RugbyRebels

Quiet in here.

Not much in the way of constructive discussion lately. The last two threads I was on had both been reduced to silliness - so why bother? I thought to myself.

Get your point. Don't agree with all you post. Respect your right to post your opinions.

I wonder if some of our mods could look on the board similarly. To keep this forum going we need friction and opposing views. We don't need escalating nastiness and I don't think we can afford to ban too many people.

This version of rugby rebels seemed a bit like a new hope just a few months ago, it seems we may be close to seeing it die one more time. Roll on the Autumn internationals.

Shhh. We're trying to talk about the Olympics.

Don't be so quick to dismiss silly.



Reader's wives thread?

canta_brian wrote:Get your point. Don't agree with all you post. Respect your right to post your opinions.

I wonder if some of our mods could look on the board similarly. To keep this forum going we need friction and opposing views. We don't need escalating nastiness and I don't think we can afford to ban too many people.

This version of rugby rebels seemed a bit like a new hope just a few months ago, it seems we may be close to seeing it die one more time. Roll on the Autumn internationals.

Opposing views was never the problem.

In fact, if all posters followed your guidance then the mods could just relax and enjoy our own time on here.

rowan wrote:Not much in the way of constructive discussion lately. The last two threads I was on had both been reduced to silliness - so why bother? I thought to myself.

Probably because at some point, you're going to start a proper moan about the UK or the US. The first thread you made became a discussion about cultural norms, which apparently you didn't like, and in another, you threw a tanty because you wanted arbitrary restrictions placed on what we're apparently allowed to discuss.

canta_brian wrote:I wonder if some of our mods could look on the board similarly. To keep this forum going we need friction and opposing views. We don't need escalating nastiness and I don't think we can afford to ban too many people.

Probably because the prior to the REBELS-GEDDON 2016 (add echo) of a few weeks ago, basically all the threads sooner or later descended into a slanging match. After that, it was Kamber having a right old moan about the injustice of it all. Give it time.

Cas, there appears to be something on you shoulder.

Sorry there isn't a deluge of 1-page spamthreads that are basically about the same thing on the front page of this forum.

Also, thank you for getting the first three letters of my username right after a ninja edit.

Probably because at some point, you're going to start a proper moan about the UK or the US.

By commemorating the Soweto Massacre, for instance.

A little more open-mindedness seems to be in order...

rowan wrote:Not much in the way of constructive discussion lately.
The last two threads I was on had both been reduced to silliness - so why bother? I thought to myself.

It's been that way for a long while

Serious exchanges of views are only one factor that message boards work, silliness, humour, compassion, friendship, insight, knowledge, shared interests are other things that give message boards purpose and give it life, there used to be all those in abundance here

Apathy is one of the most destructive factors to a message boards life, people get fed up over a variety of things
Lack of novelty, lack of excitement, absence of humour, intolerance, too much/little moderation, unfairness in how those who break the rules get dealt with etc, there's loads more , but it boils down to the fact that posting here or anywhere is a leisure pursuit, once it stops being an enjoyable way to spend time, then it reduces and reduces until eventually...

canta_brian wrote:Get your point. Don't agree with all you post. Respect your right to post your opinions.

I wonder if some of our mods could look on the board similarly. To keep this forum going we need friction and opposing views. We don't need escalating nastiness and I don't think we can afford to ban too many people.

This version of rugby rebels seemed a bit like a new hope just a few months ago, it seems we may be close to seeing it die one more time. Roll on the Autumn internationals.

We don't need escalating nastiness so we banned one person.

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

canta_brian wrote:Get your point. Don't agree with all you post. Respect your right to post your opinions.

I wonder if some of our mods could look on the board similarly. To keep this forum going we need friction and opposing views. We don't need escalating nastiness and I don't think we can afford to ban too many people.

This version of rugby rebels seemed a bit like a new hope just a few months ago, it seems we may be close to seeing it die one more time. Roll on the Autumn internationals.

We don't need escalating nastiness so we banned one person.

Clearly, I missed quite a lot while I was on holiday.

Stones of granite wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

canta_brian wrote:Get your point. Don't agree with all you post. Respect your right to post your opinions.

I wonder if some of our mods could look on the board similarly. To keep this forum going we need friction and opposing views. We don't need escalating nastiness and I don't think we can afford to ban too many people.

This version of rugby rebels seemed a bit like a new hope just a few months ago, it seems we may be close to seeing it die one more time. Roll on the Autumn internationals.

We don't need escalating nastiness so we banned one person.

Clearly, I missed quite a lot while I was on holiday.

It was ace.

Was it? I missed all the fun too. I'm presume it was mostly Cashead prodding UG with a stick until he exploded.

Mikey Brown wrote:Was it? I missed all the fun too. I'm presume it was mostly Cashead prodding UG with a stick until he exploded.

Oh, you'd better believe it.