Thread: Language?

The seriously foul mouthed stuff is fast becoming a sub-culture here, and the forum has hardly been alive for a few months. In the absence of moderation, I think there is going to have to be some self moderation or this site will only appeal to a very limited audience. It might have already occurred?

Originally Posted by Tahr

The seriously foul mouthed stuff is fast becoming a sub-culture here, and the forum has hardly been alive for a few months. In the absence of moderation, I think there is going to have to be some self moderation or this site will only appeal to a very limited audience. It might have already occurred?

I'll have to disagree there, we don't want to be jumping up and down every 5 minutes because there is a swear word in a post, there was enouth of that shit at f&h and it just pisses people off. I agree a thread title should be swearing free with a warning maybe in the title. I'd be disapointed if we couldnt have a bit of swearing every now and then, this is not a church, school etc etc. Its also in very few threads on this forum for the number of posts we have. I swear as good as the next person but reframe where required for the sake of being polite in public places.

Originally Posted by crzyman

I'll have to disagree there, we don't want to be jumping up and down every 5 minutes because there is a swear word in a post, there was enouth of that shit at f&h and it just pisses people off. I agree a thread title should be swearing free with a warning maybe in the title. I'd be disapointed if we couldnt have a bit of swearing every now and then, this is not a church, school etc etc. Its also in very few threads on this forum for the number of posts we have. I swear as good as the next person but reframe where required for the sake of being polite in public places.

I think you miss-read me there. I am not suggesting any sort of moderation, or any sort of censorship. I'm suggesting that members should use a bit of discretion at times. Like in titles and like the exaggerated use of F & C as in Greendog's latest post.

Originally Posted by Tahr

The seriously foul mouthed stuff is fast becoming a sub-culture here, and the forum has hardly been alive for a few months. In the absence of moderation, I think there is going to have to be some self moderation or this site will only appeal to a very limited audience. It might have already occurred?

Very true, I have seen a few forums which have gone that way and they are not worth posting in or reading.
Censorship is something few of us wish to see and perhaps the way to go is that of several 'shooting and hunting' forums I have joined which require a new member to read and agree to 'conditions of membership' one of which is no profanity. Maybe that is something for the moderators here to consider?

Originally Posted by Tahr

The seriously foul mouthed stuff is fast becoming a sub-culture here, and the forum has hardly been alive for a few months. In the absence of moderation, I think there is going to have to be some self moderation or this site will only appeal to a very limited audience. It might have already occurred?

Agree.
I think that we can all learn something from this jist of this thread and move on with no more being needed to be said.
I have removed the offending thread for now. I get the humour and context of how it was used, but it seems that more than a few seem tothink its past a mark

Let all try and keep it reasonable guys, we dont want to moderate or have to jump on people - self moderation should be enough to keep things reasonable, but if you have any concerns PM one of the 'Forum leaders' (link at almost bottom of main page) and they will do somethign to clean it up if required and address any issues.
We;re all mods here only some have a magic button that works