- Joined
- Jun 30, 1998
- Location
- Bierland
One of the most difficult aspects of moderating a forum is ensuring that members are treating each other with some level of respect. Another is to give the membership as much leeway when it comes to express oneself freely - this is tough since a number of folks post comments that borderline of breaking the rules - or maybe not. Language at times is hard to interpret when 50% of our members are non-native English speakers.
The forum section "Political Rants" is rife with comments that hit the borderline - and some slide right into bigotry and hate speech. A thread may appear on a weekend, and by the first day of the work week it's spun into double digit pages of rants and tit for tat comments which makes moderating almost impossible since we would be handing out infractions for every other comment. And honestly, I rarely delve into this realm.
I am being accused by some members of condoning this bigoted behavior - which is a ludicrous accusation for those who know me. I am only guilty of not monitoring every comment being made and analysing its meaning and possible effect on others. That of course would be difficult to manage on a forum of this size.
Don't turn me into a schoolmarm - or make this forum into nanny's-ville - because that is not what this forum is about. I have run this forum successfully for 22 years, and I will not not tolerate poisonous comments when it comes to race.
Please feel free to engage others in the political rants section, but abide by our rules and show a bit of decorum. Thank you.
The forum section "Political Rants" is rife with comments that hit the borderline - and some slide right into bigotry and hate speech. A thread may appear on a weekend, and by the first day of the work week it's spun into double digit pages of rants and tit for tat comments which makes moderating almost impossible since we would be handing out infractions for every other comment. And honestly, I rarely delve into this realm.
I am being accused by some members of condoning this bigoted behavior - which is a ludicrous accusation for those who know me. I am only guilty of not monitoring every comment being made and analysing its meaning and possible effect on others. That of course would be difficult to manage on a forum of this size.
Don't turn me into a schoolmarm - or make this forum into nanny's-ville - because that is not what this forum is about. I have run this forum successfully for 22 years, and I will not not tolerate poisonous comments when it comes to race.
Please feel free to engage others in the political rants section, but abide by our rules and show a bit of decorum. Thank you.