Originally Posted by
lovecraft
So in other words, no discussions on a discussion site. Coming from a moderator that is almost a policy statement.
Please do not take this out of context of the original request. This is to "chat" about completely off topic unrelated "adult themed" discussions. I understand the "adult themed" has been clarified to mean kids, etc...but I just deleted a bunch of threads relating to subtle
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references.
Oh, and BTW...I am an adult, and I do not come to this board to read about any, even subtle, references such as this. If that is your thing, great, but to expect to be able to say it on a fish board and complain about us being overly sensitive? Sorry, no...Please (PLEASE!) consider being sensitive to others as well and what the point of the site is.
When I mean "chats" I mean not fish related, not hobby related, not even generic "family friendly" other hobby related productive discussion.
If you have seen as much "chatting" as I have, and as many people are aware of, you will know the context. This is not even productive discussion, this is:
Hey, what you doin'?
Nuthin'
Watchin TV and having a beer.
Yeah? well I gotta work tomorrow.
Haha
You going to be home this weekend?
Yeah. Gotta mow the lawn. Maybe do a water change.
Soooo need to do that too.
Yeah.
Hey, I love this guy:
So do I!
Etc, etc, etc.
Or even worse with other topics or generally random stuff that hijack otherwise productive threads.
I understand people want to do this and there are places for it. But it is NOT here on a fish discussion board. Even though we have the aquarium, where at least sometimes there are good off topic discussions....but many times, BELIEVE ME, there is "chatting" and it does not in my opinion have a place. It takes time to moderate. It takes time to clean up. And it DOES take us away from the real point of this board.
Please consider the context. Obviously it does not mean no discussion on a discussion board. I have been here many years, sharing in discussions, so the implication is strange.
Any time that a thread is too heated or negative should be reported using the "report post" feature immediately. This can be handled. Please understand that there are A LOT of posts, and not a lot of mods, and this is not our job. We are not affiliated with SWF in any way, other than we liked this board and wanted to keep it a great place.
If posts are nasty, you have the power to be positive and change the tone. Watch how YOU post in it and to escalate. Ignore the nasties. Make a difference. If people are really rude, yeah...report them. You can make it the friendly place you want.
I find it odd to hear people complain about it being over moderated and sensitive, and in the same post complain about how rude people can be all over the place.
But we do try very hard. Most of us have been around a long time.....