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Mike Ford

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Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 04-Sep-2009 20:31
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Why I was banned from the comments section for literally doing nothing wrong, when people impersonating me remain saying things like 'I suck off Goats'?

Could it be that people have reported me for no reason and the moderators have banned me without looking at the evidence?

It seems that if you have an opinion, you are WRONG.

A disgrace
Imo


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 04-Sep-2009 21:39   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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I had written a letter to Mr C. Booker because of that problem.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/
I think he is a good guy. But he didn't respond and he didn't care probably. (but I wasn't expecting an answer. I want him to write something against that bad behaviour by these mods.) Moreover, the Telegraph's mods are not better than other mods.

But if you want to you may also write letter to him. The more people the more attention.
But he hasn't an email address. You have to send the letter to the paper.

Maybe you can find some help anywhere else. Another journalist, another influential person.

Once I wanted to write something about this problem. But my English is bad and I can't write about German forums, because I nearly never visit German pages.

We could write down our experiences and publish it somewhere. But on the other hand, the mods won't care about any stupid article.

That problem is as old as the internet itself.
Imo


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 04-Sep-2009 21:55   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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BTW, moderators are indeed not perfect. Usually they're low paid people who couldn't find a better job.
I know one forum where the admin is even intellectually disabled a little. Nothing against disabled people, but you shouldn't expect moderators to be always right.
Companies don't spend much money for educated moderators.

And there doesn't exist any training to become a moderator. That's the main problem probably. They're working in this job without any education.
GingerRog


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 02:34   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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The moderators should have checked from your URL and email address to check whether it was you before banning you. I would write to the Editor if I were you.

Even your email address alone could have been checked because there are no two email addresses the same.
Mike Ford

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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 08:37   in response to: GingerRog in response to: GingerRog
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I'm not angel, and have written some stupid stuff, but now it's at the point where everything I type on there is jumped on and I am drawn into a slanging match. The majority of people on there don't agree with my views so they think it's ok to hound me off of there.
Imo


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 08:58   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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There will never someone have the same opinion like/as you.

But why do you bother with them to make endless discussions? Usually people are fixed to their opinion. It's impossible to convince them from/about anything else. And usually people are very intolerant. It doesn't make any sense to discuss there. Except, you're enjoying a lively debate.

Maybe you could look for any place where people have the same opinion like you. But such a place is hard to find.
Mike Ford

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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 09:28   in response to: Imo in response to: Imo
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That would be boring as hell if everyone agreed with me.

The debate I don't mind at all, I like the debating, it's the people who go on there purely to report me I can't handle
GingerRog


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 09:44   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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If you haven't been abusing them in return, then all I can suggest is writing to the Editor. However, if you have been abusive back, then you are bound to get reported.
Mike Ford

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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 09:53   in response to: GingerRog in response to: GingerRog
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I've re-signed up now anyway. The reason I'm massively annoyed is the fact I was edging closer to an article or moderator job on there until it all went breasts upwards.
knackeredmum

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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 12:05   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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That's awful Mike. They shouldn't ban you without checking out where the comments came from (I thought that was the whole point having to fill in your e mail address each time you post). Mike, I suggest you divvy up your comments under a few different pseudonyms. That way you can still post but the comments are diluted. I find that people are more tolerant that way. I know that we should all be free to post what we like as many times as we like but unfortunately the BEP seem to think that limiting free speech is perfectly ok!
Imo


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 05-Sep-2009 13:25   in response to: knackeredmum in response to: knackeredmum
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What a good luck for the moderators, that we don't know who and where they are.
Sometimes I really had liked to smack them.

lately a saw a girl /young woman. She wore a T-shirt with a line that she is a moderator.
She better doesn't wear that shirt too often.
Infofreako


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 30-Sep-2009 15:54   in response to: Mike Ford in response to: Mike Ford
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Yesterday I got two comments removed. In both of them I stated that I wasn't bothering with the site anymore because in my opinion it had turned into the Mike Ford muppet show, and had been ruined. I can't see why I was not allowed to say this, considering how offensive and pointless most of the other banter has been. I did post a third last night which was also removed, but that WAS offensive so fair play I suppose.

So what's going on here? have you finally got a moderator job now Mike?

If not why the mods so touchy about me criticising you?

Like you, my opinion was denied, and I agree. It's mightily annoying. Free speech is now conspicuous by its absence on those comments pages.
gerry

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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 30-Sep-2009 19:25   in response to: Infofreako in response to: Infofreako
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This Mike Ford is an unusual character, every time i post a comment he says i'm racist, can he not see past his nose.
Imo


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 02-Oct-2009 00:19   in response to: gerry in response to: gerry
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Today I heard there came a new administrator to a forum and at first he banned all the moderators and the old admin. Kinda funny, isn't it.

I'm afraid these admins/mods are somehow on a power trip.
Imo


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Re: Can Anyone Explain this?
Posted: 06-Oct-2009 00:57   in response to: Imo in response to: Imo
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Let me add, we have probably much more freedom to say what we think than journalists. Journalist have to write what their boss wants them to write. But they get paid for their writings. They're just doing a job. They are not really supposed to tell us their personal opinion. Even though they sign their writings with their names. Maybe they should also have more freedom of speech. But that's not our problem at the moment.

We don't get paid for our written stuff, but they treat us like we were employed at the papers. They edit or comments and sometimes they even fire us, so to speak. That's the problem. They apply the social structures of a professional life onto our private life. This can't work. There will always be conflicts as long as ......... I don't know how to solve this problem. Either we should get money for what we write and they can tell us what we have to write, or we don't get any money and we should be allowed to write whatever we want to.
But the servers which host the forums are paid by the newspapers. That means, they will always expect us to write what they (the bosses) want to read. And they will always treat us like employees. That means, we should write as much as possible, but not what we're thinking.

Last but not least, all the social problems like bullying, slander and so on happen also on forums or comment pages of newspapers. And mostly it's quite hopeless to stop such things. You can't change that, Mike.

Best, go to a forum which is not hosted by any company.

Unfortunately, especially the mighty people can publish their opinion. They are heard everywhere and they can say everything. Papers are keen to quote VIPs. Each tiny word is recorded and broadcasted. But nobody listens to poor people. In fact, ordinary people have not much space to utter an opinion. Ordinary people don't exist in the media, and the leaders of this world don't want us to have a say.
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