Question answered, thread closed. = New Rule

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by zim5354

Enforcing written rules is one thing making yours up is another.

Sometimes moderating forums take a little common sense.

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Sometimes moderating forums take a little common sense.

What was the common sense used in closing the thread that we're talking about?

[Infernix]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Sometimes moderating forums take a little common sense.

I dont think anyone wants your "common sense" to interfeer with threads that have not broken any rules.

If anything Unixmad should be making your mods quote a rule every single moment you close a thread....be nice to see a day where we could barely notice mods were around like on other fourms around the net.

[Luda]

Originally Posted by Infernix

I dont think anyone wants your "common sense" to interfeer with thread that have no broken any rules.

If anything Unixmad should be making your mods quote a rule every single moment you close a thread....be nice to see a day where we could barely notice mods were around like on other fourms around the net.

amen

[zim5354]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Sometimes moderating forums take a little common sense.

Others got there before me. Anyway common sense is not a rule and thus forth isnt a reason to close a thread or delete a post no matter how stupid it may be. I just want some breathing room between the mods and the regular people.

(You should consider being a global your active and dont seem retarded like most of them anyway just a though.)

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by zim5354

(You should consider being a global your active and dont seem retarded like most of them anyway just a though.)

Personal attacks are not necessary!

[Demisis_P2P]

Originally Posted by Skyld

Personal attacks are not necessary!

Way to say that you think you're retarded, otherwise his comment wasn't personal.

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

Way to say that you think you're retarded, otherwise his comment wasn't personal.

Uh, "the globals" is personal enough to the team collectively.

I also don't recall saying "I think I am retarded", do you?

[Demisis_P2P]

Originally Posted by Skyld

Uh, "the globals" is personal enough to the team collectively.

I also don't recall saying "I think I am retarded", do you?

You don't know what personal means then.

You may have taken it personally, but his comment wasn't a personal attack.
That, right there, is the perfect example of why moderation based on one person's "common sense" perception is a bad idea.

It's also a bad idea because Unixmad isn't creating a forums aimed at his customers (mostly Generation Y), he's trying to create forums that old ladies and German men can read without being taken back.

The majority of forum users are aged 15-23 from Western countries, they're not conservative old women and authoritative old men. We like satirical humour. We're rebellious by nature. Heck, we're even downright vulgar and just plain crude at times.

Unixmad should have done some organisational behaviour studies (basically diluted psychology and sociology) whenever he got his business degree, so he should know about appealing to his target demographic. It doesn't matter if he likes the forums or not, because he's not a customer, we are.

That's the most ****ing important thing here, and it's not even been considered yet.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

...

You are not forced to be a customer of this product. If you don't like the product nobody forces you to buy it. If you buy it, you have to accept its features incl. rules and staff.

[WanDaMan]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

Way to say that you think you're retarded, otherwise his comment wasn't personal.

Lovely.

[Admins]

Question answered, thread ... Well. It doesn't make sense to let a thread open where everyone ignores the topic and just does personal fight. In such a case it is normal to delete the offtopic posts and close the thread, so that other people can at least read the useful posts. I hope this helps a little bit. Best is to follow normal communication rules, or at least the forum rules (ontopic anyone?).

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Question answered, thread ... Well. It doesn't make sense to let a thread open where everyone ignores the topic and just does personal fight. In such a case it is normal to delete the offtopic posts and close the thread, so that other people can at least read the useful posts. I hope this helps a little bit. Best is to follow normal communication rules, or at least the forum rules (ontopic anyone?).

I don't see how even if it gets off topic, what the problem is. Who cares? What is the harm in it getting off topic? Especially if the question has already been answered. Let the people talk about what they want to talk about, as long as it isn't the rules. Where is the harm?