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Oh How I Wish........
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AOG was still around and the News Section was somewhere good to go................
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I so agree MissT. Posters like TTT currently and AOG and Mikey for example from the past would post lots of interesting news topics that generated discussion and even if you din't agree with them at least it made good reading and a chance to learn something. They rarely, if ever, put other contributors down in a real nasty way and generally swipe them off at the...
12:41 Tue 27th Dec 2022
Where would AB be without a bickering post, I have a feeling most love it on here and would struggle to get through the day without one. Where would the mods be without having to zap now and again? very bored. :0) Gulliver 1 seems to be the main target for many to get their daily satisfaction. Happy new year everyone!
Looking forward to someone starting a post on good mod, bad mod. Oh lordy what have I started.
Looking forward to someone starting a post on good mod, bad mod. Oh lordy what have I started.
I so agree MissT. Posters like TTT currently and AOG and Mikey for example from the past would post lots of interesting news topics that generated discussion and even if you din't agree with them at least it made good reading and a chance to learn something. They rarely, if ever, put other contributors down in a real nasty way and generally swipe them off at the knees - and yes Fatti was/is particularly guilty of that. Posters should be able to say something in news without needing skin as thick as an elephant or being told to stay off the thread as if they're worthless. News really should be the liveliest category on this site but most don't want to venture in.
Despite working my way across a number of news sources sometimes it's interesting to see the standpoint of others, trouble is there are a few on here who are happy to take a stand when there's no point. From a deeply entrenched position you may feel safe but you are unlikely to be able to see more than your immediate surroundings.
So why not start a News thread of your own Prudie?
Too many lurkers on here who prefer to attack a poster than address the topic in the OP itself. A Mod in the Curtice thread proved the mentality of the site with the first post.
https:/ /www.th eanswer bank.co .uk/New s/Quest ion1821 730.htm l
If that’s the standard of Moderation it proves that the site(despite the donations) will go down the tubes. Too many whinging but not engaging, pure and simple. If you don’t like a topic, don’t post on it and start one of your own.
Or stay on the thread and make a counter argument/discussion.
Yes, views become forthright but with no other response than all out attack then ABers will respond in kind.
Where was all the outrage at 5Cers and Poltroons? Nothing.
Where are all these racist, xenophobic and bigoted threads that someone referred to?
Too much feigned hurt from many who don’t engage.
Respond reasonably to an argument instead of outright dismissal. I always welcome opposing views, if reasoned and rational but outright dismissal of factual news stories and events is pathetic.
Too many lurkers on here who prefer to attack a poster than address the topic in the OP itself. A Mod in the Curtice thread proved the mentality of the site with the first post.
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If that’s the standard of Moderation it proves that the site(despite the donations) will go down the tubes. Too many whinging but not engaging, pure and simple. If you don’t like a topic, don’t post on it and start one of your own.
Or stay on the thread and make a counter argument/discussion.
Yes, views become forthright but with no other response than all out attack then ABers will respond in kind.
Where was all the outrage at 5Cers and Poltroons? Nothing.
Where are all these racist, xenophobic and bigoted threads that someone referred to?
Too much feigned hurt from many who don’t engage.
Respond reasonably to an argument instead of outright dismissal. I always welcome opposing views, if reasoned and rational but outright dismissal of factual news stories and events is pathetic.
prudie: "I so agree MissT. Posters like TTT currently and AOG and Mikey for example from the past would post lots of interesting news topics ...." - I remember mikey, he and I had diametrically opposed views but we never had to be rude, we had debates for days sometimes, I had huge respect for the man even though I rarely agreed. Some of the Trolling bully boys on here would do well to study his exchanges with me and others.