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I'd like to suggest a rule

Which goes like this:

If anyone changes their board name they have to (a) inform GR who will (b) announce them as "the person posting as xxx was previously posting as yyy"

I get a bit hacked off not knowing who I'm talking do. Does anyone else agree?

Sue x

The answer is not to speak to anyone you are not sure of and stick to those one knows. Watch threads to become familiar with newbies...voila....no problems...simples

Even more "simples" - my idea!

Sue x

And watch out for the newbies who seem to know a great deal about people and happenings on the board.

Sue xx

This is true Suzian....but as it has been suggested before and nothing has been done about it.....my idea is more "simples" cos each person can make their own choice...as I said..."simples" works for me:-))))))

Maybe those of us who have some integrity could agree to "police" the role.

So, I for one will agree to

(a) not change my name without announcing it publicly

(b) post anyone else who does

anyone else like to join me?

Sue x

I'll go along with that. With my awful memory, I have enough trouble trying to remember who is who with a board name and a different signature name on the same post - and I'm not exactly new.

Earlier in the year, I did state my real name, but when I became so confused with others, I dropped my real name and stayed with the board name. However, I have no reason for, or intention of, changing it because I find that unless others show it or explain, I become suspicious of anyone who changes their name without notice and feel that they are trying to trick us - and that is juvenile.

Right now, I wonder if GR are interested in what we say? I just hope that a change in ownership brings about a "smartening up" of administration.

I have integrity but am not agreeing to police anything. I have a hard enough job sorting myself out :-))

As I have said. If one doesn't know the person...sit back and watch how they post....It doesn't take long before one realises that they are up to no good or are genuine.

'Policing' the boards only brings suspicion and trouble when some are accused wrongly......It doesn't take long to realise that a wum is a wum and a troll is a troll.....sit back...watch....make your own mind up.....too many board police about....my opinion anyway

I used to be in contact with a lady who did voluntary policing for a well-known chat room. I believe it was 3 hours per day at irregular times - rostered. I visited her one evening and she was almost finished her 'shift' and invited me to watch.

She would flit from board to board, checking on the posts as they appeared and if they seemed to be getting out of line, she would hit a couple of keys for a warning macro to show on the screen. Her macros were graded in warnings and she had the power to stop one person from posting for either 15 minutes or a half hour. If the violation continued, she then passed the matter over to administration for their action.
She kept watch until another moderator signalled that they were taking over.

I thought this was a good idea.

I have changed my board name 2 or 3 times but usually include part of the old one so people know who I am and I usually sign my posting anyway.

Huia. (the Old Crow)

LOL
Don't blame you for changing that one, Hula. ha ha

But Berona.....I know we have a few pests on here but the majority are ok and eventually police themselves...we all know what is right or wrong or eventually find out by being ignored or 'jumped' on if we stray too far from what is acceptable to the majority of members.

To be honest I am one of the biggest prudes a going but GR is not the worst place on the internet because we all watch each other and there seems to be a kind of standard that we can all agree to...even if it is to ignore certain behaviour/threads or report it if it becomes too offensive......Where would be the ease of use if we tried to police it more than is neccessary?. The boards would lose their individuality, spontaneity and become sterile..just an opinion :-))

I understand what you mean Susan, but from what I saw of this lady's work, she just kept an eye on the posts and didn't post a warning until after the others began raising objection and were ignored.

I know some people would say they felt like "big brother is watching" - but he IS, isn't he? Whilst you and I are talking to each other, there could be thousands reading what we say - and if we offended, they would have the right to object to us. If, however, we ignored them and continued to offend, wouldn't it be right for a moderator to send a warning? They are only sitting back, reading posts - as has been suggested in posts above.

Right now, we are required to hit the RR button and bring it to their attention - but if they had been reading the thread, they would understand what led up to it. This seems to have been a problem here - with many saying that the wrong person was penalised. A constant monitoring by an approved mediator would be an unbiased opinion. It might also stop 'thread-killers from hitting the RR button just to be nasty.

I do agree with you and I'm with you, but I also see another side of it - however, it's just my opinion. I suppose we all have different ways of looking at things.

No, I see your point entirely, but also see another side. I have been on sites that are wonderful, information wise, but very strained.

It would depend on the particular person who was monitoring, not everyone who is elected would be suitable.....This is not a bad site. Many who have broken the rules have tongue in cheek taken their medicine. Others will never change and think they are hard done by...tis the way of the world.

I have never really had a problem...stayed away from conflict....never had a nasty pm and always been able to converse with all on the boards.....no, I am not perfect....I just know how to stay clear of stupidity and If I don't would have to take the consequences...as I say.....I am one of the worlds worst for seing offensive writings where others may not...but learn to steer clear of what doesn't interest me.....I have to admit to being nosy some of the time though and laughing at things I suppose I shouldn't.....many many times lol :-))

I always feel they have something to hide. We recently had one who changed his name and did two posts in one name and two posts in another name all in the same thread. He thought he was smart - but the rest of us were smarter!

It is one thing to change your name if you are tired of it, or similar - and you let everyone know as most people do - but to keep changing it in the hope that we will think it is a new member - that's stupid because some readers check the number first.

Looks like I've started a rabbit down a hole.....


All I was suggesting was, if friends on here saw someone changing their name, they'd post along the lines of


sss is now yyyy

I't avoid so much confusion, don't you think?

Sue x

Good idea Sue but some nights we couldn't keep up with the name changes and switching between account numbers :-((

xx

thanks SueM - but I believe we could, if we made an effort

so many misunderstandings could be avoided this way -

and - not to put too fine a point on it - people would need to be accountablefor their views and what they say


No bad thing, in my view

Sue x

Sue, you may be able to keep up but my single brain cell would be frazzled and I'd quite like to keep it :-))

I'd still like the delete button to be removed, I never use it on my posts and it would stop the really nasty posters from executing hit, delete and run.

x

Hi Sue M

I quite agree - just another symptom of mischief-making.


(using the edit button) - but I'll make you this promise - if I come across anyone on here changing their name, I'll add a post to say so.

will you do the same?

Sue