Keep up the work tho, i count on you to keep these threads going with me or we will be sucked in by the gambling hating mods.

try again next week...those gamble hating mods will have to put up with more of the same for next week...and the next week and the next week and so on

I love the gambling threads some good (and bad

) tips get shared on here..

i'll just clarify this point, i don't have a problem with the gambling threads, the point i was making the other day was that these threads aren't exactly sprawling monsters of conversation topic and usually drop off the front page quickly, certainly following any wire games.

However,




Mard comments like these may encourage me to change my mind.

It's comments like this which give moderators a bad name in my view. Moderation is supposed to be an objective process based on content and rules not subjective based on mood, antipathy, favoritism or time of the month. I often see threads removed or locked because it seems either the poster's face or topic doesnt fit, yet I scour the AUP and wonder why.

I fully understand the need to moderate thread content which contains bad language or potentially litigious views, but I would rather the "market" decide which threads should stay or go. Afterall, there are four moderators and hundreds of active posters whom make this forum a forum afterall.

In relation to the bet threads, there is enough guff on here and abosolute meaningless posting, of which the aforequoted is not impervious to critique, such that one thread on betting would not seem excessive.

Fantastic post, couldn't agree more.

It was the rantings of a libertarian anarchist.

Doesn't matter what it was, he spoke the truth.

No he didn't. Moderating a public forum is a matter of judgement. If his let it all hang out policy was allowed to run, we'd find it even harder to get proper debate. We'd still be hearing about Chicago Rock and nasty immigrants (from different posters, I hasten to add).

You sign up, you accept the moderation process is in the hands of the moderators.

Simple really.

I, for one, do not envy any of them for performing a thankless task for a largely ungrateful amount of posters.

However the point he makes about threads being locked because there face or topic doesn't fit is completely true, certain mods get the hump over something pathetic and start giving out banning orders i also feel one mod in particular tends to constantly wind certain posters up, on purpose it seems, when they get a reaction BANG here is you ban Mr.
We posters got told a while ago not to swear or put anything with different symbols which would represent a swear word, i agree with this and have seen people get a ban because of this, however the mods are allowed to do it? seems strange that.
We should have somebody higher keeping an eye on the mods i say.

It is also pretty clear that the only people who get caught up with any issues with the Mods are trolls, or people who are challenging them.

I have very rarely seen issues where people are discussing/debating RL issues, which is surely what this board is about in the first place.