Moderation on blonde Poker

[blonde Moderating Team]

Moderation on blonde Poker


In recent months several members of blonde Poker staff and the moderation team have referred to a perceived fall in posting standards on the forum, and several threads have debated this.

This trend has coincided with the moderating team having far fewer resources to keep the forum "just so" as mods have left and others have seen life commitments severely curtail their involvement in the forum. This has led, we think, to a widespread perception that the mods have "let it slip". Whilst in reality this is not deliberate, in practice there are instances where previously action would have been taken but where resources have left us unable to do so.

This trend has culminated in recent weeks with an upswing in deleted posts, with a number of posters publically challenging the mods, in some instances being openly rude to mods and on a more general basis a very confrontational atmosphere in a number of areas with posters "getting at" each other. In addition the incidence of "trolling" where posters do not necessarily insult or flame but nevertheless dramatically affect the spirit of the forum by posting incitefully has increased substantially.

This is a far cry from the ideals with which the forum was established by tikay and colleagues in 2005, as a civil place where people could hang out without fear of flaming, rudeness and trolling, the likes of which were very prevalent on the bigger poker forums of the time. Through time the blonde Poker forum proved successful at attracting a wide spread of members from all walks of life, from Poker Pros to recreational players and indeed those who did not play poker at all, so much so that through to 2009 it has garnered a membership base of nearly 10,000 and at times up to 1,200,000 page views a month from 25,000 Unique IP addresses.

It can of course be argued that poker forums have a "life cycle", that moves from a small band of early adopters through to mass appeal and then to a decline in popularity, with worsening standards along the way. We are determined to avoid that, but sadly have already lost a number of regular posters . As such we now intend to re-assert the core beliefs that were in place in 2005, and appear to be less so now. This might be a painful process, indeed we are beginning tonight with a small number of posting bans on certain individuals who posted in quite unacceptable terms over the weekend. No longer will we bend over backwards to avoid bans, as we have done to date, we will act more quickly, and determinedly to restore this forum.

Please note an important point. It does not matter how much you rake on the card-room and which moderators, staff or shareholders you count as friends, if you contravene the posting guidelines then you will be subject to the same measures as an unknown poster.

In the near future we hope to be joined by new moderators as we look to restore the moderating team to a full complement.

Thank you, and we look forward to working with you all to take this forum on.

[George2Loose]

Wow.

Is there going to be a code of conduct drawn up?

[Bongo]

Wow.

Is there going to be a code of conduct drawn up?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=25383.0

[sovietsong]

Wow.

Is there going to be a code of conduct drawn up?

ban imo

[booder]

 

[Madone]

This forum seems like it is becoming a primary school....as soon as someone gets a little bit out of line they get a detention...they will be asking for phone numbers of our parents next!

[matt674]

This forum seems like it is becoming a primary school....as soon as someone gets a little bit out of line they get a detention...they will be asking for phone numbers of our parents next!

is tikay that desperate for a date?

[Longy]

This forum seems like it is becoming a primary school....as soon as someone gets a little bit out of line they get a detention...they will be asking for phone numbers of our parents next!

Pics of the mums first, then we can decide whether phone numbers are necessary.

[Claw75]

It's a fine line I guess trying to keep the friendly, community, atmosphere that has always (imho) set the blonde forum apart from others, without stifling the inevitable 'evolution' as new members join the site. I think the basis of what we had in years past is still there - we saw that at the bash in Leeds - that's the blonde I know and love, but it just gets drowned out sometimes I think with what appears to be a lot more in-fighting than we had in the past.

I'm sure we all appreciate that the moderating team have been running considerably under full complement for some time now, putting additional pressure on you all, so now seems as good a time as any to say 'thanks' again.  There ends my brown-nosing.

Also thought I'd point out that it's a full moon tonight, so hopefully calmer waters ahead

[turny]

come on guys, its not that bad please lets not overreact!

you know i love the place but also like people to tell it like it is.

just cos someone speaks there mind or thinks different to the mods doesnt make it wrong.

over moderation will kill this forum not over zealousness!

ps

greekstein should be banned for life  

[Claw75]

come on guys, its not that bad please lets not overreact!

you know i love the place but also like people to tell it like it is.

just cos someone speaks there mind or thinks different to the mods doesnt make it wrong.

over moderation will kill this forum not over zealousness!

ps

greekstein should be banned for life  

I think the difficulty at the moment is that the mods are well aware that old faces have deserted the forum, and cited their reasons for doing so as the change in atmosphere. It's a tough one - you can never please everyone all of the time - either you let everyone run riot over the forum (which a large minority would revel in) and leave the place to become more and more like 2+2, or you try to get the forum back to what made it different in the first place (which, again, would appeal to a large minority). I say 'large minority' in each case because I don't know where the views of the majority of the current active posters lie.

[Acidmouse]

. I think the basis of what we had in years past is still there - we saw that at the bash in Leeds

yeah i agree but most mods decided not to bother going and imo sent out really bad signals and has meant a right slide in this place.

[celtic]

Are people really leaving because of the atmosphere created by others? If so why? why does it bother certain people what others say on the forum? There are loads of things i read on blonde that i don't like or agree with, doesn't mean i'm gonna stop coming on here or posting.

[turny]

. I think the basis of what we had in years past is still there - we saw that at the bash in Leeds

yeah i agree but most mods decided not to bother going and imo sent out really bad signals and has meant a right slide in this place.

the leeds bb was only organised to keep regular posters happy.some  shareholders and moderators couldnt be arsed to attend which was a shame as it was a great oppurtunity to pull the blonde community closer together.

[neeko]

. I think the basis of what we had in years past is still there - we saw that at the bash in Leeds

yeah i agree but most mods decided not to bother going and imo sent out really bad signals and has meant a right slide in this place.

And didn't explain why they didn't go, which has hardly encouraged people to remain.



meant as a joke and tongue in cheak