of different things. "Football only" is boring as anything in the closed season. See it more like a pub near the ground. The games come and go and are the major focus but on a cold Thursday night people would rather be playing dominoes. Christ on a bloody bike that's twice I've agreed with you in two threads. I hope it isn't becoming habit forming.
There are posters on here that I am in agreement with on politics, but not on religion or on STFC, but not on Premier League or England or on the managerial post or the ownership of the club.
Everyone is welcome to their opinions and everyone else is entitled to argue for or against those opinions, but it would be better if those arguments didn't get as heated as they do. I am as guilty, if not more so than most of raising the temperature.
I am sure that many of us would welcome a social event if nothing else than an opportunity to put names to faces and I would imagine that most of us would probably tone down our arguments if we actually knew the people we were interacting with via a keyboard.
Yeah I'm up for that. One of the great challenges of our society is the inability to debate ideas without going for the person. Fundamentally disagreeing is not to dislike. Play the ball, not the man. I'm glad we found some common ground. It only twenty years and tens of thousands of posts between us πππ
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Post by Pilch on Mar 31, 2024 21:58:51 GMT 1
the one thing I'm hoping to change in the near future is as this link explains en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominembecause I am sick and tired of posting an opinion on a topic, that is my opinion, only my opinion, and not an opinion ive been asked to give , it might be a totally wrong opinion, but please, just debate the topic and not me, thats not much to ask is it ?
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Post by blueboy48 on Mar 31, 2024 22:56:02 GMT 1
We are all different, have different views and critically, have different ways of expressing ourselves. I think the rules are ok and it's up to us to use our discretion in how we post, how often we post and avoid trying to win every argument. The only boundary I set myself is to write only what I would say if talking directly to the person involved. Just my view and it works for me.
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Post by ProudSalopian on Apr 1, 2024 7:51:14 GMT 1
I completely agree with the principle that everyone is entitled to their opinion and shouldn't face abuse for it. However, the one thing I would say is that it doesn't mean it can't be challenged/debated. Too often I see people give an opinion and then when it is challenged, get defensive and accuse people of attacking them. Its your opinion, by all mean debate and defend it but don't get offended because people disagree with it.
The other thing I'd like to see (but not expecting it to happen) is recognition that any criticism of STFC and people at the club does not make you any less of a supporter. I'll admit that I can be critical of various aspects but often it's because I am a supporter and get frustrated at what I perceive to be poor practices/missed opportunities and I only want what I believe to be the the best for my club. Unfortunately, too many people feel the need to defend the club at all costs and dismiss genuine concern as negativity.
Neither of these really answer the opening post, but to me its a football forum and I don't think it should be too regimented so there's no need to introduce any new features. It shouldn't be too difficult really, if you are interested in the subject then give your opinion and be prepared to debate others, if you don't then ignore it.
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