: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:59 am
The fact is that when you get loads of people on the same place conversing you are bound to have arguments and fallings out. Peoples opinions differ, that is a fact of life. Because there were several strong willed people each wanted to have the last word, not to be seen to back down and thus the fabric of the forum was torn.
This forum is hands off managed. I know Michael, Lee and Anthony try their best but each has their own lives to lead and thus come and go so new posters lose their way in the barrage of abuse and personal insults before they are cleaned off and take a hands off approach to posting.
Look at the Wigan board for an example of the opposite end of the spectrum, they ban before they delete the offending posts and before you realise you've said something out of order you are out on your ear. I would suggest the Mods on here become more strict with managing the posts to being about the club, Huddersfield in general and topics that would interest their target audience. That way you can promote the site as being about rugby not a slagging match.
I know MGF wasn't seen as a strong Mod but she posted every tit-bit of Giants information and news she could find. This created rubgy related conversations and thus diffused many arguments. Cramming everyone onto two or three topics is going to cause friction.
The fact that there are only two of three Giants related topics on a Giants forum is half the problem. Why would people post when there is nothing to discuss? IN the 'glory days' of 2002-2007 you had people willing to post new and thoughtful topics which generated good conversations + people wanting to meetup and have a beer and a chat. That is where many friendships have been formed.
The giants average crowd has risen massively but the same percentage growth has not been seen on here. Couple this with the same percentage rises of other teams and you can see that you have a smaller proportion of posters to trollers which increases the attempts to undermine and antagonise.
