magickmaker
New member
This doesn't quite fit anywhere else, thus I must post it here. This is in reference to a disturbing trend that has been happening recently, one that I think an official stance on is needed from the moderators of the forums.
In recent months, a number of users have taken up the herald of "Forum Police" and have taken it upon themselves to post very rude, and in some cases even against the Code of Conduct, posts in response to questions being asked in older threads.
In one recent incident, a user went on a long rant that called another user (and those who have asked similar questions in older threads) quote "fools who obviously don't read." Looking right at the Code of Conduct, this is by all accounts against the rules, as the CoC itself says quote "Submitting messages that personally attack, insult, threaten, harass or are clearly disrespectful of the opinions of other participants..."
Now, I've loved trainz for some time, having come here back in the UTC days. Yet this new trend of insulting new users is not one I remember from those early days. In fact, as I've already said, this seems to have been a new and disturbing trend. The problem as I see it, is not that there is no rule outlawing the bumping of old threads, but instead that this handful of users have (for whatever reason) decided that it is their position, their calling, to act as impromptu forum moderators. Which, according to the CoC (as far as I can tell) is also against the rules.
I have, quite honestly, been known to flag and report every last one of those insulting threads; and have done so with this most recent one. However turning to the community and the moderators, I must state that I feel something more proactive needs done.
I think, in the long run, with the influx of new users and questions that have happened of late; that it would help if the Mods would clear up the exact stance on bumping of old threads. If there is some written rule that states it is against the CoC to bump an old thread, then please direct us to it and allow users to help the new players better understand.
However, if there is not, then help us by stopping the rude comments that seem to have spawned from this group (there is only a handful of repeat offenders) of users who feel their job is to police old threads. I ask this not because I feel they need chastised or even removed from the forums, but instead I ask to help the future of trainz. I have spoken with one user who recently was treated harshly by one of these police, and due to this more "established" member's action, the newer user has resigned from the forum and has no intent on returning. In her case, she had asked a simple question about a download location, and was rudely told that she too wasn't smart enough to figure out the unit was not being created, because if she could read then she'd have read that the thread was two years old.
This is NOT, let me say that again NOT the type of community I came to love. It is not the helpful, respectful community that once existed, and I call on the Mods, and the players alike to please help us return to what we once had.
In recent months, a number of users have taken up the herald of "Forum Police" and have taken it upon themselves to post very rude, and in some cases even against the Code of Conduct, posts in response to questions being asked in older threads.
In one recent incident, a user went on a long rant that called another user (and those who have asked similar questions in older threads) quote "fools who obviously don't read." Looking right at the Code of Conduct, this is by all accounts against the rules, as the CoC itself says quote "Submitting messages that personally attack, insult, threaten, harass or are clearly disrespectful of the opinions of other participants..."
Now, I've loved trainz for some time, having come here back in the UTC days. Yet this new trend of insulting new users is not one I remember from those early days. In fact, as I've already said, this seems to have been a new and disturbing trend. The problem as I see it, is not that there is no rule outlawing the bumping of old threads, but instead that this handful of users have (for whatever reason) decided that it is their position, their calling, to act as impromptu forum moderators. Which, according to the CoC (as far as I can tell) is also against the rules.
I have, quite honestly, been known to flag and report every last one of those insulting threads; and have done so with this most recent one. However turning to the community and the moderators, I must state that I feel something more proactive needs done.
I think, in the long run, with the influx of new users and questions that have happened of late; that it would help if the Mods would clear up the exact stance on bumping of old threads. If there is some written rule that states it is against the CoC to bump an old thread, then please direct us to it and allow users to help the new players better understand.
However, if there is not, then help us by stopping the rude comments that seem to have spawned from this group (there is only a handful of repeat offenders) of users who feel their job is to police old threads. I ask this not because I feel they need chastised or even removed from the forums, but instead I ask to help the future of trainz. I have spoken with one user who recently was treated harshly by one of these police, and due to this more "established" member's action, the newer user has resigned from the forum and has no intent on returning. In her case, she had asked a simple question about a download location, and was rudely told that she too wasn't smart enough to figure out the unit was not being created, because if she could read then she'd have read that the thread was two years old.
This is NOT, let me say that again NOT the type of community I came to love. It is not the helpful, respectful community that once existed, and I call on the Mods, and the players alike to please help us return to what we once had.
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