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Thread: Problems with The Ram Inn

  1. #31
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    I can't comment on other clubs forums but I do sort of think it needs very little moderation in here, mostly posts don't cross a line even if discussion may get heated at times.

    I've no idea if Andy deletes posts, or if he does when he last needed to.

    I have generally found him OK, with one notable exception.

    I guess if there was more posters here then the moderators job would become more time consuming.

    That said there are posts on here that wouldn't last 5 minutes over on the bigger forum.

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    More than one mod for 8 posters...
    A 1 to 3 ratio of mods to punters??? Be serious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
    More than one mod for 8 posters...
    A 1 to 3 ratio of mods to punters??? Be serious.
    Fair point. On the other hand an additional or alternative mod might bring new ideas/enthusiasm to the role and make the site more user friendly which might lead to more posters.
    Fact is, over the last five or six years we have lost plenty and acquired Sith. I know he is good, but we could do with more, including apostrophes!
    Last edited by ramAnag; Yesterday at 12:35 PM.

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    I really don't think AF does a bad job as Moderator RA. Its a thankless task at the best of times and I can't see how a new MOD would attract more participants.

    The simple fact is these Forums are dying, things change the way people interact changes and most it seems go on DCFC Fans to vent their spleen these days. Its us caught in a rut, the unspeakable debating the unthinkable!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SithHappens View Post
    I can't comment on other clubs forums but I do sort of think it needs very little moderation in here, mostly posts don't cross a line even if discussion may get heated at times.

    Part of the problem lies in 'the lines' not being defined by Footy Mad. I tried a while ago to define some important ones but it just resulted in one of our regular spats. Note that a while ago I nominated Madamster as MY moderator, and he's called me out singly or as part of a collective, either directly or by inference, a few times, and I always reflect on them


    I've no idea if Andy deletes posts, or if he does when he last needed to.

    I've deleted maybe ten during my period as mod, apart from those emanating from a poster DCFCARMY who just got way too wound up about stuff and posted some quite defamatory things which, like the poster himself eventually, had to go.

    I have generally found him OK, with one notable exception.

    Not sure what that exception was, but I'm surprised there aren't more tbh!

    I guess if there was more posters here then the moderators job would become more time consuming.

    I'm (joint with two others) moderator of a couple of fb pages with thousands of members and the moderating is even easy on them, but they have four rules that make them so - no politics, no religion, no personal insults, no selling. Isolated posts just get deleted, repeat offenders get deleted from the pages (mostly Americans, they just don't seem to be able to resist it)


    That said there are posts on here that wouldn't last 5 minutes over on the bigger forum.

    I'm conscious that there are so few of us here there I don't want to over-police and lose anyone. The flip side of that is that we've 'lost' a few folk who've been 'lurkers', and have a couple of others who've posted very infrequently, who were put off by the acrimony
    Hope this explains a bit

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    Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
    I really don't think AF does a bad job as Moderator RA. Its a thankless task at the best of times and I can't see how a new MOD would attract more participants.

    The simple fact is these Forums are dying, things change the way people interact changes and most it seems go on DCFC Fans to vent their spleen these days. Its us caught in a rut, the unspeakable debating the unthinkable!
    Fair enough. I just remember better times and less moderator related acrimony when Bloomer and Ramondo were in post. Seems to have been harder with one in charge - be that Rats or Andy - and an additional pair of eyes might help.

    When Andy took over I remember him saying he wanted to recruit new members and that certainly has not happened.

    Whether that is because such forums are, as you suggest, dying, because of the difficulties using it (which no one seems interested in fixing) or for some other reason I don’t know, but it needs sorting imo.

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    Its an open Forum those interested can join and participate. Footy Mad is clinging on by its finger tips, the paucity of posters is matched elsewhere as one by one club forms come to an end. I can't see that changing.

    Given any "acrimony" is generally confined to threads marked OT and not football threads, I remain sceptical that it has put that many off, lurkers and infrequent posters are not serious about participating.

    Its odd but football posts can often just die a death, often a post about a football topic receives very few responses.

    Anyway as we have all signed up to be very polite and welcoming and avoid any acrimony going forward, I'm sure we can look forward to swarms of happy rams fans joining soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
    Its an open Forum those interested can join and participate. Footy Mad is clinging on by its finger tips, the paucity of posters is matched elsewhere as one by one club forms come to an end. I can't see that changing.

    Given any "acrimony" is generally confined to threads marked OT and not football threads, I remain sceptical that it has put that many off, lurkers and infrequent posters are not serious about participating.

    Its odd but football posts can often just die a death, often a post about a football topic receives very few responses.

    Anyway as we have all signed up to be very polite and welcoming and avoid any acrimony going forward, I'm sure we can look forward to swarms of happy rams fans joining soon.
    This is a football forum in name only, in truth it's a general chit chat forum but with more than a touch of edginess. To me that's OK provided it remains within responsible limits, indeed it's probably why the Ram Inn is still functioning.
    I don't see newbies flocking to join even though Sith has shown that we do have something to offer as he continues to put up with us!
    IMO self moderation should avoid the need for any Big Brother involvement.

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