What's happening?

[naz_nomad]

Is AB on the start of its spiralling demise, or what?

[raysparx]

I have e-mailed the ed to remove me,as I said,beware the freaky and the fiddlers,take care decent people,this really is me off,fcuk the monkey that is a freak ,not leaving because of that cretin, be good ,enjoy your lives, Ray

[whiffey]

Couldn't depart without swearing, could you ray ?

This will be deleted soon.

[Eric Git]

Where do we go now? I haven't been a member that long and now it's all going. Help!!

[redcrx]

Eric,
we are not all going. We are ignoring the trolls and trying to keep what we can. May as well try, if it doesnt work then we shall find somewhere new.

[funkymoped]

whiffey, where exactly did you read a swear word from ray ???????

if you think FCUK is swearing, you are wrong !

keep it safe ray...

[redcrx]

Maybe whiffey meant her post would be deleted.
Ray, will miss ya. Hope you come back soon x

[whiffey]

Hi funkymoped,

What does 'FCUK' mean then apart from being the trade mark of clothing ? Is it not a means of avoiding the obscenity robots in order to swear. Especially given the context.

You are going to have a hard job convincing me that its use is acceptable. Family site.

ray will be back, hopefully. It's too hard to stay away !

[Spinchimp.]

Ray will be back i'm sure, the need to letch wll be too strong for him

[DeNiro]

Oh dear!

It's a Family site says the moron/mod/LIAR

Better to have the kiddies swearing, than LYING all the time!!

[IggyB]

don't worry, people have been saying the same thing for years - i remember when i was new here at some point in early 2003 still people thought it was all changing for the worst and would all disintegrate (but not just cos I�d arrived obviously!)

I think its in the nature of a community website to evolve and change � this can be disorientating to users that begin to feel a degree of ownership for the site, a feeling can foster a good atmosphere but also this can be quite unhelpful e.g. arguing and questioning newcomers / debating the true identity of other users even though the supposed �true� identity is simply another nameless username / resenting the ed for various editorial decisions

So don�t panic � history teaches us that great civilisation do indeed fall but just not very often or very quickly (that sounded so much better in my head for some reason)

[whiffey]

Hi Bob, cheery little soul you are today lol !

'Lying' to me carries with it definite shades of malice.

Occasionally forgetting exactly where I was born is hardly particularly harmful, or is it ? Today I have decided to be Welsh anyway, I promised myself that treat for Wednesdays.

And iggyb has spoken with great wisdom.

[Spinchimp.]

its the demise, they are even banning questions.........

[noxlumos]

Teh problem is Iggy whilst I fully appreciate what you are saying and agree that in some ways you are correct, what is actually happening here is a steady decline in standards of the site which is alienating a large percentage of it's posters and bringing the Ed, who I have always stuck up for, into serious question. It's not about editorial decisions, it's about some people questioning whether or not the Ed is a troll herself or is knowingly harbouring a troll who has caused a great deal of upset to a great many people. We all know that trolls are an occupational hazard with any public forum, but they are almost universally dealt with severly by mods and editorial staff on other sites. This one is positively encouraged. I don't think that crystal guides would relish their name associated with someone who feels it's appropriate to mock someone whose just had a miscarriage and all of the other things that the SR character has done.Taken that some other people who can't remember what they said yesterday stick up for them and claim to be moderating you have to see how this appears to everyone and why certain users are leaving. It's giving the appearance that the Ed is involved or has given her blessing to this type of behaviour from a small number of posters.
It's not about feeling that anyone owns the site, it's just about what is commonly held to be decent etiquette on the majority of forums. A "common law" when dealing with trolls if you like, that here seems to be uniquely ignored.

[redcrx]

well said nox

[whiffey]

I think it's good when the Ed pops up from time to time. I come from an era when the pink box usually meant trouble, so it's good to see a bit more of the human being. I was once a little disconcerted at some possible political bias, but the advice given in the other thread alluded to was good and sensible.

[Cobra.]

Hi Charles, where is your glove puppet today?

[steviep165]

cracking post nox.

[wonder years]

i havent been here that long and i am amazed on what gets banned even a few of my own questions and the sort of things that are allowed to stay its seems strange also ed never answers questions well none what ive asked anyway this will prop get banned

[wonder years]

oh it didnt get banned

[joko]

the site is fine...a few crappy posts from some loser can not bring down an established site like this....stop being so melodramatic...