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

Have to say, lots of the moderation is skewed towards a left leaning (some might say far left). I hold more center right views which many disagree with, thats fine it is supposed to be a discussion forum after all.

Any opposing views lead to moderation being quick to ban on a thread.

I'm not political. I do have opinions though and have stopped posting on any hint of political posts.

It's interesting that you can take a ban to HelpDesk. I was also told that you have to take it up with the moderator involved. Needless to say, nothing was ever resolved as there is no point in arguing a case on an opinion piece on the internet.

It's a shame that open discussion (yes i know that requires moderation) is stymied by one sided moderation.

Taking a step back, does that process make sense to you?

It seems confusing for users.

What's the rationale that the DRP process cannot look at thread bans but Helpdesk can?

Report away. If its the same posters Im thinking off they would do the same to you.

A lot of people citing the Vanilla changeover as the site killer….

I would say modding is what's killing the site, or at least the quality of modding. Why would people come back?

Have been a member of Boards since 2007, and modding is the worst it has ever been now. I got multiple warnings in that Deposit Recycling Scheme thread and the person I was niggling with got a couple too. I'd say neither of us think the other deserved a warning at all. It's stupid stuff altogether and just sucks the life out of the site.

I had a very similar experience to you.

Posted a thread on a threadban on HelpDesk. A mod there moved it to DRP (without the courtesy of informing me or even putting a note on the thread saying they'd moved it.)

I then got told off on DRP for posting in the wrong area!

I was also told that I had no right to having my issue reviewed by an Admin, but "I could ask an Admin to look at it as a favour".

I really wouldn't be bothered with it again. Waste of time.

I saw that and laughed in the context of this thread, adds virtually nothing to those discussions and the cause of many quarrels as you say. I'd say many posters there breathed a sign of relief when they were gone and groaned last night.

Yep, that's why I suggested thread bans should expire after a set time. The current set up is designed to annoy standard posters. It may be appropriate for posters deliberately trolling and setting out to disrupt. But for the more general poster who just gets frustrated & dragged into a silly comment by one of the low level trolls, then reported - there should be a simple way.

And of course I realise that could be seen at odds with comment above, so perhaps three strikes and you're out of the thread.

I'm sorry you don't like my answer, but it's the truth.

I ask myself all the time why I'm still here, and habit is the only reason I can come up with.

There are 'with chat' and 'without chat' variations of the bad parking thread, so you might need to clarify which one you're talking about.

For me, there’s definitely a habit there. But I wouldn’t say that it’s the only thing. There are some forums that I genuinely enjoy posting in, there’s others that I would love only for some low-level trolling (which I blamed on me closing my previous account, although I don’t keep track of that stuff nowadays), and there’s other topics that I must avoid as I don’t handle confrontation very well.

There are almost too many positives to list. Discussions on hobbies from gardening to shooting to angling, sailing and board games. To get so many topics on one site is a huge bonus. Interests as diverse as motoring, fitness, music, sport and nature studies all under one roof. Then there's all the very useful advise to be found on topics like finance, consumer issues, DIY and parenting. It's a great resource.

You'll always find more traffic on a thread looking at negatives but the relatively few individuals posting here doesn't really compare to the numbers posting across the myriad of forums and threads elsewhere on the site.

The one thing to improve usage, or encourage new users, is perhaps to tidy up the number of forums and sub forums. It can be difficult at times to find a topic among the plethora available at present.