Escalation in race and team threads

[AeroDynamic]

What does that mean in the context of a forum about F1? We're not discussing people escaping from poverty or violence. We're discussing F1. There is no "walk in someone's shoes" in that context.

Shoes usually refers to personal experience. We are followers and fans. I think the appropriate thing that he means to say is “follow a season with my cap on” and feel like me.

Represent or hide, follow a season with my on, and you’ll be a fan too, with something to prove.

There’s always going to be one. They are a minority. Use the mute button, and when it gets too much, just step away and go outside for some fresh air.

Besides, If you still don't like them then, you are a mile away and they have no shoes.

preach

[hugobos]

It is always the same issue, respectful people should not get upset as they should act as a better person.
I tried to participate in a race thread, and it upset me. And Yes I stopped posting , and I let it go.
The forum guidelines state perfectly how to post,react and behave as normal person- altough normal is the average of all the odd people..
Even if there are no forum changes, reading that more people notice these escalations is for me a happy thought.

[dans79]

The better person will only turn the other cheek so many times though. At some point they are going to get tired of it, and push back, and in some cases push back real hard.

Thats was causes the messes, people pushing back because the original problematic users/posts were never dealt with in an appropriate fashion. Most of the time it seems the problematic users are emboldened by the fact that they haven't faced any real consequences.

We've even had a user openly state he posts some stuff just to annoy/antagonize/wind-up others.

[Wouter]

Thats was causes the messes, people pushing back because the original problematic users/posts were never dealt with in an appropriate fashion. Most of the time it seems the problematic users are emboldened by the fact that they haven't faced any real consequences.

Do you think that is still the case today? I think there has been some strict moderation and immediate action lately.

[dans79]

Thats was causes the messes, people pushing back because the original problematic users/posts were never dealt with in an appropriate fashion. Most of the time it seems the problematic users are emboldened by the fact that they haven't faced any real consequences.

Do you think that is still the case today? I think there has been some strict moderation and immediate action lately.

I see lots of posts getting removed, but the users behind the posts are right back at it a few hours or days later.

That's a clear sign the punishment isn't severe enough.

[hugobos]

When an email discussion goes sour in company, I visit people in there office, talk to them online with camera on. Face to face this has never failed me. You can’t do this in a forum , only the moderator ,the proposed emojis and our ongoing respectful behavior will lead to improvement.

[Wouter]

Thats was causes the messes, people pushing back because the original problematic users/posts were never dealt with in an appropriate fashion. Most of the time it seems the problematic users are emboldened by the fact that they haven't faced any real consequences.

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Do you think that is still the case today? I think there has been some strict moderation and immediate action lately.

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I see lots of posts getting removed, but the users behind the posts are right back at it a few hours or days later.

That's a clear sign the punishment isn't severe enough.

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The question then is whether they still post in the same way or whether they have adapted their way of posting
by using different wording/more respect. I think the latter is mostly the case, but it won't be for everyone.

[nzjrs]

What time zones are the moderators in out of interest? I feel like there are some hours of the day where there is no one 'on duty'.

[Wouter]

What time zones are the moderators in out of interest? I feel like there are some hours of the day where there is no one 'on duty'.

There is not a single forum that is moderated 24 hours a day.
That is impossible, because then the moderators would have to live spread all over the world.

[nzjrs]

What time zones are the moderators in out of interest? I feel like there are some hours of the day where there is no one 'on duty'.

There is not a single forum that is moderated 24 hours a day.
That is impossible, because then the moderators would have to live spread all over the world.

That's what I'm suggesting! If there is a new moderator chosen, prefer the one in a previously uncovered timezone.

I work on projects that recruit internationally following this principle...

[dans79]

There is not a single forum that is moderated 24 hours a day.
That is impossible, because then the moderators would have to live spread all over the world.

I've been a member of a few maching related forums that had excellent coverage. One used to have roughly 50 moderators, from across the world, and would routinely have 2 or 3 online at all times.

I'm a member of a private discord channel related to 3d printing, and it always has at least 1 moderator online.

However just having a bunch of moderators doesn't do anything itself. You need a strict policy, and the moderators need to apply it very rigidly.

[Just_a_fan]

What time zones are the moderators in out of interest? I feel like there are some hours of the day where there is no one 'on duty'.

There is not a single forum that is moderated 24 hours a day.
That is impossible, because then the moderators would have to live spread all over the world.

It's the internet. One thing it does is give access around the world. One could have mods in the Americas, mods in Europe/Africa, and mods in Asia and you've got 24 hour coverage.

[hollus]

Except that there are only 5-6 of us, and life often gets on the way. No time zone arrangement would fix that.
Immediate service is simply not to be expected.

[nzjrs]

Maybe we just need a few more moderators then?

[SiLo]

Maybe we just need a few more moderators then?

Might be worth seeing how many new users there are vs how many moderators have been added over the same time period. If the site has grown its user base 5x, but added no new moderators, of course stuff will get missed.