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wilfred:
This poll, like others before, are the views of a small sample that is self selecting. Hard to see the results as representative of the forum membership. Thousands of members yet mere dozens of responses. I won't vote just because I see it as validating a flawed method. Maybe others feel likewise.

In the end, depending on who votes, it might just be the vocal minority who gets to decide matters and that seems to be one of the issues.

Then again I don't read the TEA thread as I always thought of it as a sandpit where those who entered would be doing so knowing full well that it was a place to socialise around a shared interest. It seemed to work.

It should never have been a sticky though as I think they should be left for threads with info relevant for the entire forum or sub-board.

I also think social threads as someone else mentioned are not confined to the TEA thread and just go to illustrate that the members are social animals that like to gather for more than just on topic technical matters. You need to accommodate both needs.

EEVblog:
I'm surprised no one has started the "On-topic only Test Equipment Anonymous thread"
Then those who want to be strictly on-topic moderated can live in that thread, and those who want to post their every mood can do so in the existing TEA thread.
I'd even be happy to appoint an extra moderator for the test equipment section so they can keep that new thread on track.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: wilfred on August 29, 2022, 02:32:19 am ---This poll, like others before, are the views of a small sample that is self selecting. Hard to see the results as representative of the forum membership. Thousands of members yet mere dozens of responses. I won't vote just because I see it as validating a flawed method. Maybe others feel likewise.

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That's because the vast majority fo user don't give a rats about the TEA thread. AFAIK TEA is mostly contributed to be a few dozen members. They are just incredibly active there.

The "self selective" nature of the poll is actually an advantage, because only those with a vested interest in the TEA thread will be the ones voting.


--- Quote ---It should never have been a sticky though as I think they should be left for threads with info relevant for the entire forum or sub-board.
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The sticky could indeed have been mistake, as it would help newbies come into it thinking it's the place the ask questions, when untimately is seem to be the place a few dozen ver yactive members hang out and shoot the breeze about test equipment (mostly).

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on August 29, 2022, 02:28:14 am ---It's just that a handful of people (9 according to the poll) are fed up enough with the moderation of the TEA thread to leave the forum or think about leaving the forum over it.

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I'd be willing to wager that they won't anyway. Most ppl like that are full of shit.

Brumby:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on August 29, 2022, 02:28:14 am ---I don't want to lock the TEA thread, I think that's a bad idea.Heaps of people still enjoy it.
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I wholeheartedly agree.


--- Quote ---It's just that a handful of people (9 according to the poll) are fed up enough with the moderation of the TEA thread to leave the forum or think about leaving the forum over it.
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The Moderators will always get the blame - but that is because they are the public face of the rest of the membership when that membership says "enough". .... and that's not even taking into account the attitude of those who's self-righteousness and "entitlement" ignored the historical precepts and requests to ease back.


--- Quote ---I'm happy to back off somewhat from the TEA thread, and if people want to post video responses to show their mood status, then so be it, that doesn't impact the rest of the forum.
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Back to what it was would be nice - where people would apologise for their excess and move on.  Hopefully with not too many videos.


--- Quote ---But I agree with others that we can't let it become a free-for-all thread with zero rules, as it will be quickly become know as the "No moderation thread" and people with that itching to talk about all the normally banned stuff will just head there and ruin it even more, and that spills over into the forum.
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Yeah.  Nah.  People just need to be considerate of the community as a whole - and if we can operate within the formal boundaries, then it's a much richer place.


--- Quote ---People realise this, and it's why the "other TEA forum" has almost the exact same off-topic rules as we have here.

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Funny about that.

Some may argue it's one thing to have rules - but another as to how you apply them.  To those I would ask ... So what do you do when you take the gently, gently approach and get the finger in response?

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