As democracy it's unlikely to happen, web sites are dictatorships.Put it to a poll then.
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As democracy it's unlikely to happen, web sites are dictatorships.Put it to a poll then.
I believe flud was threatened, post was removed. Can't remember by whom. Peter, OxygenJames, Tillson were also regular posters seen much less often now.(on that thread) There were others insulted etc etc.From reading the first page of the thread Brexit, for once some facts I do have an observation which might reflect upon comments of forum members not posting any more.
Trex was one from that page, and although I could be wrong, I thought that Trex was connected to Woosh, and was requested by them not to post any more. I never spotted the reason why, but liked Trex as a forum member and the advice that was so often offered.
The second was Flud, who I recall was driven away by the bullying and abuse that he received from d8veh and others, in respect of his opinion towards current UK pedelec law. Again, a forum member that I liked.
Not on the first page, but if d8ve was to be included, I thought that he left because he achieved what he wanted from his velomobile, and was moving on.
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Nothing can be inferred from such absences. For example there have been ten members with Peter as their primary name part but none of them post now, most departing long before brexit.I believe flud was threatened, post was removed. Can't remember by whom. Peter, OxygenJames, Tillson were also regular posters seen much less often now.(on that thread) There were others insulted etc etc.
I don’t normally get to involved in this stuff ButHowever I am still baffled why anyone gets upset about the Brexit thread when it's not in an e-biking forum and there's no need to access it
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It's not uncommon for specialist sites to have a forum for subjects unconnected with the specialism. The computer site I advised on for years which was a huge site compared to this had such a forum that was used for all manner of dissociated things. I even published a short story in there which to my great surprise was very successful, despite having an overtly political controversial nature.as already said there just using the place as there sounding post ,
they come on here to bitch and moan about stuff that has no business being on this forum in the first place
You also say that the brexit thread isn’t in an ebiking forum , I’m afraid this is an ebike forum as a whole otherwise I think I have the wrong address in my address bar .
If you don't like the post, just stick a dislike on it.So I have looked at the thread curiosity dictates it as a human being and I seriously think that the main posters should take a good hard look at themselves as there making no contributions to the Pedelecs forum at all and as already said there just using the place as there sounding post ,
I doubt there'd be 100 members to do that, it's only a tiny coterie who are complaining about the Brexit thread, maybe a dozen in all.If you don't like the post, just stick a dislike on it.
If 100 members feel and do same, the poster will soon get the message.
Religion or politics has no business here or on any forum it’s personal views that should be kept soSo I see your saying that there are posts in the Charging Post that have no business in the forum as wrong, since it's clearly for any other subject.
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I disagree. Banning personal views! We wouldn't even be able to advise someone on a e-bike to buy!Religion or politics has no business here or on any forum it’s personal views that should be kept so
But then you wouldn't be able to see their opinions on matters that they deem to be of importance to the rest of us.From then on their posts will not appear to you, even if entering the Brexit thread. In effect as far as you are concerned they will no longer be posting members.
+1 for filtering out the Charging Post from Forum - Recent Posts and Members - Recent Activity as it does not stop postings and speeds up navigation around the forum for those only interested in electric bicycles.It’s a slippery slope for us to start curtailing free speech by limiting which subjects can and can’t be discussed.
For anyone that hasn’t run a forum, it may not be obvious that free speech - members being able to post their opinions/personal experiences/views on a forum and those posts remaining published - sometimes has to be defended. That can escalate to the world of lawyers. In all my years being an admin for different forums - this one and a previous role - those complaints rarely cross a legal line with (albeit dressed up): ‘I don’t like/I don’t agree with’ being a common starting point in an admin inbox. That isn’t something I’m mentioning to discuss further, just to demonstrate the other side of this that has shaped how we do things; generally speaking we’ll spend more time defending free speech than wading in telling people what they can and can’t post.
We clearly label discussion areas so visitors know what to expect from each section.
Brexit as a discussion is unlikely to go away anytime soon. As Flecc has said if we were to close this thread I would place my bets on another being started or that discussion drifting into the main e-bike categories. For as long as people are replying to that thread I can only assume there continues to be some interest? Members can be ignored and we could look to see if an ‘ignore thread’ add on could be installed if members would find that useful?
Personal insults aren’t helpful; we particularly ask that members are respectful towards each other and we do edit strong language when reported. Again we operate a light touch re banter but won’t be able to please everybody on that one. (General note: we are an unmoderated forum, the report function will notify us of complaints.)
NOT a good start Helen.It’s a slippery slope for us to start curtailing free speech by limiting which subjects can and can’t be discussed.
agreed.Everyone is for `free speech` but you`ll have to realise free speech has boundaries and limitations
Whose opinion decides where those boundaries and limitations should lie? For instance, should the discussion of ebike legality be a boundary to free speech?Everyone is for `free speech` but you`ll have to realise free speech has boundaries and limitations
That's the problem in a nutshell, as I've already commented elswhere. Where does it stop?Whose opinion decides where those boundaries and limitations should lie? For instance, should the discussion of ebike legality be a boundary to free speech?
Now your just being stupidI disagree. Banning personal views! We wouldn't even be able to advise someone on a e-bike to buy!
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Thanks. How about we ban your offensive posts?Now your just being stupid
But that's just your view.. others will have theirs (and history tells me they do!)The subjects of politics and religion I said
How about we doThanks. How about we ban your offensive posts?
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