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Mods mod, it's what they do.
We have no knowledge of what has gone off in Mod Towers, how many requests/warnings/ultimatums gone past their deadline. If there wasn't deemed to be an issue, then nothing would have been done. They don't bother me <anymore> in themselves, but the rule flouting is possibly something the Mods needed everyone to know where they stand on before the series proper gets underway and things veer towards the busy and tetchy. Quote:
To me, Terry's threads aren't that annoying. They're certainly a lot less irritating than those really "interesting" (ie pointless) polls inundating the first page: "Who should have won in 2013?", "What's your favourite 4th contestant ever?", etc
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It's funny but I suspect one of the forum members is a mod ....
In that case *rolls out shopping list of demands in manner of Disney list held up at ends by a squirrel and bluebird * I guess the Mods are just trying to get the board neat and tidy ready for it going bonkers when the new series proper starts - and failing that, there must be plenty of mileage left in the umpteen Clifton discussion threads. |
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Really?
In that case *rolls out shopping list of demands in manner of Disney list held up at ends by a squirrel and bluebird * I guess the Mods are just trying to get the board neat and tidy ready for it going bonkers when the new series proper starts - and failing that, there must be plenty of mileage left in the umpteen Clifton discussion threads. EDIT: And I'm done with this as I do not want to risk being banned. |
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To me, Terry's threads aren't that annoying. They're certainly a lot less irritating than those really "interesting" (ie pointless) polls inundating the first page: "Who should have won in 2013?", "What's your favourite 4th contestant ever?", etc
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They don't annoy me either Vic'sMum and I'm a little concerned to see the mods act against a poster in this way, presumably at the behest of a group of fellow posters. Tweaks my sense of fairness...
![]() I've been here for a while now and he always posted threads like that. I noticed that since last year, they started doing that. How is that fair ? For the people complaining, I mean put him or his threads on ignore. It never bothered people before but why did people suddenly start reporting him to the mods since last year ? This almost seems " clique-y " imo. This also defeats the point of a forum. All the threads are so different , yes even though they're created by the same person ....this is just. .....smh. |
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It's funny but I suspect one of the forum members is a mod ...
Agree completely. 'Predict the Finishing order' FFS we've not even started. It's a sad thing if the forum contains lists and the NAT. Anyway, this all seems somewhat off topic for what and how Terry discusses things. |
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To me, Terry's threads aren't that annoying. They're certainly a lot less irritating than those really "interesting" (ie pointless) polls inundating the first page: "Who should have won in 2013?", "What's your favourite 4th contestant ever?", etc
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Yep really. There are a few other bonker posters who could do with being reeled in and I feel that the title of this thread, whilst funny, has a personal and venomous edge which I would not expect from a moderator who was not part of the board. There is something else I've observed and will keep to myself that led me to conclude one of the mods is a forum poster on this board.
EDIT: And I'm done with this as I do not want to risk being banned. And I too have observed a change in the nature of the moderation of this forum. |
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Agree completely. 'Predict the Finishing order' FFS we've not even started.
And I do have to say, even if Terry is a troll, he's the most polite troll ever. I've seen people being horrible to him and he never, ever, replied in the same manner. |
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Should we all have a thread and then we needn't interact with anyone? Seems contrary to the idea of a discussion forum and more like broadcasting to merge like this 🤔
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Must be in the minority but I always enjoy Terry's posts.
I'll get my coat..... Quote:
To me, Terry's threads aren't that annoying. They're certainly a lot less irritating than those really "interesting" (ie pointless) polls inundating the first page: "Who should have won in 2013?", "What's your favourite 4th contestant ever?", etc
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They don't annoy me either Vic'sMum and I'm a little concerned to see the mods act against a poster in this way, presumably at the behest of a group of fellow posters. Tweaks my sense of fairness...
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Same here- it feels mean-spirited and a bit gangy-uppy. There are various posts and posters I don't like on DS, but I just ignore them. Live and let live, and don't sweat the small stuff.
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Yep really. There are a few other bonker posters who could do with being reeled in and I feel that the title of this thread, whilst funny, has a personal and venomous edge which I would not expect from a moderator who was not part of the board. There is something else I've observed and will keep to myself that led me to conclude one of the mods is a forum poster on this board.
EDIT: And I'm done with this as I do not want to risk being banned. The thing about Terry is that he is never anything other than polite and friendly and I don't like to see him/her singled out like this when others are rude and disrespectful and nothing is done about it. I'd better shut up as maybe I'll be the one who gets booted. Wouldn't that just be Sod's Law?
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This " merged" thread is a brilliant idea...Well done!
![]() Thank you mods for dealing with it all quickly this year. |
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I agree with all of you.
The thing about Terry is that he is never anything other than polite and friendly and I don't like to see him/her singled out like this when others are rude and disrespectful and nothing is done about it. I'd better shut up as maybe I'll be the one who gets booted. Wouldn't that just be Sod's Law? ![]() |
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Just a reminder that we all have to follow community guidelines which include not discussing other posters.
And thank you mods 😀 Honestly as Aggs said, mods mod and if you have a problem with that talk to them. To keep this thread going complaining about mods modding has to be one of the most pointless thing going, there are ways you can complain officially if you wish to do so. I personally never read any multiple poster threads, I find it extremely annoying however that titles and activities of such thread are always on my first page. I have requested that if you have a poster on ignore then you don't see any threads started by them. That would be awfully nice mods! Please. |
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Honestly I know it's not the done thing to quote ones own posts, but why oh why is Terry suddenly immune from the community guidelines of not discussing posters?
Honestly as Aggs said, mods mod and if you have a problem with that talk to them. To keep this thread going complaining about mods modding has to be one of the most pointless thing going, there are ways you can complain officially if you wish to do so. I personally never read any multiple poster threads, I find it extremely annoying however that titles and activities of such thread are always on my first page. I have requested that if you have a poster on ignore then you don't see any threads started by them. That would be awfully nice mods! Please. Save Terry! Free the M22 One! Down With That Kind of Thing! |
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There's rather a big contradiction in asking people not to talk about a fellow poster in a thread expressly designed to limit that poster. It's a little bit like saying 'Black Lives Matter' shouldn't mention black lives; 'Save the Whales' shouldn't reference whales; 'Stop the War' etc. Extreme examples I know, but all the same.
Save Terry! Free the M22 One! Down With That Kind of Thing! To compare anything that happens on a flippery light hearted board to anything as important as those things is really insensitive. Things have never changed, there are rules that have always existed, I suspected the Mods with many boards to mod, get fed up each year to get multiple reports about the same thing. I don't know i am not a mod, nor is anyone else I know. However I would refer you to them rather than making tasteless comparisons to things that really matter. |
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Offensive over reaction I would say, yuck.
To compare anything that happens on a flippery light hearted board to anything as important as those things is really insensitive. Things have never changed, there are rules that have always existed, I suspected the Mods with many boards to mod, get fed up each year to get multiple reports about the same thing. I don't know i am not a mod, nor is anyone else I know. However I would refer you to them rather than making tasteless comparisons to things that really matter. ![]() But the main point stands. The thread is poking fun at a forum member. Someone in a position of authority is using their authority against an ordinary board member. They're doing it now. Every time a TerryM22 thread is merged into this one, someone is making the fresh judgement that it's OK to single him out and treat his threads differently to those of any other poster. That's not fair. A fair-minded poster -- even someone who doesn't like Terry -- would resist that unequal treatment. It's no good to say 'mods mod' (sorry) when that phrase is an argument in favour of an arbitrary rule used against an individual poster. That's like backing caprice. It's like patting McNichol on the back. As bad as that. ![]() It's perfectly reasonable IMO to name Terry whilst speaking of his equal right to post on this board. |
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Honestly I know it's not the done thing to quote ones own posts, but why oh why is Terry suddenly immune from the community guidelines of not discussing posters?
Honestly as Aggs said, mods mod and if you have a problem with that talk to them. And yes, I have alerted them and made my views known, but in this particular instance I don't think that is adequate. |
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I guess, coppertop, because of the way in which the moderation was done. It seems to break the forum rules they are supposed to be upholding by belittling and making fun of a poster and implicitly encouraging forum members to do the same en masse. Moderation should be low key. It should not be possible for me to infer anything about the personality of the moderator from their actions.
And yes, I have alerted them and made my views known. ![]() All of which suggests at least a couple of things ... some people will continue to carry on regardless and flout the rules as they see fit and that Mods are allowed to bump old threads.
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Fair point aggs. I wasn't around then. My comments on moderation still stand, but I guess there is no point in going on about it.
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Judging from the modding from the different sub-forums, the different mods appear to have different approaches. Perhaps it wasn't the usual SCD mod who created this thread, who is then back modding this forum. Perhaps it was the mod themselves who, without prompting of alerts, decided to resurrect this thread? We don't know. But I'd say if that is the mod we have got for this series, the decision won't be reversed.
And now I've just typed "mod", "modding" and "different" so many times, they're starting to lose their meaning. *blinks* That's what I get for attempting to post while under-caffeinated. |
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This thread is at least 2 years old. If you go back to page 11 you will see when it happened and follow all the exact same arguements through - several times
![]() All of which suggests at least a couple of things ... some people will continue to carry on regardless and flout the rules as they see fit and that Mods are allowed to bump old threads. ![]() I'm amazed this thread is still going! As a BBC message board veteran, any discussion about moderation was jumped upon from a great height with frosty posts, bans and threats of "further measures" ![]() ![]() For my part, I would just like to say that moderators over here are super cool, incredibly funny and impossibly good looking. < angelic face > |
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I agree with all of you.
The thing about Terry is that he is never anything other than polite and friendly and I don't like to see him/her singled out like this when others are rude and disrespectful and nothing is done about it. I'd better shut up as maybe I'll be the one who gets booted. Wouldn't that just be Sod's Law? ![]() I'd like to think the mods would be fair and allow this sort of discussion, especially when it is to defend an innocent member of the forum. Btw, it just gave me mental images of people being "bumped off" who are about to speak out about a government
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To me, Terry's threads aren't that annoying. They're certainly a lot less irritating than those really "interesting" (ie pointless) polls inundating the first page: "Who should have won in 2013?", "What's your favourite 4th contestant ever?", etc
And talking of polls, isn't it time the "Semi-final: which was your favourite couple?" poll from last series was unpinned? |
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I agree with you about the endless polls. Discussion is welcome, but does every point of discussion have to be turned into a poll to vote on?
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I thought this thread had been created to bring all of Terry's thoughts into one place so we can discuss them. Instead it's turned into a moan about the mods.
Terry does have some interesting thoughts and is probably the most enthusiastic poster about Strictly because he's enthusiastic about the programme. Come on Terry - you do go a bit OTT sometimes (and I'm one of the first to say so), but get your enthusiasm back on track and tell us what are your current thoughts about the contestants in this merged thread? |
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Mods mod, it's what they do.
We have no knowledge of what has gone off in Mod Towers, how many requests/warnings/ultimatums gone past their deadline. If there wasn't deemed to be an issue, then nothing would have been done. They don't bother me <anymore> in themselves, but the rule flouting is possibly something the Mods needed everyone to know where they stand on before the series proper gets underway and things veer towards the busy and tetchy. I'd put money on the fact that they've finally reached a point where they feel compelled to do something. Plus, their forum their rules and they can do what they want whether people have complained or not. Quote:
It's funny but I suspect one of the forum members is a mod ...
![]() In the old days it used to say on each particular forum who the Mods were but now it generally doesn't. Mods who post in the forums also used to have proper names not just DS support staff but the main mod left Hurst Media as far as I am aware and he was the community manager for the forums and was a great guy who used to post a lot. Quote:
I'm amazed this thread is still going! As a BBC message board veteran, any discussion about moderation was jumped upon from a great height with frosty posts, bans and threats of "further measures"
![]() ![]() For my part, I would just like to say that moderators over here are super cool, incredibly funny and impossibly good looking. < angelic face >
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It's funny but I suspect one of the forum members is a mod ...
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and he always posted threads like that. I noticed that since last year, they started doing that. How is that fair ? For the people complaining, I mean put him or his threads on ignore. It never bothered people before but why did people suddenly start reporting him to the mods since last year ? This almost seems " clique-y " imo. 


