CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Clay Death on October 01, 2016, 03:06:58 pm

Quote from: masterclass on October 01, 2016, 01:01:08 pm

General, I'm not sure what their obsession is with thread titles lately at MTF.

Again, this user Time Violation, who has been promoted to Admin there, has changed an interesting, perhaps provocative, sure to grab attention title, to a boring one in the name of being "nice or positive".

Title was:  "Is Gasquet the biggest vulture ever?"

Time Violation, obviously eager to try out his new Admin powers, edited the title to:   "Is Gasquet actually the best ATP 250 player ever?"

Why change it? Agree or disagree, what harm did it cause?  It also changed the meaning of the thread.

I think some of these mods/admins are overdoing it and cutting off the livelier personalities and cutting off their own forum discussion in the process.

Over moderation can kill a forum just like under moderation if not sooner.

I mean, sure, you have to lay down the law when a poster is abusive, or attacking other fellow posters or making death threats or something, but titles?

Respectfully,
masterclass

Great post general.

I have left several forums because of not just excessive moderation but out of control moderation.


I believe it is out of control at MTF.

It is at a point where they are just pursuing their own agendas.

They forget one very simple observation:

They serve at the pleasure of folks who choose to spend their limited and precious time there.

And  now people have endless options with a vast array social media innovations.

Most forums are dead or in the process of dying. Only 2 large forums can be considered somewhat active: Tennis Warehose and MTF.

that is only because they are owned and supported by companies/corporations.

Even then these are mere shadows of what they used to be.

Talk Tennis (Tennis Warehouse) has a good thing going and they better not screw it up.  But they will, eventually.  I already see people in the Q&A forum there crying about moderation, or lack thereof. 

MTF thinks it's God's gift to the tennis world and that posting there is some sort of special privilege.  Mods there are complete idiots.  Enforcing their political and tennis agendas through ambiguous and stupid rules.

I got a year-long ban for calling Marion Bartoli a lesbian cow.

I got another ban for agreeing with something Dologpolov said.

And now I'm banned for life because I called someone a cuck, lmao.

that is 100% spot on general.


believe it or not but I actually got a personal message from a mod who was apologizing to me for the quick rush to judgment of another mod.

I will have to log in to that toxic dump to actually find out who the hell he was he was apologizing. it might have been Time Violation but I am not sure.

I will check it out and post it here.


some idiot mod took a cheap shot at me there. it might have been Time Violation.