An appeal to TSR

I would like to call for something of a liberalisation of the way TSR operates.

All I see as I'm navigating around this site is streams upon streams of deleted posts and pedantic, arsey comments. It appears all people want to do on this site is whine and complain about the site itself and other members.

Not only is there almost entire threads being deleted, but people like Vienna are calling for draconian measures regarding rep and it is pointless rubbish like this that is leading to members like Amy leaving the site for good.

For example, I made a post a few weeks ago that read "All christians want is for homosexuals to burn in hell", which wouldn't go down too well with christians, but what do i care? We have free speech in reality, why not on TSR? The post was deleted and I was given 2 warning points for it immediately, despite nobody actually reporting it. Apparently I was "inciting racial hatred".

This is not just an appeal to mods, but to TSR as a whole, to sort out something of an attitude problem.




To improve TSR I would recommend the following:

- Liberal, relaxed rules surrounding reputation. IMO, if people want to wh0re then they should be able to, if people want to insult each other in rep then they should be able to. There should certainly not be even tighter controls, that for example Vienna is calling for.

- Less sub-snobbery. The relentless newbie bashing is unhealthy for TSR, it goes without saying really.

- Moderators need to relax and sit back. The current approach is far too authoritarian and it is IMO dividing mods and normal members. If this carries on, there will be reduced respect for the moderation.
At the same time, some members need to give mods more of a chance, rather than starting a thread everytime something happens to have a moan and to poke fun at the mods.
When this happens, the intention is purely to antagonise mods and divide members, because if they really wanted an explanation, they would take it to the Ask a Mod forum first, rather than "About" which is visible to the whole of TSR and usually fuels some bitter arguing.

- Less post reporting unless it is neccessary. I for one am sick of scrolling down threads to find that half the posts have been deleted because they are all "spam". Policing on this site is too heavy.




Of course theres more problems but these are key IMO to improving TSR. This advice will probably be ignored, but I would atleast like people to think about what I'm saying.



Thanks,
Anthony

Nice post. Some of the mods seem to be on a power trip at the mo!

I would like to call for something of a liberalisation of the way TSR operates.

All I see as I'm navigating around this site is streams upon streams of deleted posts and pedantic, arsey comments. It appears all people want to do on this site is whine and complain about the site itself and other members.

Not only is there almost entire threads being deleted, but people like Vienna are calling for draconian measures regarding rep and it is pointless rubbish like this that is leading to members like Amy leaving the site for good.

For example, I made a post a few weeks ago that read "All christians want is for homosexuals to burn in hell", which wouldn't go down too well with christians, but what do i care? We have free speech in reality, why not on TSR? The post was deleted and I was given 2 warning points for it immediately, despite nobody actually reporting it. Apparently I was "inciting racial hatred".

This is not just an appeal to mods, but to TSR as a whole, to sort out something of an attitude problem.

To improve TSR I would recommend the following:

- Liberal, relaxed rules surrounding reputation. IMO, if people want to wh0re then they should be able to, if people want to insult each other in rep then they should be able to. There should certainly not be even tighter controls, that for example Vienna is calling for.

- Less sub-snobbery. The relentless newbie bashing is unhealthy for TSR, it goes without saying really.

- Moderators need to relax and sit back. The current approach is far too authoritarian and it is IMO dividing mods and normal members. If this carries on, there will be reduced respect for the moderation.
At the same time, some members need to give mods more of a chance, rather than starting a thread everytime something happens to have a moan and to poke fun at the mods.
When this happens, the intention is purely to antagonise mods and divide members, because if they really wanted an explanation, they would take it to the Ask a Mod forum first, rather than "About" which is visible to the whole of TSR and usually fuels some bitter arguing.

- Less post reporting unless it is neccessary. I for one am sick of scrolling down threads to find that half the posts have been deleted because they are all "spam". Policing on this site is too heavy.




Of course theres more problems but these are key IMO to improving TSR. This advice will probably be ignored, but I would atleast like people to think about what I'm saying.



Thanks,
Anthony

What a stupid thread

I would like to call for something of a liberalisation of the way TSR operates.

All I see as I'm navigating around this site is streams upon streams of deleted posts and pedantic, arsey comments. It appears all people want to do on this site is whine and complain about the site itself and other members.

Not only is there almost entire threads being deleted, but people like Vienna are calling for draconian measures regarding rep and it is pointless rubbish like this that is leading to members like Amy leaving the site for good.

For example, I made a post a few weeks ago that read "All christians want is for homosexuals to burn in hell", which wouldn't go down too well with christians, but what do i care? We have free speech in reality, why not on TSR? The post was deleted and I was given 2 warning points for it immediately, despite nobody actually reporting it. Apparently I was "inciting racial hatred".

This is not just an appeal to mods, but to TSR as a whole, to sort out something of an attitude problem.




To improve TSR I would recommend the following:

- Liberal, relaxed rules surrounding reputation. IMO, if people want to wh0re then they should be able to, if people want to insult each other in rep then they should be able to. There should certainly not be even tighter controls, that for example Vienna is calling for.

- Less sub-snobbery. The relentless newbie bashing is unhealthy for TSR, it goes without saying really.

- Moderators need to relax and sit back. The current approach is far too authoritarian and it is IMO dividing mods and normal members. If this carries on, there will be reduced respect for the moderation.
At the same time, some members need to give mods more of a chance, rather than starting a thread everytime something happens to have a moan and to poke fun at the mods.
When this happens, the intention is purely to antagonise mods and divide members, because if they really wanted an explanation, they would take it to the Ask a Mod forum first, rather than "About" which is visible to the whole of TSR and usually fuels some bitter arguing.

- Less post reporting unless it is neccessary. I for one am sick of scrolling down threads to find that half the posts have been deleted because they are all "spam". Policing on this site is too heavy.




Of course theres more problems but these are key IMO to improving TSR. This advice will probably be ignored, but I would atleast like people to think about what I'm saying.



Thanks,
Anthony

What a stupid thread

I havent called for any tighter control, so Id appreciate it if you didnt refer to me multiple times with lies.

Erm, I'd class that as racial hatrid. Not exactly the nicest thing to say

Its religion, thus an ideology. It has nothing to do with race.

What are we to expect from the little TSR members if even the top guy on tsr doesn't want to know about it?

You want rep to be removed if it contains an insult? non?

Okay, it would help if some of the mods would listen to members concerns and suggestions aswell, rather than just discarding them at first sight.

What are we to expect from the little TSR members if even the top guy on tsr doesn't want to know about it?

Well than change what he said to "religious hatred" and you'll find the solution to your apparent problem.

That would be calling for an application of the current guidelines. I already made it perfectly clear that whether they be lenient or draconian, my concern is that they are applied consistently for all. With a large member base, I believe in guidelines and respect for them.