I was on a KLR forum and the mods were like "we don't care the topic as long as it's respectful". Turns out what they meant was "respectful to rednecks from red states that LOVE guns and trump". When I VERY respectfully pushed back instant band camp action.
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To Censor or not to Censor?
- Thread starter Mad Mike
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"Freedom for meee but not for theee"
Most of the complaint was for things said outside of the forum..
Scot Tempesta said those things himself..
The things said were outright accusations of theft/fraud, etc..
Since the sale to a company it is this way. Before, it was way better, where people could have conversations without fear of being banned. I always referred to that site as a place for adults to go, whereas I find this site to be way too PG.
TK4
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There is a guy that surfaces on ADVrider who calls himself Mack Knife. He appears to be a redneck of the highest order who is constantly looking to pick a fight. If the sky is blue he says it's red. They keep filtering him out and he just comes back for more. Wouldn't you think he'd get the message ?
TK4
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As a reformed KLR rider I can attest to the fact that they are 'special'. They went to special school on the special bus...
Denigrating white males gets a pass.
DownUnder
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Ahh cool, good to see tolerance working as intended.
TK4
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Some might consider it a compliment.
Growing up my parents made it clear that if unprovoked I should watch my Ps and Qs and if I thought someone would get offended by my comment, to keep it to myself.
Now, (thanks to the left), you can’t say ‘banana bread’ without someone feeling slighted.
Pretty sad
Now, (thanks to the left), you can’t say ‘banana bread’ without someone feeling slighted.
Pretty sad
You don't think rednecks come in both sexes? You gotta get out more.
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They're called Mud Crickets. YOU need to get out more.
But if you use the term redneck, outside of the odd SJW, no one will bat an eye.
Apparently I need to get out more too.
My mother used to make banana bread to get us to eat rotting produce. I'm offended.
Mad Mike
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I can appreciate how much work it is to moderate a forum. Years ago I volunteered as a mod on a Network 54 Kids Hockey forum -- it was a gong show. We had great tools, I could track posters by IP or login, get notifications when certain bad apples were posted or online, and set alerts based on threads, posters, and keywords.
A daunting task, I ended my volunteering after a few months.
For this forum, I'd do the following:
1) Decide whether this is a Subject Matter forum about Motorcycles or a Community forum for Motorcyclists. I suspect it's going to be the latter as there isn't enough subject matter on Motorcycles to keep the forum going.
2) Review the ground rules, and revise if necessary. The existing rules are fine, but a bit vague, probably by design. I would say that most topics sent to Trash are not a clear violation of TOS. I'd review the last 20 Trashed threads against the existing TOS, then try to form a reasonable argument as to which of the terms was violated. It that proves difficult, you have a disconnect to between moderation and TOS. I suspect it will be difficult.
I like the phrase: "For further clarity, ..."
3) If the discussion is wandering into dangerous territory, fire a warning shot, or zero out the content of an offending post before killing the discussion.
My 2 cents.
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