Rules for the blonde Forum

[Laxie]

The rules (agreed by the mods in advance) are a great idea for their own sanity.  If someone gets out of line and mods have to delete posts or dish out a suspension, they won't have to defend their actions.  Just copy/paste the rules (which would have been posted for all to see anyway) with the member's offense highlighted and discussion is over. 

Mods don't get rich doing their job.  It's purely a love for the forum that keeps them dealing with all the rubbish when it hits.  If they wanted to be well paid police, they wouldn't be here...no offense meant.  99% of the members aren't a problem and the 1% that are...well, they're obviously well able to voice an opinion and will bash the Mods to no end,  even with rules in place.  Posting a set of rules just makes their job of replying a bit easier.  One reply, end of...NEXT!     

[Rod Paradise]

The rules (agreed by the mods in advance) are a great idea for their own sanity.  If someone gets out of line and mods have to delete posts or dish out a suspension, they won't have to defend their actions.  Just copy/paste the rules (which would have been posted for all to see anyway) with the member's offense highlighted and discussion is over. 

Mods don't get rich doing their job.  It's purely a love for the forum that keeps them dealing with all the rubbish when it hits.  If they wanted to be well paid police, they wouldn't be here...no offense meant.  99% of the members aren't a problem and the 1% that are...well, they're obviously well able to voice an opinion and will bash the Mods to no end,  even with rules in place.  Posting a set of rules just makes their job of replying a bit easier.  One reply, end of...NEXT!     

We've never met but  Thanks!

[AndrewT]

The rules won't solve everything in and of themselves.

A rule like 'no links' can be fairly easy to manage, as it's obvious what a link is. But 'no trolling' is more difficult, as it effectively becomes 'no posts which, in the opinion of the mods, could be considered to be trolling' so immediately there is a grey area.

Essentially, the new rules will boil down to 'no posts which, in the opinion of the mods, go against the Blonde spirit' which is the exact rule we currently have.

[fearisthekey]

The rules (agreed by the mods in advance) are a great idea for their own sanity.  If someone gets out of line and mods have to delete posts or dish out a suspension, they won't have to defend their actions.  Just copy/paste the rules (which would have been posted for all to see anyway) with the member's offense highlighted and discussion is over. 

Mods don't get rich doing their job.  It's purely a love for the forum that keeps them dealing with all the rubbish when it hits.  If they wanted to be well paid police, they wouldn't be here...no offense meant.  99% of the members aren't a problem and the 1% that are...well, they're obviously well able to voice an opinion and will bash the Mods to no end,  even with rules in place.  Posting a set of rules just makes their job of replying a bit easier.  One reply, end of...NEXT!     

I think mods on this site don't do enough to clamp down on the blatant harrassment of female members by the obviously oversexed male majority.

ps. how're YOU doinnnn? 

[Ginger]

The rules (agreed by the mods in advance) are a great idea for their own sanity.  If someone gets out of line and mods have to delete posts or dish out a suspension, they won't have to defend their actions.  Just copy/paste the rules (which would have been posted for all to see anyway) with the member's offense highlighted and discussion is over. 

Mods don't get rich doing their job.  It's purely a love for the forum that keeps them dealing with all the rubbish when it hits.  If they wanted to be well paid police, they wouldn't be here...no offense meant.  99% of the members aren't a problem and the 1% that are...well, they're obviously well able to voice an opinion and will bash the Mods to no end,  even with rules in place.  Posting a set of rules just makes their job of replying a bit easier.  One reply, end of...NEXT!     

Laxie, I think I love you! 

The rules won't solve everything in and of themselves.

A rule like 'no links' can be fairly easy to manage, as it's obvious what a link is. But 'no trolling' is more difficult, as it effectively becomes 'no posts which, in the opinion of the mods, could be considered to be trolling' so immediately there is a grey area.

Essentially, the new rules will boil down to 'no posts which, in the opinion of the mods, go against the Blonde spirit' which is the exact rule we currently have.

The point is Andrew, that we don't have a set of rules at the moment.

We, as mods, have a general held view of what is acceptable and what isn't, and we hope that the majority of the members feel the same way. However, there are many grey areas and the new rules are designed to help make our job a little easier, and to warn those posters that know they are walking a balancing act (trolling etc) that there now is a system in place that will not allow them to carry on spoiling the forum for others.

Until now, it was basically "no flaming" but membership numbers have increased to the point where that simple unwritten rule is no longer adequate.

[Bongo]

Essentially, the new rules will boil down to 'no posts which, in the opinion of the mods, go against the Blonde spirit' which is the exact rule we currently have.

How does a new poster know the the blonde spirit is?

[AndrewT]

Essentially, the new rules will boil down to 'no posts which, in the opinion of the mods, go against the Blonde spirit' which is the exact rule we currently have.

How does a new poster know the the blonde spirit is?

Fair point, but I don't think it's been new posters that have been causing the problems.

[Acidmouse]

Its 3-4 old time posters who everyone knows who they are and yet reluctant to do much tbh.. It's like the unspoken troublesome ones.

[Irishdenis]

Ginger made a good point about the changes in numbers on the forum. We have about 7000 members now and increasing on a daily basis. We need to have a set of rules for the protection of the mods and viewers. The mods do this for their love of the site. They at times need protection from abuse. We all know that this comes from a very small amount of members. The rules make no difference to almost all of us. I don't like sensorship either, but as we have learned in the past we need to take care of the forum for the good of us all.

When a mod is chosen it is because they have an even disposition and are trusted by Blonde. In turn we ask you to trust their judgement on what is right and wrong. The rules are just measurements/guidelines for them.

[bolt pp]

So now that theres no ambiguity surrounding the rules why still have mods? surely you just need one to enforce the rules and apply applicable punishments to those that break them?

[booder]

FLUSHY FOR MOD

[Tragic]

Agreeing with Byron...If you post on the PHA board and then get worried about being laughed at then there is no reason to post, and fair enough if it bothers you then don't. At the end of the day it will make more of an impact if your play is taken apart than if everyone goes "well it wasn't that bad, here is an alternative suggestion, not saying you're wrong". Teachers aren't allowed to tell school children they are "wrong" anymore, suck it up and see the constructive side, if there isn't one, who cares ignore it, it's just a bit of writing. I've posted plenty of donk hands/even replies myself but I don't regret the fact some of them were laughed at given the reason behind it.

So are you saying you have to be rude to "Teach people a lesson"?

Not at all. In fact I think alot of the replies which tell people their play sucked without explaining why are pretty moronic. It seems to have got to a point where alot of people are either sensitive or OTT with their replies anyway. I was saying in principle there's nothing wrong with a bit of a joke about it as long as the person then takes the time to give their opinion why. Personally I will never care about being insulted about it, but I guess alot of the time people are proving that without rules it's not really working...

[AndrewT]

We have about 7000 members now and increasing on a daily basis.

Bear in mind that an awful lot of the new members are spam accounts.

May this year had fewer posts and fewer new topics than May last year. By that rationale the forum isn't growing at all.

[AlexMartin]

We have about 7000 members now and increasing on a daily basis.

Bear in mind that an awful lot of the new members are spam accounts.

May this year had fewer posts and fewer new topics than May last year. By that rationale the forum isn't growing at all.

Yeah, but that was because Tightend passed QQ on the bubble.............

[Ironside]

Its 3-4 old time posters who everyone knows who they are and yet reluctant to do much tbh.. It's like the unspoken troublesome ones.

i am sorry about that i will try and tone my posts down in future

but i would prefer the term more mature rather than old time as i aint that old yet