I'm at home cos my van is froze solid
So a little more time to do some moderating
I was on about 5.30am and it took close to 30 minutes to moderate just one thread of several pages long.
Over recent days I've either deleted or moved several threads.
Because the forum is now a lot busier, three are also many more inane replies on no end of threads, many seem to think it is fine to come and 'have a laff' Posting jokey one liners and so on, and by doing so it reduces the forum to a very cack handed read with people having chats in the middle of a thread.
And then there are those that write in lazy English, using 'txt spk' It looks so, so amateurish.
I'm not talking about those who struggle with spelling and so on, we all do that occasionally, but those that just can't be bothered to write and spell properly.
And then there is the continual swearing.
Maybe I'm getting jaded as a mod, but I'm now not bothering to edit the word out, I just delete the post, and it is no good putting in asterisks or a funny spelling, it now gets deleted.
~you have to tap in each letter of a swearword, you have to think about what you are doing, you aren't in a pub just blurting something out without even being aware of what you are saying.
The more I see of this kind of thread, the more inclined I am to take a much harder line, although if those of you that read a thread and are annoyed that it is being spoiled or taken in a new direction were to click on the report to moderator button, it would help a great deal.
Ian