Originally Posted by
Snow White.
Claire I don't mean to have a go at you here, I'm just wondering why gain an opinion if you don't expect anything to come from a thread in terms of mod action?
This thread was a way to divert the discussion from that thread, which was getting personal and rather petty in its replies. Calling people homophobes and the like isn't going to help a discussion. Neither is the attitude of "it's a support site therefore you cannot disagree with something I do" which is banded around a lot. Someone should be allowed to say an opinion, whether that is for or against something, and they should be able to feel able to do so without fear of being called haters or homophobes or anything else.
What the mods do is up to them, but how are they to really know the opinions of members if things aren't brought up? Not everyone is going to report things, because on its own it might seem a bit daft, whereas a public thread might encourage someone who thought it was only them to also speak up.
Originally Posted by
Stop! Hammer Time
Why leave it to the mods?...
Would you enjoy it if some random member made a thread about your behaviour, for all & sundry to discuss, when the mods had already had their say on similar situations?
This is not gauging opinion on whether swearing is a good idea or not, or how people feel the support in chat is. This is a thread, talking specifically about two people (because let's face it, in all my years on RYL, this acc & beyond, I have only seen two or three people do it) & asking for the community to comment on their behaviour. That is not acceptable. That is practically bullying.
Yes I find it irritating, but I wouldn't start a thread pointedly about two people (& you can't deny it IS about these two people, where else have you seen such photos?) asking the community to discuss it WHEN THE MODS HAVE ALREADY MADE AN OPINION.
The mods gave their opinion
in this thread. Before that I didn't know what their opinion was. If they have posted it previously then I missed it.
This thread was sparked by the arguments caused by those pictures, and yes, it does tend to be the same members. However, the same arguments have occurred throughout that thread and I thought (obviously wrongly) that this might be a better way to figure something out, to save it from happening again and again.