Forum rules: Your feedback needed

[MickeyD]

alf101 is banned

Seriously??? I see far worse without any action being taken. And NO, I will not rbp it.

 

[satanboy]

What is an infraction? What does it do? Does it slow down your internet connection?

With regards to the no swearing rule aikhona RPM that's reverse trolling the members

you are supplied with an extra large pot of lube...guess the rest

 

[HapticSimian]

...

Or should we stick to "gosh", "golly", and "darn" ?

You could string them together to convey real emotion, such as: This place is turning into a gollygoshdarn joke.

 

[azbob]

OK Fine.

"OK fine"?! Watch your tone!

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I love how alf101 is banned for suggesting that killa deal with his issues through a therapist (an issue he's vocalised himself, so not an insult) yet the trolls don't have a single post removed. This place has well and truly gone to the dogs.

Wtf, he's banned? :wtf:

 

[copacetic]

I utterly disagree with the swearing thing personally, but I can understand it considering the forum is fairly commercially connected, and there's nothing stopping a ten year old from browsing the site.

 

[copacetic]

I simply don't take the forum very seriously.

It's just the gosh-darn internet, FFS.

 

[satanboy]

I utterly disagree with the swearing thing personally, but I can understand it considering the forum is fairly commercially connected, and there's nothing stopping a ten year old from browsing the site.

Nothing stops a 10 year old visiting a S&M site with naked midgets covered in chocolate

 

[azbob]

Wtf, he's banned? :wtf:

Probably a temporary ban.

 

[copacetic]

Nothing stops a 10 year old visiting a S&M site with naked midgets covered in chocolate

Yes, but it's the commercial nature of this site added to this fact that makes it understandable. They have an image to uphold, I'd imagine.

Again, I personally utterly disagree with it, but then again, if I had a forum, there would be no rules to speak of really, so I'm not really qualified to comment, hehe.

 

[Necuno]

Hi folks

Over the last few weeks we received many complaints about trolling and other bad forum behaviour.

We have drawn up a summary of the forum rules. These are obviously not comprehensive or detailed (hence the term summary) – this is done to make it easy to read and to know what is acceptable and what is not.

Your feedback about these forum rules will be great. If you think something important should be added, please let us know.

Strict forum rules (infraction offense)

• No spamming the forum, advertising or asking for money or goods (even for a good cause or charity)
• No personal attacks, insulting other members or threats towards others
• No racist posts or racial slurs
• No encouraging of any illegal activities. It can be discussed, but not encouraged.
• No posting of inappropriate or disturbing material (porn, lewd images, racist posts, etc)
• No posts which constitutes defamation, harassment, or abuse

Encouraged activity (repeated warnings will result in infraction)

• Respect other members and the moderators. They make the forums a great place
• Be friendly to new members. Help them if needed.
• Stay on topic. Derailing threads are frowned upon.
• In debates, focus on the issue and never the member. Hence, play the ball, not the player.
• Report spam. This helps the mods to keep the forum clean.
• Swearing is not allowed, so please try to keep it clean.

Are these actually going to be enforced, especially in CA and PD? We know without doubt the clicks that hangs out in those corners.

I curious about the swearing, its an 18+ forum and we can talk about sex and violence, but not say ****? Will the violent, racist and sexual content also be censored?

Lighter side: Ask yourself what would boodles do?

 

[sand_man]

Probably a temporary ban.

Hopefully!!

Wouldn't consider him a controversial character. Rather enjoy his sharp sense of humor!!

Killanoob on the other hand....

If I meet him on the street one day, I will beat him up!! Insipid little man!!

 

[Fudzy]

No cheerleading

 

[Haldex]

I love how alf101 is banned for suggesting that killa deal with his issues through a therapist (an issue he's vocalised himself, so not an insult) yet the trolls don't have a single post removed. This place has well and truly gone to the dogs.

Seems all one is allowed to do around these parts nowadays is post 'yes' or 'no'.

Unless of course you want to sock puppet and troll. And especially doesn't count if you are a re-spawned from a banning troll.

Mybroadband have dropped the ball over the last year or so. Far too much focus on monetising every aspect of the site and very little time spent on the forum and forum members.

Go ahead - ban away. Eventually you'll be left with the trolls and the clones. Hardly any of the level-headed posters remain on the forum. Most of the PD guys are gone. Most of the CA guys don't bother any longer. Off Topic hardly brings a smirk to faces these days. And the trolls have infested the tech side of things too, turning every debate into an argument based on their fanboism.

But you want to continue imposing ridiculous rules across the board because some people don't like the word 'fsck' even when appropriately used to convey emotion/tone. Additionally, instead of resolving biased and pathetic moderation, you repost the rules, as if that's somehow going to solve the problems.

Thumbs down here. Going on 50k posts and I haven't seen the forum hit such a pathetic low across the board. Not even through the Debbie/halycon debacle...

Alf got banned!!
Well he deserved it tbh

 

[azbob]

Alf got banned!!
Well he deserved it tbh

No cheerleading

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[MartyMarts]

Without the forum mybroadband.co.za as a website would cease to exist. I don't think any informed person intentionally comes here to get informed or get the latest news. If they do then I pity them. The forum is what makes this site bearable. All the colourful, weird and helpful forumites make the forum worthwhile. When you start "modding" the forum to such a degree that it's safe and suitable for PG13 ratings or simply to comply with your sponsors requirements and keep advertisers happy then you are starting to go backwards.

 

[Randux]

you are supplied with an extra large pot of lube...guess the rest

http://0.tqn.com/d/webtrends/1/0/K/A/-/-/raisins.jpg

 

[sand_man]

Maybe myBB needs to a sub section where off topic and/or controversial threads and/or threads where the forums rules and regulations are being contravened can be moved.

Like a naughty corner... There, the parties intent on continuing their blasphemous behavior can do so without impacting other forumites.

 

[rubytox]

Did I miss some excitement?

 

[azbob]

Maybe myBB needs to a sub section where off topic and/or controversial threads and/or threads where the forums rules and regulations are being contravened can be moved.

Like a naughty corner... There, the parties intent on continuing their blasphemous behavior can do so without impacting other forumites.

All the other forumites are going to be there spectating.