Moderaters re: $hitstirrerS

[DR]

now i am really intrigued, the post by mirror has been deleted, there was nothing inflammatory, all it did was point out some of mikos comments, the sort he is probably the sort whingeing about, & list a section from the rules.

[imported_admin]

It was posted by an existing Member under another Membername, first post and duplicate IP address, and only lead to abusive replies.

Which I assume was the intent of the post.

[snappa]

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

I'm with Fishin Dan.

I get a tremendous amount of enjoyment and relaxation, as well as information, from this site. We were all told years ago that there's "no such thing as a free lunch" and therefore someone must be paying for this enjoyment. I presume it is Steve. I would be more than happy to 'subscribe' to Ausfish and incur an annual membership fee. Some folks simply may not be able to afford this, and that's fair enough too, but perhaps those who feel they can and want to contribute financially, could be encouraged to do so.
As for some of the ridiculous threads and posts, as Jeremy says, ignore them. People who are attention seekers soon move on to other places if they are ignored.

Just my thoughts!

Cheers all

Dave

[fishman7]

hi
great to see they banned the first poster for 5 days.i think they just come on here to cause trouble.i know on some of the other site if they get banned they just get a new name and start again.
cheers
danny

[MIKOS]

Id pay to use this great site and keep it secure.

This is a good idea.

Unfortunatly it is the way of the world.

As fishin dan and reelnauty said I agree it should stay as a free website

But i would be very happy also to pay for this service

Food for thought

MIKOS

mike

[Fishin_Dan]

As fishin dan and reelnauty said I agree it should stay as a free website

I said pay for it

But I'd be happy to pay too mate...

[rajawolf]

I think this is a S00K thread! learn to ignore and be happy!!!

[westie]

This site is the best, and that is why we have such a huge turn over of members.
Myself I have learnt so much and met a quite a few members and class them as friends. This site has so much to offer to ALL persons with the interest of fishing, and unfortunately no all agree with each other.
Sure there is some conflict from time to time no different that 100 fisherman in a group on the waters edge discussing how to rig a line up for whiting, there will be some that will say the opposite to everyone else and get set upon by the 99 others.
We need to LOOK READ and DIGEST before we open our mouth and put our foot in it.
i am sure you will find that AUSFISH is a business, hence all the banners and popups, these sponsors pay to have there advertising on this site and you will find there is more sponsors here than elsewhere, because this site has the BIGGEST following and it is a great place to target there intended market.
I feel if Ausfish received moneys from members as a subscriptions they may not have full moderation rights they have now.

I maybe one of those that is being discussed here, if so I am sorry if I have offended anyone.

I feel the moderators should look at a card system, If you post something that is beyond the boundaries would it be possible to have a BLUE flag placed on ALL there post so we all can read it and learn from others and if it gets to heated a ORANGE card is placed against all there post as a second warning and finally RED Banned for a week.

Just a thought it would be a silent WARNING system to all users that what " Members name" has overstepped the mark with there comments

I have been warned and I have moved on, YOU LEARN from your mistakes.

As for Spelling mistakes, if it is that much of a concern to some, maybe a Spell Checker could be added to the site.

This Post is NOT targeting anyone so please if you think that .... Don't

[bidkev]

Mikos, Im sorry I have offended you... but i still wont apologise for commenting on someones spelling...

Tim
p.s. Im still in the belief they are/were a troll... and not a real person

Is that a "belief" or a "think" Tim?

Don't know about you but for me to hold a belief I have to be pretty well convinced that something is true/fact.

There was absolutely no indication that this was a troll other than the peculiarity of the post. That may lead me to *think* that it may be a troll but that is not enough to have me respond as if it *were* a troll.

The guy may have been intellectually impaired or simply had a poor education. It could have been the anniversary of his father's death, he was lonely, and he was just feeling a bit down and looking to have someone to talk to or somewhere to belong. One could argue that this is not our problem and that we shouldn't have to analyse everything that is said here before we give someone the benefit of the doubt but it can also be argued that one should not jump the gun about another person until one allowed ones-self time to get to know that other person.

The guy had said nothing provocative and to insult his and his father's intelligence was uncalled for. It is also damaging to the site as a whole. I have seen it all too often on news groups and other sites, where long standing members have been abusive to newcomers simply because they were different in some way or another. This costs those groups memberships and on a site such as this where the advertising is important for the site, the advertisers want to see membership figures before they part with their cash.

Now we will never know if the guy is a troll or simply someone who posted his feelings in the best way that he knew how and was frightened away by the response.

All I'm saying/asking is that you can continue to judge others as you see fit but just allow yourself a little more time in future before you become judge, jury and executioner. Sometimes we all need somewhere to belong and those that appear different are often those who never get a chance to belong. I for one will not denegrate anyone simply because they appear diffferent....trolllike or not.

cheers

kev

[rajawolf]

Kev,
Good post mate...

I dont mind telling people I that am a disabled person, and I am sure there is a lot of other people who are disabled, who use this forum also.

Anyway thats my 2 cents worth for now.

[fishingnottake]

we're all adults here, and there's a big difference between baiting other members and actually have a legitimate opnion that differs from someone else's most members can tell the difference and if they disagree put forward their reasonings etc, others either are too insecure to defend their position, or realise their position in erronous, and they are the ones who revert to juvinile trolling, or pm'ing mods to delete valid posts, that being said, even the difference of opnion only happens in a miniscule amounts of posts, as steve said there are 240224 posts on this site, and i dare say less than a 100 would be inflmattory, this is a fishing site, so 99% of posts are to do with fishing, not politics, not sport, and not raja's wife, all touchy subjects, jsut remember "sticks and stones"
ash

[finding_time]

Can we still sh!t stir just a little bit

Eg. every 10 useful bits of wisdom you impart you get 1 little sh!t stir


Ian

Ps If this works after 400 odd posts i've almost earn't 1 stir credit

[szopen]

Kev,

Very good post.

I have no idea which particular discussion you are reffering to but I still agree with what you are saying.

Finding_time,

I'm with you.

I do get my fingers itchy sometimes but try to and usually manage to shut up.

Thanks to some other members of this site that have put me straight.

Propdinger I still owe you that case of beer.

[Fishinmishin]

Different people, different opinions and different point of views are what make this site interesting. The line should be drawn at posts which include threats, insults, spam and adult only related content (unless it's me making them )...other then that I think some members just gotta grow a sense of humour or just learn to dismiss comments which they do not agree with 100%. Our world is already over governed and over regulated and it would be a shame to see Ausfish adopt a '100% fish and facts related only' approach. I do think that it would not be in the sites best interest nor would it appeal to the majority of members.
The moderators do a fine job here and if you read something that you think does not belong on this site, then a simple PM to Steve with a link to the post gives him the opportunity to review the post and decide wether he wishes to take further action. What has gone too far is all the politics created by the wingers on this site....and I have dealt with my fair share of them . Posts (even such as this one) could have been better directed via PM to a mod. instead of posting it up and encouraging other members to become involved in an issue with is currently being dealt with thus making it a bigger issue then it really is. Mike, your point is very valid and it is a shame that there are idiots out there which purely intend to post garbage. My comments are not directed to you but rather to members who post with negative intent towards other members such as in my '1000 posts' post which has been long deleted. There was no need for the insults which were posted. If you thought the post was a waste of time, then why add to the reply count with your insult or why even bother reading it past the 1st line.
I have not been a good boy at times and I have copped my warnings and been banned which is fair enough. Some members don't like my style of posts which is also fair enough (even though I couldn’t care less ). The truth is that this site is gaining new members everyday. Some are more productive then others and some or just fools which need to be removed but all in all I think it is a good thing for both the site and the members. As a high volume user of the site the way I see it is the more posts the merrier. Where other sites lack is that when you log on two days later, there are only a couple new posts to read. When I come across a post which I deem useless I just move on to the next post. Simple....isn't it .
My 3 bob.
Cheers, Jay
PS- Your mammas still love me .