by G4RMT » Mon May 22, 2017 3:06 pm
Andrew - when I first joined, I got told off (nicely) for posting things that the membership - as in the people who use the forum - didn't like, I was also told privately by the moderators, and had it explained to me why some things are not welcome, even though to many people, it's a trivial thing. It's not my forum. I have no special pips on my shoulder, but I'm a guest here until they chuck me off. Since then, I try to post in a style that cause no friction, breaks no rules (unwritten or not), and try to be nice. As a friend of mine many years ago said - if you have to have the rules published so people know when they crossed the line, then they're not the people you invite around for tea on Sunday.
Maybe there is a good reason the management do not wish to make these rules something to beat over the head with? Maybe they just want the forum to be friendly and moderate itself, maybe they simply do not wish to invent a set of rules they are then forced to police - and maybe they just cannot face having a battle. It's their choice, so why not just stop trying to make a point? Is it really worth causing trouble? I can only speak for myself, but it just makes me smile when you jump in and act like you're in charge, and complain about other people doing the same?
I've had an email from the boss, quite a while ago, asking me not to publish TGs, and I haven't. Not my forum, and it didn't hurt me to toe the line, rather than insisting a set of rules is pinned up, or it doesn't count!