Serious Questions Have No Place In Chatterbank

[Retrochic]

Good morning.
More and more questions and comments are being asked in chatterbank that should be asked in the appropriate category. Because of the Question or comment being put in this category it is much easier for the 'usual suspects' to mock and bully anyone who has not got the same opinion on the subject as them as mocking ,cheap jibes and bullying seems to be allowed and not moderated. On News and Body and Soul questions I would prefer to answer these in the correct category which is properly moderated When they appear in chatterbank it is open house for ridicule and bully boy tactics and will surely put off new members should they stumble on the mayhem looking for a serious answer.

[jno]

quadrivia - holds an extra 33%

[ummmm]

Resentment and jealousy...lol...

Sqad...you complain about best answers and badges because....you're jealous and resentful?

[Sqad]

LOL......LOL..........ummmm^^

[grasscarp]

another CB topic. Facebook like Frivolity.
I am having Veal a la creme flambe for supper with sauted potatoes and petit pois. The chablis is chilling. Followed by Pavlova. What are you (plebs) having?

[humbersloop]

careful folks, this is the Ed's Blog, not CB.....

[mazie]

This Pleb is having Tripe and onions grass x ;o)

[grasscarp]

OMG. Didnt notice where I was! It was only a joke Ed. Not really eating that. Didnt mean to post trivia in your sanctum etc grovel. (Hi Mazie x)

[Tilly2]

My CB subsection suggestion was entirely serious, as befits this topic area.

[jno]

true, humbersloop, I was forgetting too.

I think the serious answer has already been mentioned: that there's a warning sign outside CB that you mightn't get serious answers, and people enter at their own risk. That means not just the OP but anyone who wants to answer. I don't know who the usual suspects may be, but I think you just have to avoid playgrounds where you suspect cyberbullies hang out.

[wolf63]

I find, sometimes, posting a serious question in a serious section too restricting.

I am not very good at sticking to the topic and usually sway off in another direction on serious threads - whether posted by me or a fellow AB person.

I find that the odd injection of humour and stupidness can help an otherwise strained conversation or answer on a thread.

I know that most people have a longer attention span than me but I have posted a serious question in CB more than once or twice or even more than that.

This is why I like cats - if they don't like you they bite you or claw you. If you are annoying them they bite you or just growl. It is much simpler than trying to work out human psychology.



Most people on this site are helpful to their fellow inmates at the asylum. If a new person mistakenly posts in CB looking for a serious answer they are usually dealt with politely and then they are either redirected or their question answers.

Maybe there are bullies on the site - and maybe there are cliques but unless the persons involved put 'I am a Bully' or 'Sisterhood clique' on their avatar I would never notice.

[TWR]

I get these often from the same area's of the Country Retro, I get that worked up I increase my volume of brandy, I have even invited that sex bomb Gness to console me Retro, but every time she arrives she's rat rrrrsed, don't let it worry you, keep going with the flow.

[catswhiskas]

Is this an official telling off ?,this makes me think I dont want to post anymore, if I was a new member reading this I would go elsewhere.Perhaps I will stick to crosswords and quizzes.

[whiskeryron]

OK,so if I see something in Chatterbank that I feel requires a serious answer am I permitted to copy & paste the question to a more serious site so that I may answer it in the proper vein ?

[237SJ]

I think that a lot of the time people post in chatterbank because there is more chance of their question being noticed. Some of the subheadings are so obscure that hardly anybody would look at them.

[Retrochic]

It does not matter which section you post in, it always goes into the 'latest posts' on the RHS of the page. If people keep contributing to the thread then it stays in latest posts and gets as much coverage as those in chatter bank.

[humbersloop]

^^exactly jno, I mean it's funny goodlife never tips up over there to pass the time innit?....

..[i]talk about none but the brave ;)[i]

[ummmm]

If it doesn't matter why have you posted a thread about it?

[Retrochic]

ummmm you have read my reply out of context. It t was in reference to 237SJ's comment. Please read that.

[jackthehat]

Can I hear the sound of tiny feet drumming......?

[EcclesCake]

I've just had a quick scan of the past few days worth of posts and cannot really see much that is out of order.

Many people post in Chatterbank as they what a general chat about an issue rather than a clinical/clear cut response that may be received if posted in one of the specialist categories.

The moderation on this site is quite thorough sometimes I feel it is a little over moderated. Having said that my brief experiences of MumsNet tell me that I'd much rather have the level of moderation that is employed on AB to the free for all that is MumsNet.