I agree it is better to ignore such people, but I can also understand wanting to respond in kind as well. As hard as it is sometimes, it's better to ignore such people. I do wish there was a block function not to see a person's posts at all, rather than they being greyed out or whatever.
It seems we're having one of our periodic outbreaks of bickering and general grumpiness on the forum.
While it's inevitable that disputes break out in any online community, if it continues we're going to revert to the stricter 'no bickering' policy that we've used in the past.
We don't have the time (or inclination) to get involved in the detail of arguments between members, or to take sides. Instead, we'll start routinely closing or deleting threads when needless, unproductive arguments break out. If any members persist in starting arguments and stoking conflict then we'll have to start the tedious business of issuing warnings, muting them and then ultimately removing accounts (regardless of how longstanding or prolific a forum member they are). We really don't want to start doing doing this. Apart from being time consuming it's also really boring.
Please help us to avoid this unnecessary situation by:
Remembering that this is a gardening forum - a place to help each other, swap ideas, share enthusiasm (not a place to pick fights or argue about Brexit - there are plenty of other message boards available for that).
Resisting the temptation to respond to every provocation.
Using the 'ignore' function if somebody particularly annoys you.
That said, do please flag up any content that you think is inappropriate or that contravenes our code of conduct. Please bear in mind, though, that we're not going to spend all day getting involved in arguments - we have a gardening site to make.
Many thanks,
Daniel Haynes
Editor, gardenersworld.com
I've only just joined this great hub and am quite surprised this type of thing still goes on, on what you assume to be a forum based around adult ages. Luckily not come across any nasties as yet but by golly, really?!
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Just come back to this after 2 weeks holiday so don't know the background. I can honestly say I have seen very little to offend or upset me anywhere on the forum. Maybe I have a high 'pain threshold'. Generally, if I see what I perceive as somebody "going off on one" I just skip past the post.
Some time ago I had a look at a forum associated with a respected broadsheet newspaper because I love a good political debate. I was stunned. The contributors seemed to be largely male and, I would guess, youngish, whose main concern was pouring scorn on each other and showing off by posting outrageous and scurrilous opinions on every topic. It wasn't at all informed or intellectual, it was ignorant and ill mannered. This forum is a tea party at the vicarage by comparison!
It is incompetent spam, cut and paste of earlier content (in this case Daniel's original post in this thread) usually with a link to what they are selling.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Surprise, surprise it's spam. Flagged.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If it's the latter - I have one question. Why?
New members of the tech team usually introduce themselves
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...