: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:12 am  

The reason i hardly ever post on here anymore is the lack of interesting topics and the fact my works pc would not let me onto the site.

For some reason it is currently letting me access the site so i have used it more recently. As for the arguments i couldn't ever be bothered to get involved and couldn't understand how upset people got when they always had the option to ignore or even stay off the site.


If there were more rugby related topics i am sure i would post more.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:09 am  

Code13 wrote:

They got a site wide ban. Several times.

I can imagine why FJ got one he posted some pretty ott stuff on the Wakey site once upon a time. However Smiler always seemed a decent enough fella or was his ban for something that happened away from the forum?

[Durham Giant]

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:23 am  

Wadski wrote:

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.


and yet MGF felt hounded off here becuase she would post things that others did not agree with and they resorted to personal insults about her weight. That was done publicly on the forum and in PMs.


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.

You are right about the trolls and some of them need to be dealt with differently and that is down to the mods to decide on. Unfortunatley our more vocal contributors seem to have decided that the way to deal with trolls is to out trioll them and hence make numerous threads pointless and off putting to everyone else.

i still post on here but i spend more time posting on other boards as i find the level of discussion and debate is higher.
I use Two other sites to post on , both of which have strength and weaknesses. there are several well versed posters on Giants rl and lots of passionate posters on Giants co.nr.

The problem is you find you are discussing with the same few posters and neither of them are used by other teams fans. I enjoy some of the banter with them( other teams fans) which to my mind gives this forum the edge. Unfortunately it is now becoming a rump forum which benefits no one.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:30 am  

It is both the blessing and curse of RLFans, is its size. So many different opinions and interjection from other clubs fans.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:17 pm  

and yet MGF felt hounded off here becuase she would post things that others did not agree with and they resorted to personal insults about her weight. That was done publicly on the forum and in PMs.

Are you sure about that? I never said anything about her weight but I feel, based on her actions, that she was an awful mod who was guilty of serial nepotism.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:21 pm  

Well you'd be wrong.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:50 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

You are right about the trolls and some of them need to be dealt with differently and that is down to the mods to decide on. Unfortunatley our more vocal contributors seem to have decided that the way to deal with trolls is to out trioll them and hence make numerous threads pointless and off putting to everyone else.

i still post on here but i spend more time posting on other boards as i find the level of discussion and debate is higher.
I use Two other sites to post on , both of which have strength and weaknesses. there are several well versed posters on Giants rl and lots of passionate posters on Giants co.nr.

The problem is you find you are discussing with the same few posters and neither of them are used by other teams fans. I enjoy some of the banter with them( other teams fans) which to my mind gives this forum the edge. Unfortunately it is now becoming a rump forum which benefits no one.

I share most of these comments.

In defence, I will say in the last 18 months that this board has improved out of all recognition to the dark days of 2006/2007. Those are the 2 years which destroyed this forum. Many people left and 2 other boards were set up.

After such a mass exodus [both voluntarily and forced] of characters it was always going to take time for RLF to recover. To a greater extent I think that it has.

The current challenge is to attract more posters - and the small minority to let the majority express their opinion without a verbose, vitriolic attack.

Well done to the current mods [crawl, crawl!].

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:51 pm  

Code13 wrote:

Wow, you people have some very selective memories.

I've been using this forum since 2002, even then there were the same problems, hell the reason I was asked to mod on this forum was the self same issues you are whining about now.

You look back on this supposed halcyon age if you want, me, I can actually remember what it was like, if anything its better now than it was then!

Forum users come and go, its a natural cycle of things for starters but tell you what, just for you lot, I can take a zero tollerance to arguments and snide comments, see how long it takes some of you to start PMing me and the Admins about how unfair it all is.

I have also been here since 2002 and the point i am trying to make is that yes they were times and individuals who spoiled things but in my experience that was quite rare compared to today where just about EVERY thread, regardless of its nature is turned into a bickering name calling nonsense.
Some of my best friends are people i have met through this very forum - from 2002 onwards - who used to contribute massively on this board but got fed up of their opinion or anyone elses's for that matter been ridiculed and the person posting made to feel their thoughts didnt count if someone disagreed.some still read the boards but feel it is pointless posting anything anymore because the thread they posted on will inevitably de-generate into a my dad your dad scenario the moment 2 people disagree on something.
Back in the 'old' days we used to have 2 or 3 new posters a week who would quickly make friends and become a valued member of the board due to their thoughts, opinions etc - not now - they make 2 or 3 posts and then just give up because due to the squabbling their points get lost among many pages of crap and no one reads it because they cant be bothered - they know whats coming !!.
Like i said most of the firends currently in my life are people who i met through this board and no disrespect to any new posters since 2006 ish but i cant imagine ever making new friendships through this board now.

sorry if people disagreee but i used to love coming on here and discussing Rugby and Fartown with friends and other like minded people and i just feel it is a damn shame that it has been left to disintegrate into a farce where the main issues of the boards original intent are now lost to petty name calling and squabbling to try and prove that one is more knowledgeable or has a bigger dad etc.

Think i my have to call time out on this board myself soon

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:11 pm  

Funnily enough i could have written that post 3-4 years ago Daz, same crap, different people, supposed it helped back then being in the clique as you obviously were and if you were making 2-3 new mates a week then surely you'd be sat with a few hundred people around you at games if you get my point

People move on mate, move away, get married, have kids so just dont post as much.

Think Ivor summed it up perfectly, this board got ruined 2-3 years ago, the same people you say dont post now, i could give you just as many who wouldnt post back then, swings and roundabouts mate.

I dont mind it being quiet, makes my job easier and it must just be me that sees new posters popping up here weekly then, hardly dying more like getting there slowly again.



I just wish people would lighten up a bit, its the internet ffs

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:13 pm  

Code13 wrote:

Well you'd be wrong.

You wouldn't know.