What's the point?

Yeah very annoying when threads that are "alive" can be just shut down on a whim. Especially when the content is not in the slightest bit controversial.

While one person may not "see the point " in them, others who are contributing obviously can.

Just let the non controversial threads die their own natural death.

It's after hours not "personal issues"

Honestly, I'm glad to see AH being taken somewhat in hand. The nonsense threads really were gone beyond stupid. And I don't really agree with the "Let them die on their own" argument, tbh. If self-moderation of that kind actually worked, we wouldn't need mods in the first place. I think Ramona Lively Pension is doing a great job.

Yeah, it does smack a bit of new mods being a little over eager in “stamping” their authority. To be expected, not something the average user should worry too much about.

It does seem a bit “arbitrary” in the examples provided, when it may seem that there are other threads far more suited to closing/moving but such is the mystery of boards.

To be honest, I do think it’s better to have threads moved, rather than closed with a link to the more relevant forum. At least with moving an active thread it may breathe some life into dormant peripheral forums. Closing with a link is not as “inviting”.

Anyway, have to say it’s a nice change in having the ire of the site spread out a little, as opposed to just being directed at one, or two, main players.

**Mob edit**

Thread closed

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It's funny when you see another mod calling them out, in thread, about the power going to their head. (The thread had been running well before they were made a mod and they became a bit trigger happy with the bold font)

I don't remember that ever happening before.

Ah another funny light hearted thread.

Honest question, what is the point in the "After Hours" forum if we can't have abit of light hearted craic.

Guaranteed the "wherers thread" ,the trivial annoyance thread and definitely the etiquette thread would have be closed today if someone just started them.

Any chance the facial features thread could be reopened?

It seemed like a bit of fun.

Don't think this is about just one new mod, I noticed it in particular after the migration to the new platform that a couple of the long term mods who were still left around adopted a similar approach.

I had a bit of back and forth with one of them about a thread (that I didn't start that was getting a lot of traffic of conflicting viewpoints but they closed it down because they said it was a pointless topic.

Seemed an approach at the time to limit the need for moderation. Less threads = less modding.

No the gardening one couldn't, well shouldn't have gone into the trivial annoyance thread as the one rule of that thread is not to go against the trivial annoyance.

So yeah they could have a "mini rant" there couldn't be a discussion around the topic. The thread was active when closed so people obviously thought it a worthwhile topic of discussion.

You have clearly said

The charter for AH lays out what the forum is for, aside from "craic" could you lay out precisely what purpose AH threads are supposed to serve? What's your definition of merit or purpose? As it certainly doesn't appear to be anything that may raise a smile.

I know you're a freshly minted mod, but perhaps have a read of the charter for AH, in particular rule 1 and then let us know how your arbitrary opinion on "merit" fits in with what the charter claims the forum is for.

If there has been a change in the rules as to what's acceptable and new standards are in play to go along with the nee sheriff in town?

Then the least you could is to update the charter to include the Ramona Lively Pension merit test.

‘I will review the aggressive facial features thread as in fairness I might have called that one wrong, but for the rest I do not feel that I was unfair in my closing of them’

To be fair you closed the online dating thread and then reopened it fairly promptly - so I think you can admit you made a mistake on that one too :)

But it is appreciated that you did indeed re open it and didn’t feel like you had to stick by your initial decision, so that’s positive and commendable.

I think someone should have a quick word in someone's shell like.

AH is probably the only forum that has a lot of active users, so it's gone from a fringe nonsense forum to the main forum on the site.

I don't like heavy handed modding, but maybe the mods could move threads into more appropriate forums and leave AH to what it's meant to be.

You may end up creating another problem where the thread quickly dies out due to obscurity or is closed immediately in the current affairs forum or wherever it ends up.

So would the OP have an issue if the threads mentioned in the OP were instead moved from AH as "more appropriate elsewhere"?

Do we still have the Thunderdome and R&R? It's been years since I checked.

That depends on their content I suppose.

Posts I’m referring to are not about cutting your lawns on a bank holiday but more about topics with a political agenda which clearly belong elsewhere.

It would be hard to argue that trans bashing comments often referencing specific people or incidents belong on an After Hours lighthearted thread. It’s fair to say that these threads are taken seriously by people and they feel strongly on the topics.

its down to the admins to define the parameters for the forums. Only then can the moderators operate successfully.

Let the op lawnmower man have his rant in After Hours, sometimes an annoyance is good craic and can make a thread come alive...

Its literally shite talk but good craic to many and a very post heavy thread.

Dont dictate what you deam is right or wrong as a thread when no rules are broken. Let them live or die naturally.