: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:54 am
ST_CONROY wrote:
I know full well what the insinuation was. It was that the younger members haven't been around for the days when we were poor, are all glory hunters and are all arrogant and expect us to win?
Otherwise what "generation thing" are you refering to. Be more specific?
Ok specifically, and not wanting to sound like a Daily Mail reader, I meant about a proportion of the current generation (obviously not all) of young people who seem to have a general lack of respect for other people in society. Now it may just be me, but i was brought up to respect other people, their opinions and considerations even though, like yourself, i don't always agree with them. I try hard not to jump on the bandwagon and generally take time to formulate a decent response to posts, even if i don't always succeed.
In terms of posting on the boards I was particularly talking about the lack of respect shown by some people (including our own) to opposition teams and their fans, as has been the case this week with Leeds. They are without doubt a quality side that have been very much our equals in recent years and who undoubtably contributed to a great game of rugby last friday. There are clearly some people from both camps who will readily admit when they have been beaten by the better side, but sadly there is a very vocal number who choose to not to talk about how great a game it was or how well it was played but instead argue the toss over whether Ryan Bailey is a thug or not in at least 4 threads. I'm not suggesting we have a love-in or anything but 4 bloody threads about how hard Bailey/Graham/Maurie are?
Another example is the way, as soon as an opposition fan posts a reply on a thread here on the-entertainers - even if it is a sensible non-trolling post - they are automatically met with lazy, childish reponses like 'better than your team' or 'go back to your own board'. A prime example is Rogues, whilst a wind-up merchant at times he does have some informed views on the game and yet even these are almost immediately met with standard/carbon copy derisory anti-wigan comments simply because he's posting from over the lump and is seen by some to be 'invading' our board.
Similarly as you have stated, you are often met with derisory comments upon posting yourself. Now whilst you admit you don't care what people think of you it surely must pi$$ you off!? I don't wish to speculate on why you receive this treatment but I again put alot of it down the people jumping on the bandwagon of derision, again something i try to avoid doing in your case specifically. I've seen it happen to Saints fans on the Leeds board alot lately too.
I was always of the opinion that banter was meant to be good humoured. Maybe its just me reading things wrong?
If there is abuse then you as a moderator should remove it assuming it is against the AUP. The boards would soon clean up if you banned people/deleted threads/edited posts' that were as such.
Perhaps my initial use of the word abuse to distinguish between what i consider to be banter and what's not was incorrect but regardless of my poor choice of words unfortunately many of these derisory comments don't breach the AUP or at least my interpretation of it. That is what sometimes makes this mod lark difficult. We do try to have a relatively open board and have relatively few people banned. We don't want to be in a position where the whole board has to be regulary sterilised, lest it become like a morgue.
I'm sure i can find plently of older members who get involved in the petty arguments.
I'm also sure you could find plenty of older members who would get involved, I never suggested they wouldn't. I can understand why anyone would get involved tbh not least because by the sheer number of them it is hard not to get involved. What prompted my post is that when i first started coming on these boards i don't recall it being as bad as it is currently.
I couldn't give a toss whether i am liked or not. I have friends of my own, i don't need to make virtual friends.
Me too chief. I don't just come on here to Mod, but do login because I like to keep up with what's going on in the RL community, i like the discussions about the game and yes i like the banter too. Personally I prefer to read rather than post often (mainly because i clearly have a tendency to witter on) hence my relatively low post count, but following on from Ski's OP just wanted to add that i'm finding it increasingly frustrating reading the same mind numbing arguements and trolling attemps.
Whilst i didn't intend to have to defend my original post the very fact it has led to such a detailed discussion with yourself finds me both pleased for the chance to debate my points further and yet disappoints me that some of the equally though-out posts i've made about the game of Rugby League itself haven't garnered a similar level of response of late.
