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are u happy with the level of moderation 19-Dec-2011 At 6:27:32 PM surfinclimb

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I put a link up a week or so ago taking users to a horsey forum to show what happens when users are not moderated. It turned into a very nasty and hatefull affair.It was absolutely rididculous as the original poster asked not to be called a Fu#$%ng c%nt (by a mod) and got set on by the mods friends. Her partner then gave the attackers some of their own back and it went to shit in a can basically with people trolling through the original posters history and finding a photo of her and saying this is the person we are looking for and another poster saying we are gunna find you. At this point I was disgusted by what was going on unchecked and deleted the thread. For those of you that had a look though it is a prime example of what can happen when you let people type whatever they want from behind a keyboard.
Yeah some users get a little silly on here and some of the regulars stir each other up a bit and its a little hard for the mods to keep an eye on it all but it least it doesnt degenerate to a lord of the flies like experience where people are afraid to ask questions without fear of a verbal beating.
The thing to remember is if you were standing face to face with someone having an argument and not sitting behind your keyboard how would you treat them. 9 times out of 10 you wouldnt be an arrogant abnoxious pr!ck, not if you like your nose where it is anyway!