Forum Rule Changes including Introduction of Infraction System

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Virufann touched me in a special area.

Me too!

 

[GIMH]

Hey Smitteh, remember 'Feel the butthurt'

When men could be men in the footy thread

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Man if I posted now like I used to I'd have 900 infraction points. Those were the days.

YOU'RE ALL **** ****S. ESPECIALLY THE MODS AND STAFF AND SUPER ESPECIALLY JAMES.

 

[andyc]

I've clearly covered off that in my post. But obviously when you're euphoric after a HUGE victory for your team, you should be completely emotionless! The whole thing was a non-issue and is a shining example of when mods ignore context.

I would say if you are going to be a bad loser then expect a small bit of comeback.

GIMH, safe to say I disagree. I handed out the infraction, and yes I don't follow the thread, but I read from a couple of pages back as I always do and couldn't see anything at all from Cevno that constituted trolling, let alone warranted abuse. I wasn't alone in thinking this in the mod forum, and it seems that others in this thread think the same way. Just as you've said that people should be allowed to show a bit of emotion after a big victory, so they should after a big loss.

At the end of the day, if sledger didn't want to cop an infraction, he shouldn't have abused another poster.

 

[GIMH]

@ Smitteh

 

[Teja.]

1.Don't think sledger should've been infracted.

2. Cevno wasn't trolling, IMO.

3. Don't see how people are assuming Cevvers is the one who reported the post. About 9000 people post in that thread. If it was then alright but it's a pretty long stretch to assume he reported given he was part of the banter.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

My thoughts re: sledger: haters gonna hate.

 

[GIMH]

GIMH, safe to say I disagree. I handed out the infraction, and yes I don't follow the thread, but I read from a couple of pages back as I always do and couldn't see anything at all from Cevno that constituted trolling, let alone warranted abuse. I wasn't alone in thinking this in the mod forum, and it seems that others in this thread think the same way. Just as you've said that people should be allowed to show a bit of emotion after a big victory, so they should after a big loss.

At the end of the day, if sledger didn't want to cop an infraction, he shouldn't have abused another poster.

At the end of the day, if Cevno didn't want to cop mild nonsense abuse, he shouldn't have been a sore loser and deliberately tried to antagonise

I understand why people might not be able to see why he was baiting but as someone who has had the misfortune to read all his posts in the footy thread, trust me, he was.

You should have either left it alone or at most just posted to say 'that's enough you two cut it out'. It seems that since infractions were brought in you feel compelled to give one out every time and never take the logical option.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Just as you've said that people should be allowed to show a bit of emotion after a big victory, so they should after a big loss.

****. I got smashed in tiddly winks today. Was a massive disappointment. Corrin is a ****.

Seriously though, I have no problem at all with Cevno, but Man U fans deserve everything they get.

 

[GIMH]

1.Don't think sledger should've been infracted.

2. Cevno wasn't trolling, IMO.

3. Don't see how people are assuming Cevvers is the one who reported the post. About 9000 people post in that thread. If it was then alright but it's a pretty long stretch to assume he reported given he was part of the banter.

I don't think it's a big jump, given the nature of it to assume it was Cevno. Might not have been but why would someone else have reported it?

Of course, the most important word in your post is banter, but it seems the fun police's definition of banter differs depending on who posts it.

 

[Nate]

We should finish this once and for all and infract Clapo.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I suspect they don't like being called Fun Police, Gimpy. Candy has never been anything other than 'fun', to be honest.

 

[vcs]

I don't think it's a big jump, given the nature of it to assume it was Cevno. Might not have been but why would someone else have reported it?

Of course, the most important word in your post is banter, but it seems the fun police's definition of banter differs depending on who posts it.

Hey, maybe he just doesn't like being called a ****. Most people don't.

 

[Howe_zat]

I don't think it's a big jump, given the nature of it to assume it was Cevno. Might not have been but why would someone else have reported it?

Of course, the most important word in your post is banter, but it seems the fun police's definition of banter differs depending on who posts it.

Surely it only makes sense to look at who's posting to see whether it's banter or not? And more specifically, who it's directed at? If exactly the same language had been going on between, say, you and Sledger, then it wouldn't be a problem. But Cevno clearly isn't part of the clique, so it's only reasonable to see there's more of a problem if he's involved (whether he's dishing it out or copping it)?

This is one of the reasons I think the mods are actually perfectly capable of backing their own judgement with or without the infractions system.

 

[andyc]

Let's not get into speculating about who did or didn't report posts. The whole point of being able to report a post is that it remains confidential between the poster and the mod staff. Also not sure why it matters, tbh.

 

[GIMH]

Surely it only makes sense to look at who's posting to see whether it's banter or not? And more specifically, who it's directed at? If exactly the same language had been going on between, say, you and Sledger, then it wouldn't be a problem. But Cevno clearly isn't part of the clique, so it's only reasonable to see there's more of a problem if he's involved (whether he's dishing it out or copping it)?

This is one of the reasons I think the mods are actually perfectly capable of backing their own judgement with or without the infractions system.

I do actually largely agree with the first paragraph (although given I have had a couple of slaps on the wrist for abusing Burgey, I'm not sure the powers-that-be do)

However, by the same token, Cevno was being deliberately antagonistic. As you have alluded to, it works both ways.

Hence why common sense should have been used. Intervene in the thread, there was no need to infract in that situation and if one infraction was given then two should have been.

 

[Shri]

Hey, maybe he just doesn't like being called a ****. Most people don't.

****!

 

[vcs]

****!

I'm not most people. Watch out, or else I'll have the mods infract you for stereotyping me based on.. er something, ****!

 

[Shri]

I'm not most people. Watch out, or else I'll have the mods infract you for stereotyping me based on.. er something, ****!

 

[Howe_zat]

I do actually largely agree with the first paragraph (although given I have had a couple of slaps on the wrist for abusing Burgey, I'm not sure the powers-that-be do)

However, by the same token, Cevno was being deliberately antagonistic. As you have alluded to, it works both ways.

Hence why common sense should have been used. Intervene in the thread, there was no need to infract in that situation and if one infraction was given then two should have been.

I wasn't there, and I'm not a football fan, so I can't say whether or not Cevno was being generally antagonistic. But in this case, isn't the difference made by Cevno not provoking anyone specific, whereas Sledger was directly insulting him?

Edit: (genuinely asking btw)