[rmhumphries]

(Original post by ice_cube)
Aaaaaand thats what chat is for.

Which it is likely is where it will go next.

[Yawn11]

Ahh come on, the moderation is harsh enough.

I get like a minimum of 10points for the most trivial things.

**** HnR.

[S-man10]

(Original post by Yawn11)
Ahh come on, the moderation is harsh enough.

I get like a minimum of 10points for the most trivial things.

**** HnR.

Then don't post.

[The-Real-One]

(Original post by Yawn11)
Ahh come on, the moderation is harsh enough.

I get like a minimum of 10points for the most trivial things.

**** HnR.

Too right, a multi-page thread of mine was deleted last night with 8 warning points. I believe H&R benefited from the lively debate immensely..

[RightSaidJames]

(Original post by The-Real-One)
AMEN, Quoted For Truth.

I hope you all like tumbleweeds..

H&R is not going to become a dead forum.

Oh yeah? I filled in the survey and I'm pretty darn tootin sure I didn't suggest anything like the plans you've drawn up.

Well you would have been in the minority. If you were in the majority we wouldn't have implemented these changes. Sadly we can' t please everyone.

[jumpingjesusholycow]

(Original post by Aj12)
Rather than the trolling mess it is now lol.

Seems partly a good idea I suppose.

Better to be a 'trolling mess' than a sturgid doldrum of words.

[Yawn11]

It's just gonna be a dry forum with repititive threads and responses.

Yes, chances are it will be a dead forum, most people don't care about the issues of strangers unless they're slightly more intriguing. What's gonna happen is a great deal of threads will simply be ignored.

Individuals like myself, tend to get warned/banned ironically, for bringing attention to those threads. It's my opinion that the majority do so through comic relief.


But what ever, mods are gonna mod. Half of you are just a replica of the guy in my second spoiler.

[RightSaidJames]

I think you are wrong about that, but we'll see how it goes. H&R is the most active forum on the site, don't think it's going to become dead any time soon.

[S-man10]

(Original post by Yawn11)
It's just gonna be a dry forum with repititive threads and responses.

With valuable and contributive responses I might add.

Yes, chances are it will be a dead forum, most people don't care about the issues of strangers unless they're slightly more intriguing. What's gonna happen is a great deal of threads will simply be ignored.

Ignored by those whose only purpose in H&R is to spam for rep I imagine.

Individuals like myself, tend to get warned/banned ironically, for bringing attention to those threads. It's my opinion that the majority do so through comic relief.

For bringing attention in all the wrong ways, obviously.

But what ever, mods are gonna mod. Half of you are just a replica of the guy in my second spoiler.

I think you're just jealous you aren't like him.

[TheLouisVuittonDon]

Members wanted these changes? I highly doubt it. H & R is so popular because of the entertainment of certain threads, you take away people who aren't completely serious and then you have a **** forum.

[insignificant]

If the mods didn't become more strict about what can be written where,then it would go down the pan. Its like saying ''yeah you can talk about religion in the religion forum but it doesnt matter if theres a few music threads in there.. because then every sub forum will become one giant merged discussion forum which will put people off because they wouldn't be able to go look at something specific.

[RightSaidJames]

(Original post by TheLouisVuittonDon)
Members wanted these changes? I highly doubt it. H & R is so popular because of the entertainment of certain threads, you take away people who aren't completely serious and then you have a **** forum.

Here are some responses that our members gave in response to a question about people posting insulting responses:

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Better moderation (more proactive please)
More clear rules.
all insulting or offensive or unhelpful posts should be deleted by mods and given 10 warning points. the reason nasty posts in HR should be given more warning points than any other forum is because of the sensitive nature of some of the posts and threads a nasty response could put people off of posting and could really hurt someone. especially if they were already very depressed they might kill themselves or something if peopel post someonthign really nasty to them.
There really isn't much you can do to stop the way some posters behave- the only thing to do would be stricter rules, closer moderation and banning people from the forum but given the scale of the problem this probably wouldn't solve it.
Deletion of obvious troll, abusive, rude and unhelpful responses ASAP with the poster being warned or banned. Some very serious issues are dealt with in H&R and it should be taken deadly seriously. More H&R mods and it given special attention by the super mods. I'd suggest pre-moderating absolutely everything going in there, but that would be far far too much work and would slow down legitimate posts and responses.
Get those posts deleted, and fairly quickly after they are made. I suppose part of the problem is that if other people think these sorts of posts are ok then they would make similar posts themselves.
Prevent specific people from going on the forum. If someone continuously posts unhelpful/mean things, a possible temp ban from the forum might be good.
Quicker mod responses and harsher punishments for troll responses.

This is far from all the responses we received, but most of them are like this.

[Colour Me Pretty]

H&R is going to become so dull.

[insignificant]

(Original post by Colour Me Pretty)
H&R is going to become so dull.

At least the people who need help are going to have more of a chance of getting it now.

[Colour Me Pretty]

(Original post by insignificant)
At least the people who need help are going to have more of a chance of getting it now.

True, but I will miss the lulz of it.

[insignificant]

(Original post by Colour Me Pretty)
True, but I will miss the lulz of it.

It's not really funny to find it funny when people are taking the piss out of people who have genuine problems and need help.

[speedbird]

I thought you were going to announce that you're deleting it.

Sigh

[Planar]

(Original post by fleur de lis)
Because the majority of images being posted were spam.

Could you create a section specifically for trolls? They can ply their trade there, we can be amused by it, and it wouldn't clog up section for those with genuine problems. Although the trolls might just stick to the supposedly genuine section... anyway, a thought.

[rmhumphries]

(Original post by Planar)
Could you create a section specifically for trolls? They can ply their trade there, we can be amused by it, and it wouldn't clog up section for those with genuine problems. Although the trolls might just stick to the supposedly genuine section... anyway, a thought.

You have chat, where as long as a thread is not offensive, you can post more troll-y threads.

[RightSaidJames]

Okay, you've made your point. Enough. You may think we're ruining your fun, but H&R is not a playground.