Lets Not Let It All Go Pear Shaped Please!

[Masked Marauder]

Over the past couple of weeks a few users have been causing friction and disruption in the forum. I am no kill-joy, but the forum is not here to allow people a place to wind other people up.

 

Forum

Pronunciation: 'fOr-&m, 'for-

Function: noun

Definition 1. a medium of open discussion or expression of ideas

 

As a public forum it will of course draw in people from all walks of life. No one expects that everyone will get on with everyone else, that would not happen elsewhere in life, and it is not going to happen here. People will come, people will go, just as they do in the real world. So is it too much to ask that we treat people the same as we would in the real world, in that we tolerate others and try to get on?

 

Whilst that includes putting up with the odd fruit-case or two, it does not mean we can do as we like, there are written rules for the forum and as in everyday life there is etiquette, but unlike everyday life where we pick it up from birth as we go along, we have to learn it from new, because much of the signals we get from others are visual and we don't have that here.

 

Nor do we have to face the person we are talking to, and some seem to think that means we can wind people up or do as we wish without worrying about the outcome as the worst that can happen is you get banned from the group.

 

Which brings us back to unacceptable behavior and what we can do about it.

 

As an established member of this forum I will not hesitate in emailing Gteuk asking for one of the newer users accounts to be nuked if he carries on, and I am sure if we all do it then he will do so.

 

This forum has been self-moderating for some time and I am not willing to see it die because someone has come on and started hacking people off simply because they can.

 

I don't want a moderator coming in here and imposing their views and censorship on us, so lets just stop this now please. If someone is pissing people off then don't bite at the bait, just ignore them. That is not to adult too ask now, is it?

 

So lets keep threads on topic in future and keep chat to chat threads.

 

Thanks for reading, and I hope, cooperating in making this forum a peaceful and happy place once again.

 

Trevor.

[Guest neil_wiles]

Absolutely spot on as always.

 

Agree fully with Trevor.

 

Lets enjoy "our" forum and fix them faults.....

 

Neil

[Guest nikvenn]

Completely agree -

 

My email problems must be more serious cos I haven't really noticed much out of the ordinary recently :(.

 

Sometimes it takes a while for new members to zero in on the 'sense of humour' of some, some never do and we don't hear from them again, others adapt - I've seen a few over the last couple of years. :)

[Scorpiorefugee]

I'm in total agreement although I have to say that I've not been aware of any problems.

 

As to what to do. I find that a period of concentrated indiference seems to work with silly problems on my cars, perhaps it works with other nuisances. :lol:

[bigdaddy]

Totally agree with MM,,,,,,,,,,,,Am I the only one that finds seatkid and vr6 funny B) :) :lol: :D :D :lol:

[Scorpiorefugee]

It took a while...

:lol:

[Guest mattkaye]

I agree MM.

 

I do not visit this forum as often as I would like, but I think When I do that it should be a good experience.

 

I have received some great information and help from this forum and long may it continue

 

:lol:

 

Matt

[El Dingo]

Sorry if I am one of the fruitcakes on occasion... B)

 

It's a great forum - you don't have to spell well, and you can even have a dodgy avatar (not you Mof4, but yours does make me giddy).

 

My advice - ignore the nasty stuff.

 

However, can we have a moderation of the rude stuff? - my son likes to read this forum too (and he's only 23...)

[gregers]

:lol:

[Guest MATT]

LMAO!

 

MATT

[steve67car]

:lol: :P