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- Thread starter Nebulous
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Put them in a special group that can only see one area of the forum and that is the place where conflicts are resolved, which would happen to have a topic whose title would be something along the lines of Attn: User 1 and User 2 and in it, would say that in there they can say whatever they've got to say to each other to get it off of their chest, and so that, they don't bring down the forum with their issues.
Once they've done so, they are not to say anything else about it on the forum, otherwise they will be suspended. After they have said what they had to say, the staff will say a unbiased few words, (since we are neutral) and after everyone is n the same page, the topic will be locked and never to be spoken of again.
Once they've done so, they are not to say anything else about it on the forum, otherwise they will be suspended. After they have said what they had to say, the staff will say a unbiased few words, (since we are neutral) and after everyone is n the same page, the topic will be locked and never to be spoken of again.
There was an argument on Rapture once in the pictures thread because someone made a joke and the other person didn't take it too well.
I split the posts out, moved them to the rants forum and let them deal with each other.
I did try to lock that thread but I only ended up getting a PM from both people asking me to reopen it so I reopened it and they dealt with the problem and all is well again.
I rather have the problems dealt with as they come rather then try to hide them so they fester into something that ends up with you losing members and pissing everyone off.
I split the posts out, moved them to the rants forum and let them deal with each other.
I did try to lock that thread but I only ended up getting a PM from both people asking me to reopen it so I reopened it and they dealt with the problem and all is well again.
I rather have the problems dealt with as they come rather then try to hide them so they fester into something that ends up with you losing members and pissing everyone off.
Smooth said:
+1
haha, great post! However, (title or no title) neither of them have the real ability to rip anyone. They fail over and over again and are sooo desperate. I don't know about you, but I enjoy watching such amusement and desperation. There's my ornery side.
Smooth said:
I didn't know you didn't like Koan-the-witch-a-two-faced-bitch.
To Cinnamon - you better believe they can rip anyone to shreds!!
To Jazzy - you're right. A sad end to a once beautiful garden.
To Nebulous - it surely is a failure now.
Jazzy said:
Ha, ha, reminds me of a Backstreet Boys song I like to listen to that came out in 2007, only it went something like:
How come you never know what you've got, until it's gone? Something like that.
Anyways, back on topic...
Rapunzel said:I didn't know you didn't like Koan-the-witch-a-two-faced-bitch.
To Cinnamon - you better believe they can rip anyone to shreds!!
To Jazzy - you're right. A sad end to a once beautiful garden.
To Nebulous - it surely is a failure now.
HI, Rapunzel. I was only speaking of my personal experience and a few 'exchanges' I had with them before I split that dust bowl. Was priceless!! Koan got big egg on her face and spot was stumped silent.
Looking in there recently, it appears only the mods are posting ... desperate and pathetic.
I looked at Spot's profile, and he lives in Bristol.... Same city as me :\
Cinnamon said:HI, Rapunzel. I was only speaking of my personal experience and a few 'exchanges' I had with them before I split that dust bowl. Was priceless!! Koan got big egg on her face and spot was stumped silent.
Looking in there recently, it appears only the mods are posting ... desperate and pathetic.
Just staff posting and no members? I can picture this if it were a brand-new forum, but for a forum that's been around for a while like that, that does sound pretty desperate if you ask me.
Ashley said:
So, I've seen ... staff and a few brownies. The staff have multiple accounts though, some openly logged on at the same time. One mod has created several threads where she talks to herself, treats it like a blog.
Today I had a glass of water ... I got a papercut ... I stubbed my toe ...
Sorry and sad.
I allow it to progress before taking any action. I tend to join in the discussion to show an authoritative presence and help reduce tension within the thread in question. If it spirals out of control, I close the thread, warn both members (or whoever was provoking the argument) and carry on as normal.
To be honest, I don't know if I handle arguments well over at my forum. I don't like treating friends like they are little children just to get a picture across, and I'm sure they dislike it as much as I do. The argument that happened before the last one got pretty ugly, and names got called and this was happening between a moderator and a normal member. If this was a member to member argument, it would have been different (My mind at the time) so I told my moderator that at their position they shouldn't be calling members names, and said their position was in jeopardy for this... I thought it was really silly to say this because they know that, it started as a joke after all, it just got taken wrong. The last one that happened I let it resolve itself, and then moved the threads in the archive. This one ended alright, but I still feel bad because it makes it look like staff members don't do anything, but I don't want to belittle people who are probably much older then me, or anyone at all really since it doesn't feel right.
