[Jonny 87]

This topic won't be here for too long as I'm sure "tosh" the forum keyboard warrior......sorry moderator...........will lock/delete this.

To give some background....

I posted about another forum (which is much much smaller and in no way in the same league as CIU in popularity) which was having problems and seemed to be either hacked, or down for some reason.In NO way was it "advertising another forum". Quite the opposite.

I come back on to CIU later that day and I cannot find my topic was deleted without a word from anyone.

Then I post another topic - "topic deleted?"

This then gets locked by tosh who also deleted my original posts.

To quote tosh

"If I'm wrong, I'm not really bothered, but I'll keep on deleting posts that advertise another forum, 'cos as I've said; I've got mental health problems and it's good to talk about that kind of thing.

If anyone has any complaints, contact admin and whine to them.

I'm locking this"

Can some other admin confirm that this is how a situation should be dealt with?

What happened to freeness of speech? Even if the first topic should have been deleted, why lock the second topic?

[stuart mc]

no idea what you are on about, but I just tried petes forum and it is down, don't worry it happens now and then, then he remembers to renew the domain name, gave it a day or two and it will be back online

[Tom White]

Jonny, take two of these:

[LT carpet cleaning]

Jonny, take two of these:

 

[wfp master]

Dont see the problem if hes not advertising the other forum.

[Jonny 87]

Lol.

It would have been better if it was a link to the anchorman quote. "NO ONE CARES"

Lol

[rosskesava]

I like the way the original post starts with a type of insult.

How to win friends and influence people eh?

[ben M]

Naughty Tosh!

[Peter Fogwill]

I also pay for advertising my forum. The forum is there for the good of the window cleaners using it and if that involves them being directed to another forum for one reason or another, then so be it. 

[GmeisterW]

I am a moderater on another well known forum, and had this same debate, nearly bought the forum on its knees!

We have the same rules, its just forum ettiqutte!

[robertphil]

power trip

[8weekly]

Typical alcoholic. Wanting to control everything. 

[David Durrant]

Theres 3 or 4 forums that most belong to and if some one new types in window cleaning or cleaning forum in google they will proberly go to and joing em. another forum i go on did that to a well known member and im prety sure thats what has nearly crippled that.
most people do the rounds on all of them so why pi** people of its just swings and roundabouts

[ben M]

Jonny you are probably not friend with Tosh, Nathanael Jones can advertise his website company for free on here!

[Clever Forum Name]

I am a moderater on another well known forum, and had this same debate, nearly bought the forum on its knees!

We have the same rules, its just forum ettiqutte!

How many mods are left on that site mate, its just you aint it?

They didn't appreciate anything, the ungrateful scrots. No wonder we all quit, you know what we talked about yesterday. About reducing stuff, so more manageable. Why do you think i quit. Sucked the life out of me and for what, verbal,email and FB abuse. LOL total losers. Since i quit......actually wont go ANY further, as i know a few of them stalk the **** out of me. One guy logs in daily to check me, what a lad.

I have every sympathy for Tosh, its a ***** job being a moderator. Done it twice on two sites, never again. You try and bring something to the table. No swearing, no this, no that. When you try and enforce rules you are hitler. 

[GmeisterW]

Yup not logged in that forum for 3 weeks now.

I whole heartly agree with what your statment!

Whos salking you?  

[Clever Forum Name]

Yup not logged in that forum for 3 weeks now.

I whole heartly agree with what your statment!

Whos salking you?  

haha, wouldnt you like to know

[Tom White]

another forum i go on did that to a well known member and im prety sure thats what has nearly crippled that.
most people do the rounds on all of them so why pi** people of its just swings and roundabouts

Why didn't the mod there just delete the accounts of the troublemaker(s)?

[rosskesava]

Which forum?

[Don Kee]

another forum i go on did that to a well known member and im prety sure thats what has nearly crippled that.
most people do the rounds on all of them so why pi** people of its just swings and roundabouts

Why didn't the mod there just delete the accounts of the troublemaker(s)?

If its the forum i think it is, they barely had anyone post anyway. Think they've tried to get people to pay for a 'premium member' experiance now, to try to fund the site