Poll Results: boards.ie are the moderators fair

Sat, Jan 23, 2010

Here are the poll results for my post on boards.ie are the moderators fair? The poll has now closed, and I thought it only fair the share the final results. (Click to enlarge it)

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2 Responses to “Poll Results: boards.ie are the moderators fair”

Tony Says:
16. August 2010 at 7:41 pm

I've just been banned again by Anan1 in the 'Motors' section. I posted a reply regarding carbon tax emissions and got it wrong (Co2) … as is boringly predictable, I got corrected and Anan1 thanked his favourite pedantic corrector. Pathetic.

Then again, you have to hand it to Anan1 for consistency. He's still sore over the last time he trolled on me / banned me:

Anan1 29/10/2009 12:38p.m. ( moderator who banned me )

Quoting me:

"Reality check again! = allowing people one drink usually leads them to have more. Obvious!"

Anan1 30/10/2009 14:50p.m.

"I'm not averse to a rake of pints myself, … I had about a 1/2 bottle of wine in a friends house over a period of an hour or so, set off for home in the car"

Tony Says:
24. August 2010 at 12:50 am

I've just been banned from another section of boards … seriously, it's time someone came up with a workable alternative to this crap (shouldn't be too hard). The "community manager", while not painting his nose blue and making excuses for idiots on private blogs, is completely useless.

Basically it's the same old … trollers come on (in my case a hosted one, so untouchable) troll like mad, and the "moderator" 'Scoffaw' decides to selectively "apply" the "rules". They all operate on the same low level: allow trolling, wait until it gets a reaction, and ban the person who didn't do the trolling.

In terms of user interface it's one of the most boring looking sites on the internet as well. I actually pity some of the moderators on there. I'd hate to be that sad an individual.