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ASF Moderation


Thanks iSPI. Appreciate it.

From my point of view, posting in web forums like this is something to entertain myself during the day if I don't have a trade on. It's always good to have contact with other people who do what I do(I only know 1 person in real life that trades), but if it annoys me, then I won't post.

Battman generally avoids direct questions about his trading, which means I don't find anything of use in his posts, and most of the other people that have contributed in the past have left, so there isn't much interest there for me at the moment.
 

iSPI,

See, even diplomacy desn't work! ROFL

The point of my post was not to complain.

It was to point out that we are human too. We are tryng hard, learning as we go along......

......and developing very thick skins

You liken us to referees... well... yes! And who's the person on the footy field who doesn't have a clue, is biased toward the other team, lost the match for us etc.... the ref!


Don't expect perfection.
 

Absolutely, I apologise for not acknowledging that (starting the thread)earlier.

Big thumbs up for that and standing by your actions
 

Snicker doesn't sound to hard to me !

I won't expect perfection , as long as you don't expect to please everyone.

Hey DrJ ... good on you for being an umpire (as you mentioned earlier)
don't no what you umpire in or at what level but I have a great deal
of respect for umpires and I mean that sincerely sports is lost without you... moderators well different story
 
Battman is happy to meet doctorj to give him a hug
This is my fourth attempt at this post.....
Someone keeps deleting them.
Send me a PM doctorj
 
No offence taken iSPI
The first 2000 were better.
 
Thank you for your support iSPI and of course Margaret.
 
Bronte said:
Battman is happy to meet doctorj to give him a hug
This is my fourth attempt at this post.....
Someone keeps deleting them.
Send me a PM doctorj
Why do you keep deleting my posts?
 
doctorj said:
Because you keep posting off-topic.

I think the PM facility and chat area needs to be more liberally used to cope with this.
 
kennas said:
I think the PM facility and chat area needs to be more liberally used to cope with this.
Or just start another thread on whatever it is you wish to discuss.

If a thread on stock XYZ turns into a discussion about who's going to win the AFL Grand Fianl then, rather than deleting posts or otherwise upsetting anyone, just start a thread on AFL football and move the posts there. That way everyone should be happy.

Obviously this doesn't apply in cases of personal abuse etc. Such posts ought to be removed from the relevant thread(s).
 
Sorry about getting into this thread so late but I have been at a get together all afternoon and evening and have just come across this thread now.

Firstly let me just say that moderating a forum is a difficult, thankless job. It is a volunteer position and is taken on by those who care about the site enough to want to help maintain a certain level of order and civility. It doesn't make their jobs easier that they are also participants in the discussions. In any large community you are always going to have situations where people do not agree with the decision of a moderator. It only natural. I happen to think that our moderators here at ASF are extremely even handed considering how emotional some threads get. The umpires decision doesn't always go your way and talk about "consistency" of moderation is pointless when you have many differing points of view and ideas of what is "consistent" and what isn't. Sometimes you've just got to cop the decision on the chin and move on. It's a reality of forum life and will happen to everyone from time to time.

I think there is better moderation on this site than most forums and unfortunately a lot of their work goes unseen and largely unappreciated. Spam threads are deleted, threads are merged, split, renamed or moved from one forum to another. None of us sit around waiting for forum drama. Personally I dread it and I'm sure the moderators do too. We do out best to stop it from happpening in the first place but unfortunately it is inevitable.

The best way to help out the moderators is by treating other ASF members with politeness and respect whether you agree with them or not. Then there would be fewer fights for them to break up in the first place. And in the end it really isn't worth getting all worked up over an argument with someone on an internet forum.
 
Joe Blow said:
Sorry about getting into this thread so late but I have been at a get together all afternoon and evening and have just come across this thread now.

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Too late Joe we already had a group hug !
 
iSPI said:
Too late Joe we already had a group hug !

I have been at a bachelor party so I've already had my male bonding experience for the day. Count me in for the next group hug though.

I have also had a bit to drink. That last post took me an hour to type out. LOL! :alcohol:
 
Bronte said:
Battman is happy to meet doctorj to give him a hug
This is my fourth attempt at this post.....
Someone keeps deleting them.
Send me a PM doctorj
Hi Joe,
Welcome back.
No PM as yet.
 
Battman asked where doctorj lived in Perth
doctorj said he wouldn't post that sort of information...fair enough
We said North or South...PM us
Did he want to meet up on behalf of ASF/Joe
No reply...just kept deleting our posts
We assume he doesn't. No problem.
 
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