When we disagree

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Well then leave him to it. What's your problem? So what if he disagrees with things he's said in the past. Big whoop-de-doo, live and let live, c'est la vie, stop being a bunch of crybabies etc etc.

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just one quick question Dan...at the risk of being branded a troller,do u have the highest post count in this forum :cheese:

just noticed your post count :D

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Originally Posted by harsha

just one quick question Dan...at the risk of being branded a troller,do u have the highest post count in this forum :cheese:

just noticed your post count :D

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Nope :p Racefanstan holds that dubious honour! If I hadn't been banned for about 8 months back in 2004 I guess I'd be the highest poster.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Well then leave him to it. What's your problem? So what if he disagrees with things he's said in the past. Big whoop-de-doo, live and let live, c'est la vie, stop being a bunch of crybabies etc etc.

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Why should we have to leave him to it? And, in any case, it is impossible. Look at the post-Brazilian GP threads. His attitude has become totally unacceptable. If you think it is acceptable, well, I'd reconsider that.

Daniel and pino, I suggest you read the thread to which I'm referring again. I just have. There would be virtually no animosity within it were it not for one member, and quite why this is so hard to see I simply cannot understand.

Hmm..

As has been suggested many times, by myself and others, why don't you just ignore someone if they really bother you. Treat them like a toddler.. if they don't get attention they get tired and move on. Moderators should only be needed for dealing with personal attacks (and I mean real, vicious insults, not just disagreeing with a view), spambots etc.

And while I'm thinking about it, I for one am sick of seeing threads where a few members just bicker back and forth about something completely irrelevant - and there's quite a few posters who get sucked into this trap. It's half the reason I don't post as often, by the time I get around to a thread it's been ruined and any constructive posts about the original topic get ignored.

Just carry on posting on topic, disregard the stupid posts and the board will self moderate!

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Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeans

One of the my bugbears on here (and elsewhere on the web) are emoticons. I simply can't bear it when I post an opinion and someone sees fit to reply with a little yellow face rolling around laughing. If you disagree then for God's sake explain why and do so using words.

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:down: :dozey:

:D ;) :p

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Originally Posted by christophulus

Hmm..

As has been suggested many times, by myself and others, why don't you just ignore someone if they really bother you. Treat them like a toddler.. if they don't get attention they get tired and move on.

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if quite a lot of ignoring goes on in this case. But it doesn't do any good.

Believe me, I wouldn't complain unless I felt really strongly about this.

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Originally Posted by christophulus

Hmm..

As has been suggested many times, by myself and others, why don't you just ignore someone if they really bother you. Treat them like a toddler.. if they don't get attention they get tired and move on. Moderators should only be needed for dealing with personal attacks (and I mean real, vicious insults, not just disagreeing with a view), spambots etc.

And while I'm thinking about it, I for one am sick of seeing threads where a few members just bicker back and forth about something completely irrelevant - and there's quite a few posters who get sucked into this trap. It's half the reason I don't post as often, by the time I get around to a thread it's been ruined and any constructive posts about the original topic get ignored.

Just carry on posting on topic, disregard the stupid posts and the board will self moderate!

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If only everyone in here would think and act in the same way as you...

Well I'll add two people to my ignore list and see if it makes any difference :)

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Well I'll add two people to my ignore list and see if it makes any difference :)

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Sensible thing to do Dave :up:

If I were a moderator what I would do would be to institute a new banning policy where those responsible on both sides are banned for for a couple of weeks now and then also institute a ban for the next 2 races so ban people from Thursday-Thursday of race week so people can't discuss what they come here for. The penalty system at the moment is a good idea but it doesn't penalise people enough, so much so that when I got an absolute joke of a penalty on July 23 last year (just so Pino can see it if he wants to) which Mark agreed was silly, he didn't even bother taking it back because in practice it wasn't going to lead to any sort of penalty for me.

I remember when the new forum started,there was a way of rating posts...too much of negative posts and you get banned etc...obviously,the members do always misuse and I remember that I got quite a lot of -ve rep for basically no fault of mine too....but if there was a system where only the mods can give out the -ve rep or the +ve rep...then that would be ideal...whenever the rep touches some number,that would consititute a temporary ban...repeated offenses could lead to permanent bans

also,I think there should be a way for people to check their PM's even if they are banned