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JulieElizabeth

damn, I've just had a Chinese

No room for popcorn

A_Medium_Size_Jock

JulieElizabeth wrote: »

damn, I've just had a Chinese

No room for popcorn

No problem.
I will share my Allsorts (by post) - and by the time they reach you you'll have room.


Just Googled and nope!
Can't email Liquorice Allsorts!
:rotfl:

Head_The_Ball

Thread reported.

ColinFishwick

Nice story bruv

fairy_lights

So to recap: certain forum members formed an alliance with the Lannisters and had a secret PM based pact to take down the forum and reclaim their place as the rightful leaders of Westeros.
This is about conquering Westeros, right? If not it would just be stupid...

robin_banks

JulieElizabeth wrote: »

damn, I've just had a Chinese

No room for popcorn

You'll be fine in 20 mins.

baby_lemonade

fairy_lights wrote: »

So to recap: certain forum members formed an alliance with the Lannisters and had a secret PM based pact to take down the forum and reclaim their place as the rightful leaders of Westeros.
This is about conquering Westeros, right? If not it would just be stupid...

OK just googled Lannisters. Game of Thrones reference.. whoosh! Never seen or read it.

Would love to know who's in the 'secret PM ring' though

tommix

baby_lemonade wrote: »

Would love to know who's in the 'secret PM ring' though

Four 70s DJs, Three Catholic Priests and an MP in a Pear Tree.:beer:

MrsDrink

baby_lemonade wrote: »

Would love to know who's in the 'secret PM ring' though

I'm always left out of everything. I'm neither in the secret PM ring nor have I been victim to them....




... but in all seriousness. Given how many users this website has it is incredulous that it is 'moderated' by volunteers. A friend of mine used to be a proper moderator for a proper company who had proper contracts with proper forums (like the channel 4 ones). She had a list of dos and don'ts about what was acceptable. Stick to them and you'd be fine. Don't and you wouldn't be! They were PAID. They were given TIME. Not the system that MSE uses that require people like you and me to self-moderate.

I will hold my hands up, if I had the responsibility to answer hundreds of sodding reports there is no way I'd have the time, let alone inclination to investigate each one. I would take the easy option and just delete said posts etc.

I don't blame the moderators. I blame the people who own the website and forums. They made the decision how they wanted the forum to run. This forum, especially in the arms, is NOT a 'come along, ask a question, get an answer, sod off' forum. Without a core group of people who stay online, who visit regularly there would be no-one to answer any questions. Without these regulars the forum would die. Who wants to ask an urgent Money question and wait a few months for an answer? BUT if the current moderation system continues that will either happen, or the people who are left to be regulars will be so twisted in the head who would trust them!!

TL,DR: I blame the way the owners decide this forum should be moderated.

baby_lemonade

This website is worth millions, apparently, so it should be possible to pay a team of proper moderators.


ETA I don't think they'll ever get round the problem of people having multiple accounts or re-registering under different names, though.