Was my post moderated?

[forkoil]

Umm, I regard myself as a fairly moderate KBer (not KB moderator) but I think you guys sort of ganged up and hounded SM out there. Sorry, but it doesnt make good reading. (waits for flames). He may have lost it there a bit, but i do agree with some of his comments.

[Joni]

Forkoil, I appreciate what you are saying, however one of the Mods decided to move his more offensive posts out of the thread... so it may look that way to you, but the full picture is not in that thread right now.

[forkoil]

Joni. OK, that could change things, I agree. But with too strict a moderating regime, the forum runs the risk of becoming too bland and the "organ" of the ever faithful regular posters. Its a fine line and difficult when there are many (more than one) mods.

[Harry33]

Forkoil, I appreciate what you are saying, however one of the Mods decided to move his more offensive posts out of the thread... so it may look that way to you, but the full picture is not in that thread right now.

mmm intersting posts...not defending Skidmark at all, but when people delete posts (including the offensive posts) we just have to take the only side of the story thats visable. Right or wrong it seems like a form of Censorship to me.

[Joni]

They were not deleted...

[skelstar]

LOL...It's a pity you have to repeat yourself so often Joni, it must be a little tiring huh?

[Kickaha]

Joni. OK, that could change things, I agree. But with too strict a moderating regime, the forum runs the risk of becoming too bland and the "organ" of the ever faithful regular posters. Its a fine line and difficult when there are many (more than one) mods.

compared to the other 5-6 forum I belong to this one has virtually zero moderation

[Joni]

LOL...It's a pity you have to repeat yourself so often Joni, it must be a little tiring huh?

Yup.. makes me feel like your avatar looks!

[White trash]

Fuck I love these "shoot the mods" threads.

I see both sides of the coin. People who I actually enjoy scocialising with, and are fairly nice in person, have an unexplainable urge to wreak havock and take the piss at every opportunity. They're not interested so much in the "bike" side of KB, they like the scocial and constant ribbing side. Any attempts to discipline them, will agravate them and turn it into a personal vendetta.

I'm close friends with more than a few moderators of KB (VERY close to one) and they're charged with the thankless job of trying to keep the site friendly, good natured and leaning towards the bikes. What the site was built for.

KB is a victim of it's own success. You will never change or dissuade the wallys (Dover) who think it's their right to poke as much fun, when they wantat whoever they want. As they say, it's the fucken internet for christs sake. But the reality is, this site was built and designed for bikers to talk about bikes and bike stuff. The mods were appointed by the man that started and owns the site and he has given them control on how to keep things moving forward.

Like it or lump it, it's pretty simple really.

[onearmedbandit]

Thanks for that moment of clarity Jimmy.

[skelstar]

It is a pity that people believe that they own this site. Vote with your feet if you think its a democracy.

[Harry33]

too true if you don't like it you can alway leave. No ones holding a gun to your head. I came here to hopefully learn a few things about bikes but sometimes get sidetracked by the other fun stuff.

[forkoil]

Fuck I love these "shoot the mods" threads.

I see both sides of the coin. People who I actually enjoy scocialising with, and are fairly nice in person, have an unexplainable urge to wreak havock and take the piss at every opportunity. They're not interested so much in the "bike" side of KB, they like the scocial and constant ribbing side. Any attempts to discipline them, will agravate them and turn it into a personal vendetta.

I'm close friends with more than a few moderators of KB (VERY close to one) and they're charged with the thankless job of trying to keep the site friendly, good natured and leaning towards the bikes. What the site was built for.

KB is a victim of it's own success. You will never change or dissuade the wallys (Dover) who think it's their right to poke as much fun, when they wantat whoever they want. As they say, it's the fucken internet for christs sake. But the reality is, this site was built and designed for bikers to talk about bikes and bike stuff. The mods were appointed by the man that started and owns the site and he has given them control on how to keep things moving forward.

Like it or lump it, it's pretty simple really.

I would hazard a guess that most of the "villains" are (also) into bikes. The original idea of the site to talk about bikes and bike stuff is still being fulfilled. I would also think that there are a lot here who enjoy some of the other stuff too. And maybe thats what adds to the success of the site. Time will tell if the harder line being taken increase or decreases the sites popularity (I'm sure there are stats gathered on the site of logins etc that can e tracked).

[Joni]

I would hazard a guess that most of the "villains" are (also) into bikes. The original idea of the site to talk about bikes and bike stuff is still being fulfilled. I would also think that there are a lot here who enjoy some of the other stuff too.

If this is all it was about then you would be 100% correct.

However some of these "villains" come on to KB with one thught in mind to troll and flame and cause as much shit as possible, not contribute to the site...

[Maha]

Thread starter HDCase has posted only twice, just an observation, but he must have got a huge laugh out of it, he threw away the shovel a long time ago and yet the hole is getting bigger...justification rocks....