Mod control of Tubridy payment Thread

You're only saying that because you get away with blue murder on the thread. You get caught telling bare face lies on a continual basis. I would even suggest you are a compulsive liar with your sole aim being to get people banned. And there is some very dodgy behaviour from your automatic likers. It's as if ye are colluding to bait people. "To be honest" there is no honour in your posting and you come across as (a) bitter and (b) fake. I hope for your sake it's only a Boards persona. I suspect the mods actually see through your duplicitous/dishonest nature but you do just enough to avoid a ban.

Report that.

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Mod Warning: 1 point warning applied for ignoring moderator instuction

Yep some clarity would be welcome.

In the CA Sinead OConnor thread there is discussion about criticism of some of the reactions and interviews such as Bob Geldofs. Not having a go at Sir Bob or the posters. Just pointing out the inconsistency.

I'm just after seeing that they've snipped those comments. They were there when I last looked.

Do people really believe the mods just action posts because “someone” reports it? If a rule hasn’t be broken the mods can’t take action.

It always amazes me that the ones who complain most about the moderation are the ones who just can’t play by the rules. You don’t bet bans, or warnings, just for having a crap “opinion”. You get them for breaking rules.

The mods, and admins, are the only ones keeping this place together. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my fair share of “scoldings” from the mods and, while I might have felt hard done by, I’ve rarely challenged them because it’s clear I’ve broken a rule.

There seems to be a cohort of excessively angry posters who can’t believe for a second that someone might not think the same, odious, way they do and they accuse them of “trolling”. These same users then go apeshít when they get sanctioned for breaking a rule after losing their temper.

It's seems fairly obvious that a small handful of posters are ruining threads.

No biggie there really,people can be strange online but why is this being not only tolerated but facilitated?

Why are posters being banned when the same 2 or 3 posters remain and continue to contribute nothing and bait more reasonable contributors.

It's weird.

Don't agree with that.

There are always threads where a poster that goes against the prevailing narrative doesn't get thanked.

Does not mean that their opinion or post is not valuable or relevant to the discussion.

In fact it may be invaluable or else the discussion is just an echo chamber .

We are all adults but there is a strong element of tribalism in appreciation of some posters' views over others.

Thats why fair modding is valuable here .

TLDR : Down voting and removing posts by popularity would be unfair to posters who follow the rules but are not expressing opinions that are popular .

Calling someone a Troll or just saying that you are Trolling a thread, is too easy,, its a catch all phrase used to silence a poster if you don't like what he has to say.

When concerned parents demonstrate outside asylum centres ,, the MSM like to call them "right wing extremists" ,, they are not,, they just have something to say.

So not all posters are Trolls,, just concerned Boardies with something to say.

I am trying to keep this general about moderation of the Tubridy thread rather than accuse any one side of particular conduct. But mods please delete if not on topic enough.

Not all posters warranting mod action are trolls.

For me the key point is the sincerity of the concern.

Even within 'trolls' there are different sub species.

All of them have manifested on the Tubridy thread.

The blatant obvious re-reg troll out to abuse other posters and\or moderators and get thread shut down. The mods have been on top of these on the Tubridy thread at cost \ effort to themselves.

The insidious low level trolls who make bad faith arguments, insincerely post, trying to bait \ get a reaction from a sincere poster. They are 'playing the man not the ball'. They are like a defender in sports trying to get the opposition's star forward sent off, with niggling antagonistic behaviour trying to stay below referee's radar. The star player reacts and the ref sees it. A mod would have to be following the thread pretty closely to spot this. I think the mods should be tougher with such 'niggling' conduct when they become aware of it. It is all over CA, not just the Tubridy thread.

The 'benign' sort who are more like wind up \ satirical merchants who post something they don't believe to get a reaction, but not directed at any particular poster or deliberately trying to antagonise them. That has its place on AH if done right but on CA it can derail the thread especially where posters think it is serious and respond. On the Tubridy thread, these have gradually been dealt with.

The trolling is very obvious on the Tubridy thread, everyone should just ignore it and treat it like "a nothing burger".

The below seems positive?

“I cannot believe the amount of coverage Sinead’s death is getting in the Uk. I didn’t appreciate she was such a significant figure. There was a piece on a radio 4 program yesterday, another just now on Loose Ends and seemingly an obituary on another radio 4 program tomorrow. Plus all the newspaper coverage.

I’ve learnt so much about her over the last few days, heard about so many kind deeds. I know her family will have a different take on it though. Sad.”

Personally I quite agree that the Sinead O’Connor RIP thread was not a fit place to raise the issue of Ryan Tubridy. And has been pointed out, neither is really this one, as it's more concerned with moderation of Tubridy payments thread, so I likely crossed a line in raising a point about him here.

There is however one long and busy thread on Tubridy's €345K payments etc. Surely that is/was the place to raise the issue of Mr.Tubridy appearing to use the unfortunate death of Sinead to his own ends. But that thread was also heavily cut as far as I can see, with numerous posts removed and a warning from Beasty etc.

So you'd have to ask, where is the appropriate thread on which to discuss this matter? Not on the RIP thread, not this one and apparently not on the payments thread. It's baffling Beasty.

Well then, with respect Beasty - maybe you should amend post #88 on this thread and/or elsewhere - to advise that there shall be NO discussion at all of Mr.Tubridy's views on the late Sinead O'Connor. That his article in the IT should be completely disregarded here and not for public discourse on boards.

That would be clearer and more honest?

I note that #94 above continues to raise the topic.

The tubridy thread was being used as a vehicle by certain actors to air grievances unrelated and preexisting to the payments issue and hijacked for that purpose.

Beasty's moderation was balanced imo.