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| gnif:
--- Quote from: wilfred on August 23, 2022, 01:12:52 pm ---But even if clamping down is necessary it would help if when you make posts like this one --- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 06:32:54 am ---This is the final warning All posts MUST be electronics related in some form, stop posting junk here that is non related. Anyone that continues to ignore this will be given a 7 day timeout from posting! --- End quote --- --- End quote --- You are very correct about this post here, I should have used the qualifier "here" as I was directly talking about the TEA thread. Edit: I can't speak to what Dave decided in the other thread, however we (all moderators including dave) have made it abundantly clear that the TEA thread posts need to remain electronics related. |
| pcprogrammer:
Based on what I have read so far about this ordeal I don't think it is fair to just blame the moderators. For a long time the thread seemed to regulate itself quite well, and maybe still was in the eye of the most frequent users of the thread, but the fact also seems to be that the moderators get more and more reports about off topic bits in the TEA thread. Take the case that they don't act on it, then they will get grievance from the complainers that nothing is being done about it. Now they do act on it and get grievance from the ones being moderated. There is no middle ground here, other then to warn and hope it self restores, but when that does not happen action is needed. I have worked in system administration for a couple of years and in the eyes of the users you are never doing it right. They fuck up and it is your fault. See the point here? Yes this forum has rules, and I don't like rules either, but I enlisted fully knowing there would be rules. Be glad that on this forum there is some leniency in what can be posted off topic. And here I mean not electronics related stuff, but still of importance to engineers. |
| gnif:
--- Quote from: david77 on August 23, 2022, 01:18:30 pm --- --- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 12:35:47 pm --- --- Quote from: Squarewave on August 23, 2022, 12:22:15 pm ---I imagine it's a mix between those who want to contribute but can't follow the thread because of 10 pages of someone talking about their piles and blood pressure tablets and the others contribute and then their TE gets lost in 10 pages of people talking about their dining table polishing and pace maker battery being replaced by the doctor in a few days. --- End quote --- That's pretty much it. Since we initially stepped in we have been getting a lot of messages from members thanking us for trying to clean up the thread so that it can be properly used again. --- End quote --- Can you quantify a "lot"? Complainers as well as thankers? --- End quote --- No complainers, many frequent (15+ so far) users with 1000+ posts explaining their desire to see this resolved. |
| TERRA Operative:
I haven't (or at least I don't think I have) reported anyone in the thread, but I'm getting tired of stuff like the electric vehicle debates and other off topic stuff. I don't mind talk about stuff related to electronics (i.e. relevancy of pinballs have been brought up, IMO, they are electronic enough to keep my interest when they are mentioned occasionally), but when it's a whole page talking about the weather in that corner of the UK or the like, it gets tedious. I agree as gnif mentioned, a comment here or there doesn't bother me, but when I wake up in the morning and scroll past 2 or 3 pages of off topic discussion with the actual TEA content being a minor thing of a couple posts at most, it gets a little much. I just want to see test gear and talk about test gear and feed my addiction to test gear. :D [EDIT] --- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 01:15:58 pm ---Funny you should say this, I have had many people PM me who wish to remain anonymous state that they left or do not bother with the TEA thread because of the SNR which has gradually gotten worse over time. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 01:15:58 pm ---We have no desire to alienate people either, but we do have to set boundaries to prevent things devolving into a chaotic mess. Some posts that were recently removed from the TEA thread were on the topic of guns, explosives and bomb making... not sure how any of this could ever be justified anywhere on the forums. --- End quote --- I have personally seen a once active car forum that I was a very active member of die completely due to lack of moderation. It got to the point that it became a 'regular members club' to the almost complete gatekeeping and disdain of new members. In the end the place stagnated, people left and in the end even those who created their own echo chamber left and the place fell apart. |
| mansaxel:
--- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 01:15:58 pm --- Funny you should say this, I have had many people PM me who wish to remain anonymous state that they left or do not bother with the TEA thread because of the SNR which has gradually gotten worse over time. --- End quote --- "Lurkers support me in email!" You probably don't know where that came quote from0, but it is the first thing that springs to mind when I read your motivation. And I'm very sorry, but I can't be taking such arguments seriously, not after that association has tainted my view of your reasons. I realise it is unfair. Also, there are lots of threads on the forum that don't attract me, for reasons that could include "this has nothing to do with electronics" or any other reason. Do I report them? No, I ignore them. Sometimes, you can't win. 0: The traditional reference to the unseen masses of people who allegedly agree to an unpopular opinion publicly held by one single poster in the Usenet group alt.sysadmin.recovery |
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