Mod control of Tubridy payment Thread

There are a handful of people who seem to get away with whatever they want which is frustrating.

If you ran a poll on who is the biggest troll on boards I would be confident of a poster who would win in a landslide.

Yet I have never seen the poster banned from a thread.

While others seem to get banned for a lot less.

Maybe some posters are very good at just keeping within the rules.

But is there even a charter anymore?

The mod is spot on in this case. That is for sure. I unbookmarked the thread, because it descended into farce (which knowing how the cohort operate was as predictable - as night follows day).

There was little or discussion of the question at issue after a short period. Namely RTE payments to Tubridy. It seems for some odd reason many think Tubridy is 'fair game'. Even if Tubridy said something nice for example (re Sinead O'Connor) it was twisted as insincere and shoehorned into the thread.

I also get the impression that the OP is using this 'complaint' as a rallying cry to the cohort as if to say the mod is ruining our fun how dare he! But looking at it objectively (as with anything to do with Tubridy in particular on boards.ie) the thread is massively derailed.

The OP and likeminded posters know exactly what they are doing, they know better. But prefer to play stupid - feigning shock at the moderators annoyance of how many are misusing/derailing the thread.

The moderator must be sick of the sight of them at this stage. If I was a mod -I would go for the Genghis Khan approach - site bans not just threadbans. Clear the oddballs out completely. Regain control. That is what is needed at this stage. It is repetitive agenda from what I see. Same posters, same cohort. Same shite.`

I would say cop yourselves on lads, but it would fall on deaf ears. But they never will cop on as it is part of the perverse enjoyment of some on boards.ie. That culture will not change as the very vocal minority hold court, and counting their likes to each other as they do so.

Basically ruining boards.ie for the more sane individuals. It has turned many off boards.ie I would surmise - more so than the revamp.

I never thought I would say this to a moderator, but @beasty don't let the bastards get you down.

I see by your post count you do not post much, but there is a cohort with a massive number of posts. Most of which is attacking Tubridy. Their main enjoyment it seems is attacking Ryan Tubridy in particular. It is the same 20-30 or so names lead by one 'defacto leader'. It has been going on years.

Go to any Tubridy thread and you will see the same names repeatedly with the same crap. Some even think they are doing a public duty! At one stage a (since departed) moderator joined in and encouraged the 'fun' that was how 'accepted' it was. I think that is why it is so ingrained it is a regular 'cultural pastime' for that cohort.

Meanwhile moderators like @Beasty have to do the equivalent of Andy in Shawshank Redemption - crawling through a sea of shite posts attacking Tubridy, hopefully reaching the end of the ordeal. But unlike Shawshank Redemption the ordeal is never ending. The cohort is extremely invested, and extremely motivated.

I've thought long and hard about whether to post my two cents on this topic but oh well...

If it were up to me, I'd have banned the rabid anti-RTE mob years ago. They might be shouting about being proven right now but I don't care, the radio forum is painful to read with their guff everywhere. I don't understand why someone feels the need to watch a TV show or listen to a radio show they hate, just to whinge, moan and bully the presenters and/or guests online. Just don't watch or listen to it. Seriously. It would be nice to see some threads actually discussing a programme or it's content. I see they've hijacked the Louise Duffy thread in recent days too.

You might need to calm down my friend. It’s only a message board.

and you wonder why you keep getting warnings and bans.

"It aint what you do, it's the way that you do it" as 80's songstresses Bananarama used to say.