To put this into context I could have banned you months ago for racist posts.
you can say what you like about me but be careful, this in reference to your racist posts in the past.
So new policy as a moderator: you cross the line just once and your out! That way I get less greif from trouble makers!
Well don't worry as i said I will keep a full record of every post I remove then we can stop these petty arguments.
- Lets just call it quits...
...or are you on some crusade ?
... or are you just seeking attention?
......
Political topics which in theory are not allowed do get given a bit more understanding but of course that can get abused. We know that things will get a bit heated in a political discussion but providing they don't get personal which is where all this started it's not a problem.
There has in fact only been one or 2 reports for the brexit topic. But there does come a point where things get out of hand and people start to think they can say what they like and I'm afraid there are limits even in a political debate.
I really have no clue about why "General chat' is even necessary here. Let alone political discussions.
I thought this was a forum about electronics. For other other topics, there are already plenty of other forums available.
I really have no clue about why "General chat' is even necessary here. Let alone political discussions.
I thought this was a forum about electronics. For other other topics, there are already plenty of other forums available.
I suppose the simplest thing then would be to just not read the general chat section of the forum.
There is also an Ignore Boards option:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=ignoreboards;u=3
I'd nominate the Brexit thread for locking.
I'd nominate the Brexit thread for locking. I followed it for a while to see if anyone was going to post anything of interest and relevant for this forum, e.g. specific research or high-tech industries under threat due to Brexit. Although some interesting points have been made it has zero electronics content and close to zero technology content, and clearly breeches rule 5.
In my case, I just learned to "ignore" the Brexit posts. So what I suggest to the moderators, when a complaint comes in on a political topic, post instructions on how to ignore the post and ignore the posts by setting your ignore button.
Maybe less people will get upset if they know how to ignore the post (not easy to find out how).
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/forum-update-new-ignore-topics-feature/
I don't see this "You'll find the button in the top right on the Unread Posts page."
"Profile>Modify Profile>Look and Layout>Show quick-moderation as: Checkboxes".