Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
Originally Posted By: rayc
I know, how about we develop our own version of Vax Exemption!
Folk can apply for a Certificate of Exemption From Participation.

Well, there was one user who refused to listen to another user's songs on religious grounds.

Ray, more than anything I would ask for a little restraint in the labelling language, sometimes referred to as "name-calling". Your most recent "carpet bomber" seems to have been genuinely unfamiliar with the posting etiquette you hold to be self-evident; for God's sake, his first few posts were in ALL CAPS.

The forum rules could use some language about reciprocity.

But moderators keeping daily score of who's naughty and nice? Please, no.


Hello Mark,
I used a label rather than using a phrase or sentence each time to describe a situation. I used labels that are reasonably common and readily understood. I didn't call the people names and most definitely didn't use aggressive or "name calling" language when communicating with such people.

You'll notice that once the recent person was made aware of the "accepted/common" principle of participation they began to comment/participate. In other words I did what I would assume a moderator would privately do with a positive outcome.

Why do you, and others, assume that a moderator will, as a matter of course, become a heavy handed fascist? That certainly isn't my take on most moderators...such judgement and assumption reduces the label "moderator" to a negative, a term of abuse.

How would you describe someone who posts multiple songs/threads in a very short period of time without engaging with other forum members? Would that description be a label? Would that label be name calling?

You've implied I'm a "name caller" - you've labelled me. You've called me names.

"The forum rules could use some language about reciprocity." This is part of what I would expect...in fact a "moderator" wouldn't be able to "act" without such language, the basis upon which they might act IF necessary, being inserted.

I would be happy without a moderator if the self levelling floor, the self governing community and the occasional selfish individual provided no reason for "intervention".

As for naughty & nice: how else do the PG People determine recipients for their annual prizes? Forums are overseen and mods intervene when called upon...as was the case when I was cancelled in a post about a Hal & Burt song. They may be cloaked, a la Peverell, but they exist.

I think your position/perspective is valuable and genuine but I'm not convinced that laissez-faire rhetoric does more than embolden the already inclined.

Cheers
rayc
"What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe