More moderation for the British forum? Vote in the poll

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by McGrain, Jan 19, 2023.


Is there problem in the British forum which you think would benefit from further moderation?

Poll closed Jan 21, 2023.
  1. Yes, further and altered moderation would help.

    28 vote(s)
    62.2%
  2. No, things should remain as they are.

    17 vote(s)
    37.8%
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  1. Jolly Roger

    Jolly Roger Active Member Full Member

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    I think most posts are from a handful of people with multiple accounts, and they want every thread to be about Eddie Hearn being a conman or Joshua being a dosser, regardless of the original topic. I would either treat the British forum as an island where anything goes, or just delete it entirely, though that risks infestation of everything else.
     
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  2. BoxingAddick

    BoxingAddick Active Member Full Member

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    Purely from my own perspective, there is one culprit who calls personally insults anyone who has a vaguely pro AJ or matchroom opinion and thinks anyone who shares an opinion with a person he has had a run in with is a alt account. I used to post on here under a different name but lost log in and when i do come back after my breaks he is back time and time again.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    You own a forum, for whatever reason, and after about 15 years you start getting letters from heavyweight lawyers or Google bots start reporting signal-theft being allowed or protected in a space you legally own, and maybe they don't just report it to you. Hopefully this helps: it is better for this business that some customers are outright removed than it is that any semblance of signal-theft is allowed to be carried out. If you follow the rules that are laid out at the top of any round-by-rounds and still suffer a ban, count yourself unlucky, I'll say that much. If you've in any small way breached those rules, that is the world we live in now and it is never going to change, ever.

    Between this and the alleged alts we seem to be at the nub of the problem.
     
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  4. littlebrain

    littlebrain Active Member banned Full Member

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    The signal theft is understandable and people on the UK forum do tell others to delete posts on the rare occasion any appear.

    You have cracked the main issue.
     
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  5. hobby rider

    hobby rider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The forum is dreadful and it’s pretty much due to two or three posters who just turn every single thread into a Joshua/matchroom one. It’s like Groundhog Day reading the same cut and paste tripe from them over and over again.
     
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  6. smoking mirrors

    smoking mirrors Active Member Full Member

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    don’t know where all this shilling nonsense is coming from, as this is the most belligerantely anti-Matchroom boxing forum around. dozens and dozens of posts blaming Hearn for famine, pestience and death, same posters every thread banging their drum all day every day. not that I disagree but it’s so damn boring. get some new material fellas.
     
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  7. hobby rider

    hobby rider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don’t believe anyone is setting up alt accounts purely to report other posters. The reason the supposed “good posters” get banned has absolutely nothing to do with their views on matchroom. Also from a personal point of view I don’t think reading someone write “Joshua is a pudding” or “fat grinning Mexican” in every golovkin or Eubank thread is a good poster and certainly won’t be missed.

    When you’re consistently getting banned from a board there has to come a time where you look at yourself and think yes I’m a phallus.
     
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  8. Glenn McKrory

    Glenn McKrory M&S luxury pudding Full Member

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    You don't have to believe it, but unfortunately it's true. Alt accounts galore, my friend.
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    On this question of alts making reports.

    I agree it can make a difference in terms of moderating, but it needs to be pointed out that if you report someone for nothing, nothing will happen. There has to be an infringement of some description for something to happen. Nobody gets banned for nothing, as I said. But yes, if someone is reported say six times over three weeks for being a bit of a dick, it'll give an impression of a troublemaker which perhaps isn't fair.

    But honestly, it would need a lot of work and it can't work without some form of shitposting.
     
  10. Glenn McKrory

    Glenn McKrory M&S luxury pudding Full Member

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    There are two alts posting/liking on this very thread unfortunately. Not much work needed, just a presence on the forum.
     
  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah, well the IP checks say there are none.

    I understand you are saying that you'd ban them based upon your gut feel, but it's not a thing that happens a lot because nobody really knows. So while I've a lot of sympathy with what you say, it's definitely, definitely not that simple.

    As per my post on page one, people arrive back here towering with absolute rage about being banned for being absolute dickheads. Imagine the traffic for suspected alts who weren't.

    Truthfully though, I won't rule out indiscriminate banning, or at least low-threshold bannings at this point. I doubt you would be in favour if you were punted though.
     
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  12. Glenn McKrory

    Glenn McKrory M&S luxury pudding Full Member

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    You've just proved the point, there are far more people who are pro Matchroom and report posters for nothing.

    Mods, I've logged off here for weeks at a time because of this nonsense, only to log back in weeks later to see the same posters dominant on the forum. Losing you revenue. To be honest, I would have deleted my account completely if the forum allowed me to.

    Is there an option to delete accounts?
     
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  13. littlebrain

    littlebrain Active Member banned Full Member

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    Totally agree with your observations.
     
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  14. jimmyonebomb

    jimmyonebomb Active Member Full Member

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    I got banned for “promoting signal theft” for saying about the fury chisora fight “I wasnt going to buy it I’ll watch it another way or watch highlights on YouTube”
     
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  15. Glenn McKrory

    Glenn McKrory M&S luxury pudding Full Member

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    I've never been banned or warned on this forum, but I'd like to delete my account now if that's possible? If you could let me know how that would be appreciated.
     
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