Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself? [Threadbanned users in 1st post]

That is exactly the experience that I noted earlier up the thread. I recently brought up a case in dispute resolution as the same moderator warned me for 'anecdote' in a quite separate thread that had no such warning on page 1. But aside from that, this criteria about anecdote is clearly a means to censor certain posts and should have no place on boards imho.

I've no doubt that you maybe correct when it comes to forums like personal relationships or nature. I think though your 'zero tolerance' approach would be impossible to police effectively on more contentious forums. Put simply, people have different views - one man's freedom fighter is another's terrorist. So such 'zero tolerance' would inevitably end up as censorship.

In face such a 'zero tolerance' strategy has echoes of the current ministers 'Hate Speech' legislation. I suspect that if you ran a poll on the 'Hate Speech', you'd find that many posters here from all backgrounds would have reservations.

Doxxing should be a capital offence on this site, and I believe is taken incredibly seriously by the mods/admins. It’s just a shame that they can’t police it when it’s committed on “other” sites.

An excellent mod, poster and person was run off this very site by such actions. And the “Radio” forum has been the lesser for it since.

Thankfully, the suspect in that “case” has, since, been banned from the site, but for other reasons, and, I believe, banned for re-regging and trying to continue their obsessive, and deeply personal, campaign against a, well known, public figure.

The less doxxers online the better, as far as I’m concerned.

It’s an absolutely appalling thing to do. Had to close a previous account here because I received a PM from some complete oddball saying he knew who I was and where I lived.

If you find the differing opinions and posting styles of an anonymous stranger on a silly little message board makes you so angry and upset that you threaten to “out” them (which is a crime) then you really need to find something better to do with your life. It’s pretty tragic stuff and should be a warning that you are spending far too much time online.

Surely moderation will soon be carried out by AI?

A non biased (assuming it isn't written by people without a particular axe to grind) moderation tool that allows discussion to occur without the editorialising that has driven so many users away from this site (yes this is a thing, just cast an eye towards the sites created by ex users of this platform for clarification of this).

If boards is faltering it is because it is pushing it's core demographic away, we all know discussion boards aren't attracting younger users and that the Internet is moving away from the discussion board format etc but at the same time boards has made it clear that certain opinions really aren't welcome here and while that's the sites perogative you can't be shocked when traffic decreases over time.

If boards wants to continue to be relevant it needs to have a more agnostic, non partisan outlook.

That is, patently, untrue. I have never accused any user of doxxing or you, as a former mod.

I have mentioned a suspected user, being very careful not to name names. Something you, yourself have just done.

Only, the rogues have now been forewarned, and will be on their best behaviour after this thread.

For a while, anyway.

I went looking for access to the Soccer forum again. Banned now going on a year for little or nothing. It's personal with the mod over there and I won't be getting access back at all by the looks of it. Shamobuc.

Losing posters and not able to attract new ones yet they some of them can't see the wood from the trees.

Yah but once you get into differing opinions that are held honestly and sometimes trenchantly, then these can easily verge on what some might consider uncivility and abuse. This can arise between posters but can also be directed towards individuals and their families, or the subjects of the thread.

Anyway zero tolerance will always of necessity be subjective?