Whats Happened??

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Originally Posted by Norman Bates

There has been animosity between certain members and I know for a fact that certain members have set out deliberately to cause this disruption to Soapboards. The rules are there for a reason: it makes the board accessible to everyone. Just looking at the logs, it's apparent that there are a few people who continuously break the rules and they are the same ones that will then challenge the mods openly (which is another rule break!).
Yes, there are instances where the mods have called it wrong and it has been fixed without much-a-do behind the scenes by myself.

It's little to do with age and more to do with acting with responsibility. We have many 'lurkers' on this board who don't contribute as they see too much childish attitude on the boards. One of the biggest issues recently has been 'chat'. As someone has pointed out, there are several dedicated threads in which you can chat in, as well as the shoutbox and the dedicated chat.

If anyone has any grievances, lets get them out in this thread. I know its Valentines Day, but I don't celebrate it :D (and yes, my wife does hate me for it)

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Don't worry NB - my hubby and I don't celebrate it either, after 10 years we don't see why we should show how we feel on just one day of the year.

If my starting this thread enables the community (which I fully believe we are) sort out problems and forge friendships like I have over the past year, then I am so pleased I did this - I can't say there is one member on this board that I don't like/get on with (if I am wrong please raise your hand :D ) so although I was extremely nervous about posting this, I am glad I did. Lets use the boards as they are intended, report posts if they we deem them offensive (and let the mods decide what to do) rather than have a go (words have a great way of reading completely different to the way in which they were intended :D ) Lets all be happy in time for the first anniversary!

people who don't wan't to follow the rules and just cause Arguments and upset other users should be Banned. i like everyone on the board good community sometimes

I expect you may have noticed im not on sb much as i used to be partly due to the fact that i have had another baby but also because i found that when i was posing a certain person (no names mentioned) kept making sarcastic remarks about what i was saying especially in the pregnancy and family forum,not all the time but enough for me to notice and take offence.

Well i have to admit, snide comments have become more frequent on here recently, which is why i don't post as often as i did. I must admit, the age divide has never bothered me. I've met a lot of fantastic people, some of them youngsters (hi smelly steff) some of them *cough* a few months older than me, and i have to say for the most part people are great. There is always advice available, jokes to read, and things that make you smile at the end of a hard day. Lets not ruin a good thing. Soapboards has been a great help to me over the last 12 months and i want to be able to sign in at the end of a hard days work and smile because of the people who are online. Not cringe at some of the posts. I have a lot of respect for peoples opinions in general but there is a fine line between opinion and insults. Lets keep it behind the line. I love this board and the people on it. Lets keep it like that.

Remember how the BBC closed their soap and drama boards? Now they're having the same problem with their sports boards.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/4673542.stm

I really do feel sorry for them.

That is a shame - if i were a member on there, i wouldn't be able to access it anymore, as i am an evening poster generally and not until late. Can't do weekends either (unless hubby working lol).

The problem is that people who want to make sensible posts have to wade through pages of tripe to see if anything worth reading has been posted

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We explained our position then and these requests still hold true: please control the amount you post, don't write off-topic material or be abusive to other users.

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Exactly what the rules here are for. So why do people ignore them?

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Originally Posted by Norman Bates

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Probably because they think they know more than the Mods.. They should set up their own board and see what its like

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some people don't think rules apply to them and then they are the very ones to complain and moan if the forum gets shut down