Flaming, mobbing, and harassment of members

[Casinomeister]

Our forum is a magnet that attracts a myriad of personalities. A basic element of human nature is our emotions, and at times our emotions can get the best of us. When this happens, the best course of action is to respond like a Vulcan - but unfortunately, not many people have pointed ears here.

The moderators and I refuse to babysit grown adults, but we will step in when members flout the rules on harassment and flaming. The thing is, we cannot police the forum 24/7. It's usually after the smoke is clearing that the moderators and/or I can only come in and dish out spankings. This can be complex since some bad behavior stems from a build up of pressure which leads to a verbal explosion. It can be difficult and time consuming to sift through scores of threads to determine who is being abused and who is out of line.

POLICY HENCEFORTH
If someone has a go at you (you are flamed, harassed, mobbed or made to feel uncomfortable) we ask you to ignore the comment and report the post. This also goes for abusive PMs and inappropriate "thanking". The moderators and I will review the comment and decide how to proceed including taking whatever action is warranted against the member who is exhibiting unacceptable behavior. Actions may include "infractions", suspensions, spankings or banishments.

If however you choose not to report the post and respond to the offending post publicly, then you have assumed the responsibility for responding and waived your right to request moderator intervention. But please bear in mind that depending on how you respond, you too could receive a trip to the house of pain! In such an instance, the moderators or I will intervene as we see fit or when other members start to get fed up with it all. Whichever comes first!

For the benefit of the forum and those members who have no interest in watching people argue in public, we would prefer you to not rise to the bait, to report the post and let us deal with it.

Simply put - do not violate rule 1.1 - No "Flaming": Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest. Abusive behavior will not be tolerated and your account may be suspended. Please refrain from potty mouth language.

If it happens to you: report it, don't participate in it.

[silentvet]

I reckon I've missed this term in the forum.
Thanks for the heads up! A very mature rule.

Fred

[roccia49]

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[sugar929]

It's really sad when you have to actually post a rule such as this among grown adults. Some people must lead pretty boring lives in order to have to resort to trash talking others over something that we all obvisiously like to do for entertainment and relaxation(casinos). Those people should look up political forums and go to town there and let us have our fun.
Don't come here and ruin a good thing where people like myself can find helpful, useful, and informative subjects on an industry that becomes more enjoyable with knowledge provided by (and voluntarily) it's members. Kudos to everyone that runs and maintains this site and to it's members who provide us with useful and often entertaining information related to gambling and casinos.
Sugar929

[mrsnasbitt]

thank you for this info and advice cheers mrsnasbitt

Our forum is a magnet that attracts a myriad of personalities. A basic element of human nature is our emotions, and at times our emotions can get the best of us. When this happens, the best course of action is to respond like a Vulcan - but unfortunately, not many people have pointed ears here.

The moderators and I refuse to babysit grown adults, but we will step in when members flout the rules on harassment and flaming. The thing is, we cannot police the forum 24/7. It's usually after the smoke is clearing that the moderators and/or I can only come in and dish out spankings. This can be complex since some bad behavior stems from a build up of pressure which leads to a verbal explosion. It can be difficult and time consuming to sift through scores of threads to determine who is being abused and who is out of line.

POLICY HENCEFORTH
If someone has a go at you (you are flamed, harassed, mobbed or made to feel uncomfortable) we ask you to ignore the comment and report the post. This also goes for abusive PMs and inappropriate "thanking". The moderators and I will review the comment and decide how to proceed including taking whatever action is warranted against the member who is exhibiting unacceptable behavior. Actions may include "infractions", suspensions, spankings or banishments.

If however you choose not to report the post and respond to the offending post publicly, then you have assumed the responsibility for responding and waived your right to request moderator intervention. But please bear in mind that depending on how you respond, you too could receive a trip to the house of pain! In such an instance, the moderators or I will intervene as we see fit or when other members start to get fed up with it all. Whichever comes first!

For the benefit of the forum and those members who have no interest in watching people argue in public, we would prefer you to not rise to the bait, to report the post and let us deal with it.

Simply put - do not violate rule 1.1 - No "Flaming": Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest. Abusive behavior will not be tolerated and your account may be suspended. Please refrain from potty mouth language.

If it happens to you: report it, don't participate in it.

[carol54]

Our forum is a magnet that attracts a myriad of personalities. A basic element of human nature is our emotions, and at times our emotions can get the best of us. When this happens, the best course of action is to respond like a Vulcan - but unfortunately, not many people have pointed ears here.

The moderators and I refuse to babysit grown adults, but we will step in when members flout the rules on harassment and flaming. The thing is, we cannot police the forum 24/7. It's usually after the smoke is clearing that the moderators and/or I can only come in and dish out spankings. This can be complex since some bad behavior stems from a build up of pressure which leads to a verbal explosion. It can be difficult and time consuming to sift through scores of threads to determine who is being abused and who is out of line.

POLICY HENCEFORTH
If someone has a go at you (you are flamed, harassed, mobbed or made to feel uncomfortable) we ask you to ignore the comment and report the post. This also goes for abusive PMs and inappropriate "thanking". The moderators and I will review the comment and decide how to proceed including taking whatever action is warranted against the member who is exhibiting unacceptable behavior. Actions may include "infractions", suspensions, spankings or banishments.

If however you choose not to report the post and respond to the offending post publicly, then you have assumed the responsibility for responding and waived your right to request moderator intervention. But please bear in mind that depending on how you respond, you too could receive a trip to the house of pain! In such an instance, the moderators or I will intervene as we see fit or when other members start to get fed up with it all. Whichever comes first!

For the benefit of the forum and those members who have no interest in watching people argue in public, we would prefer you to not rise to the bait, to report the post and let us deal with it.

Simply put - do not violate rule 1.1 - No "Flaming": Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest. Abusive behavior will not be tolerated and your account may be suspended. Please refrain from potty mouth language.

If it happens to you: report it, don't participate in it.

[laurels]

good idea thnks money tends to bring out the worst in us sometimes especially when it is being withheld from us for no reasons it is good to vent but not at others expense.

[steveh35]

Every forum has the same problem there will always be tempremental members and those members who believe the forum is theirs.

No matter what rules you post people will not change believe me I have seen it time and time again the main things that cause the problems are people who don't like newcomers as they think "I have been here longer and therefore my opinion is superior" and people who just come along looking for a row because it makes them feel better it's just a form of bullying.

[maxd]

No matter what rules you post people will not change ....

While I agree that Rules alone won't change things I do believe that pro-active forum management will, and does.

I've been managing and moderating casino forums for over a decade now -- some success, some oh-so-very-not -- and seen things go both ways. One thing seems to remain true though: absentee forum management is a recipe for disaster. That said being a forum nazi yields equally unsatisfactory results. Fair but firm with a healthy serving of open-mindedness seems to be the way to go.

[Mouche12]

It's really sad when you have to actually post a rule such as this among grown adults. Some people must lead pretty boring lives in order to have to resort to trash talking others over something that we all obvisiously like to do for entertainment and relaxation(casinos). Those people should look up political forums and go to town there and let us have our fun.
Don't come here and ruin a good thing where people like myself can find helpful, useful, and informative subjects on an industry that becomes more enjoyable with knowledge provided by (and voluntarily) it's members. Kudos to everyone that runs and maintains this site and to it's members who provide us with useful and often entertaining information related to gambling and casinos.
Sugar929

It also happens quite often in the average work place where people are supposed to work hard for their money. Good rule!