Been here almost 2 years and dont know if this had been adressed. But what is going on with this forum now? state of the forum and moderation is out of control it seems. Something has changed
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Some users should get a permanent ban. That's the problem.
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I checked some race threads todaa and in every one at least one new regular seems to be banned. Yeah it's pretty crazy.
ManicJack
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What's up with all of the posts that do not violate rules being removed? We obviously have someone that thinks he knows best and gets to shape conversations.
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The Mods are always looking for volunteers - if you think could assist ...
Armchair Cyclist
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If a post is dependent for its meaning on something that has been deleted, it will be deleted.
That apart, posts will nearly always be deleted it they are the grounds for a warning, or if they are breaking the rules but not at a level to trigger a formal warning.
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Problem is this will drive everyone away sooner or later. So you might have a very rules-on chats, but fewer people talking. Anyone remember IRC? Exactly.
ManicJack
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That's the problem. You have an opinion that differs from the group think that this place has turned into.
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I would wager most of those folks weren’t banned because of activity in a race thread, but rather in the individual rider threads. Which for the most popular riders become cesspools, and for me unreadable, at various times.
I’m here for the race threads and the clinic where I can be both entertained and learn a lot, without the contentious back-and-forth arguments. But I do miss when valued contributors are banned or disappear, so I do recognize there’s a problem.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I meant 🙄. Nice try, and typical response.
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As someone who has been banned here on a few occasions (think I've had two or three accounts since the earliest days of this forum)...in fact, I think there might have been a time in the late 'aughts, where I was banned for an entire year (if I remember correctly, I had a run at Susan about something, and got the big ban hammer for that one. Had to plead my case to get back in.), I can confidently say that never once did I not deserve a ban, nor was I shocked when I got hit with it. He11, I usually knew when I was writing the post, that I was going to land in jail. My favorite was when I had been banned for a month or so, and came back and posted a one word post on every subforum, so the main forum page had my name on all of the latest posts. I think I got another week for that stunt. Then there was the Rammstein pyrotechnics post that went over like a turd in a punch bowl. Getting banned is just part of the scenery on a forum. Relax.
I got banned from slowtwitch once during the Armstrong denial phase, and just kept creating new accounts, because F those guys. I once got banned there because I kept talking about the performance benefits of ferns in your workout space (a theme from the old cyclingforum days, which was the wild wild west). I actually found cycingforms because I googled "Cadel Evans is a wheelsucking p****" True story.
Nobody ever asked me to be a moderator on any form, for good reason, but I completely respect the difficulty they have in being human, and being asked to do a job that is going to get mounds of hate, and having to decide between the argumnets of people acting like the internet is a knife fight (self deprication alert). It ain't so serious man. Chill and take the heat if it comes, like an adult.
I got banned from slowtwitch once during the Armstrong denial phase, and just kept creating new accounts, because F those guys. I once got banned there because I kept talking about the performance benefits of ferns in your workout space (a theme from the old cyclingforum days, which was the wild wild west). I actually found cycingforms because I googled "Cadel Evans is a wheelsucking p****" True story.
Nobody ever asked me to be a moderator on any form, for good reason, but I completely respect the difficulty they have in being human, and being asked to do a job that is going to get mounds of hate, and having to decide between the argumnets of people acting like the internet is a knife fight (self deprication alert). It ain't so serious man. Chill and take the heat if it comes, like an adult.
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I don't believe it has much to do with moderation, just with the people posting. A community changes over time, new people join, older users leave, the dynamics change. Has nothing to do with the moderation, they just need to make sure we interact in a proper manner.
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I have had some posts deleted which absolutely NOT did violate any rules what so ever (at least to my knowledge). I was just like, why? It doesn't really encourage you to post when you have absolutely no idea of why said posts got deleted. I feel like a short DM would do justice in many cases tbf, and I think thats something moderators could do to make people actually know why posts are deleted, why you got banned etc. Transparency is very key in that aspect IMO
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Same experienced it too while seeing other stuff which is directly against the rules which are so heavily leaned on go clear just make me too wonder and not exactly encourage to post.
I fear like other ppl said above that more and more will just get pushed away from it.
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I suspect that's the real issue; who can keep track of the sheer ammount of new rules that got implimented after 2019?
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It's not possible to have a discussion about what leads to bans when we are not allowed to comment on any specific cases. So unless you've seen an exchange that got deleted and then led to bans, it's quite difficult for bystanders to know what happened (and where).
That’s true, good point. I was guesstimating based on the level of divisiveness and rancor in the different types of threads.
I’ve been on the forum for 12-13 years and I believe there are more frequent bans for less serious offenses now than in prior eras.
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Leading by fear never is a great idea. There is nothing worse than be afraid of posting something that can offend others even if respect is maintained. I wish everyone had the opportunity to listen Jordan Peterson talking about this.
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No mate, i am not going to listen jordan peterson. He is a charlatan. Don't listen to him!
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Probably they broke the rules. They tested positive in the antidoping control.
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