Poll Suggestion

[Etch]

How about having a poll for how many 'strikes' (questions/answers removed) an AB member is allowed before they are 'out' (banned, and I mean permanently - no creeping to the Eds)? 'Obvious' spammers would still only be allowed 1, of course. I'd go for 6 - it would allow the odd indiscretion, but hopefully get rid of the guilty 'frequent posters'.

Yes, I know, they could easily rejoin under a different username, but they would lose their 'cherished' one.

[ladybirder]

Do you mean 6 over all the time someone has been on here? Possibly over the 13 years I've been here I might have had 6 removed especially as some mods go mad and remove a swathe of posts at once, the good with the bad. Perhaps if it was 6 in a week I might consider it. Perhaps.

[Stickybottle]

The Moderation on here is too erratic and inconsistent for that system to work

[pat2604]

Sometimes our answers are removed from a removed thread or along with a removed remark we have answered.

Besides, it's very easy to just come back using another name and email address.

The only answer should be consistent moderation and less mods and perhaps openness about who are mods. And editing at weekends.

[Bobbisox1]

I find it unfair if someone is aggressive and you answer in a none aggressive way , that gets removed as well , maybe it’s to nip it in the bud?

[Peter Pedant]

Sometimes our answers are removed from a removed thread or along with a removed remark we have answered.

and sometimes not so a thread can read:

answer removed

No no ! I disagree this makes no sense at all

answer removed

so what? obvious non sequitur

answer removed

irrelevant: you will have to make more effort to make sense

Myself? I wish ABers wd pay more attention to how a thread will look AFTER random deletion

[pastafreak]

Bobbi...I'd guess that's to end any conversation...heated discussion?...that might develop.

Obvious spammers are persistent as we all know...they keep keep coming back as many times as necessary.
And, why should people be banned for what they ask/ post...unless offensive/crude,etc?

[maggiebee]

Oh come on, it's a piddling wee site and surely nobody takes anything seriously on here. If they do, they lead rather sad lives.

[Stickybottle]

PP
irrelevant: you will have to make more effort to make sense
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Irony overload today

[naomi24]

As has been said, it wouldn't work. The moderation is far too erratic. Someone has just had a post removed for asking if goat meat is halal. Against the rules? I think not. Go figure!

[THECORBYLOON]

Would the six be within a set period or six strikes and that's it, even if the previous strike were a year ago, for example?

[Sqad]

maggiebee........exactly.

[ToraToraTora]

I'd just like top see more consistency really, having some arbitrary "removal" limit would not work.

[sandra4444]

Is AB always like this bickering and dissatisfaction?

[pat2604]

Basically, I think I agree with Maggiebee too. If I mentioned AB to friends and relations they would never have heard of it. It's just something to do my case and to while some time away because I can't get out and about.

[dannyk13]

Naomi, from which thread was goat meat question removed?

[bhg481]

Danny

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1785766-2.html

[pat2604]

Sandra4444

Yes it is. You probably know it. But then that's what life is all about nowadays!

[sandra4444]

Thanks pat it seems that way. On the few times I've looked in its the same few names complaining all the time.

[Sqad]

sandra.........may I call you sandra ;-)

///Is AB always like this bickering and dissatisfaction?///

Part of life's rich tapestry......

It has been for over a decade and in fact there is LESS antagonism now. Gone are the days of the entertaining fights among multiple posters and instead we have these wannabe antagonists.

I have suggested to the Editorial team, om many occasions over the years that the only function of the Mods should be to remove illegal ads and let the fights burn themselves out.

They have fallen on stony ground.

[youngmafbog]

Six? Well thats me gone then as I'm sure I have had more tha six since 2005 when I joined.

But then I'm sure plenty of lefties would love to see me go. Is that was this is all about - cancelling people?