Open forum for off-topic and less serious discussions.

[AKKuya]

It seems that some people have been not following the spirit of the forum category.  Is there a place for serious discussion?  Of course.  In this private forum, the owner has placed some limits.  Do those limits restrict all topics?  No.  Just some that can create very heated discussion.

I'm not a narc.  I'm not the police.  I'm just an on and off again player.  This is my opinion.

There are too many locked threads by the owner.  Too many violators of the forum ules.   

I totally support violators be banished from the forum.  3 Strike Rule.

1st violation - first warning
2nd violation - final warning
3ed violation - banishment

Just my 2 pennies.

 

 

[Mayhem]

It seems that some people have been not following the spirit of the forum category.  Is there a place for serious discussion?  Of course.  In this private forum, the owner has placed some limits.  Do those limits restrict all topics?  No.  Just some that can create very heated discussion.

I'm not a narc.  I'm not the police.  I'm just an on and off again player.  This is my opinion.

There are too many locked threads by the owner.  Too many violators of the forum ules.   

I totally support violators be banished from the forum.  3 Strike Rule.

1st violation - first warning
2nd violation - final warning
3ed violation - banishment

Just my 2 pennies.

 

Over half the locked threads are due to ONE person who can't STFU. As soon as some one says something that they don't like the insults start flying right up to the point of the Thread being locked. Even some of the more political topics stayed civil until that one person had to opens their Pie Hole. Get rid of them and half our locked threads would have stayed civil. Considering many of these threads were not political says something in and of itself!

My "Flight Sim News Sources." got locked because our resident clown had to spew his feces all over it.

Go look at Reply #19 on: March 14, 2026, 11:39:13 on the "The La-7 Has Been Released" 19 post in the 3rd for this person and they start name calling. The person beeing insulted never response to them but they kept going and piling it on until the thread was locked.

However It doesn't help that the real mods on the forums gloss over real forum rules violations for made up ones. I'm going to guess they are to afraid or just not knowledgeable enough to edit Skuzzy's rules to reflect changes.

The rules have not been changed in over 5 years last time was December 31, 2020, 14:07:40 by hitech

[knorB]

Over half the locked threads are due to ONE person who can't STFU. As soon as some one says something that they don't like the insults start flying right up to the point of the Thread being locked. Even some of the more political topics stayed civil until that one person had to opens their Pie Hole. Get rid of them and half our locked threads would have stayed civil. Considering many of these threads were not political says something in and of itself!

My "Flight Sim News Sources." got locked because our resident clown had to spew his feces all over it.

Go look at Reply #19 on: March 14, 2026, 11:39:13 on the "The La-7 Has Been Released" 19 post in the 3rd for this person and they start name calling. The person beeing insulted never response to them but they kept going and piling it on until the thread was locked.

However It doesn't help that the real mods on the forums gloss over real forum rules violations for made up ones. I'm going to guess they are to afraid or just not knowledgeable enough to edit Skuzzy's rules to reflect changes.

The rules have not been changed in over 5 years last time was December 31, 2020, 14:07:40 by hitech

[AKKuya]

I make it a point to post less serious discussions that are not offensive or against the rules.  I do recall one of my threads locked because of the violators.

Maybe some solidarity on this subject is needed.

I do post serious threads in the appropriate forums also.  Maturity and respect are all that's required.

[Mayhem]

I do recall one of my threads locked because of the violators.

Maybe some solidarity on this subject is needed.

I do post serious threads in the appropriate forums also.  Maturity and respect are all that's required.

Ya I have had a few of my threads locked mostly due to the same person.

I'm wee bit erked because I was preparing a post of all the YouTube channels I follow and websites I go to for Gaming, Sim and Hardware News, I spent several hours on that post. The post started going off topic so I was hoping it would get back on target. I went to hit the post button and the thread was locked. I looked into it and sure enough the usual suspect was all over the end of it tossing insults.

[-gg-]

The Dynamics of the moderation policies are what actually fuel the bad behavior in many ways.

When bad actors learned early on that they could go into anybody's thread and disrupt it, them being completely the reason why it's being disrupted, and then have that thread locked.... Well that dynamic right there is the problem. Or one of the major problems.

The moderation policies effectively allow people to shut down threads and punish the people who started the thread that didn't really do anything wrong at all.

I don't think threads should be shut down when a bad actor comes in there and disrupts it, but I'm sure it's probably happening because whoever is moderating the place doesn't have time to weed through everything and figure out who starts what. So they just blanket shut down threads and tag anybody near the crime scene.

This forum and this game was a lot more active when there was almost no moderation. And it was a lot more fun too.

The moderation that is happening here and that begin happening here I don't know 15 years ago? That's the reason why this forum has degraded into being left with only a few busybody a-holes that shut down threads and complain about everything.

If you actually do the opposite and moderate less, you'll have a more vibrant and better forum. Because the bad actors get called out but the members of the actual community. Yeah there might be some toejam flying back and forth, but in the end overall The forum would be a lot better.

And then there's the argument of... Well this is a business and all that. Yeah that's true, but it was a business back in the day when there was very little moderation too and it was actually more successful. I don't think that this game or this forum ever catered to anybody other than world war II buffs who are mostly adults and men.

There used to be so much humor and arguments and fun and vibrancy in this forum. Back in the early 2000s at its peak. And now look at it.

The moderation allowed the complainers and the busy Bodies to be the only ones left basically.

[LCADolby]

Ixnay on the Animale 

[Mar]

If you actually do the opposite and moderate less, you'll have a more vibrant and better forum. Because the bad actors get called out but the members of the actual community. Yeah there might be some toejam flying back and forth, but in the end overall The forum would be a lot better.

History keeps repeating itself because people like us are always supressed by fearmongers. They want you to be afraid of freedom.

[Eagler]

I find many locked threads the most interesting..

Eagler

[Eviscerate]

If you actually do the opposite and moderate less, you'll have a more vibrant and better forum.

Right, says the owner of a much more vibrant and better forum.

[knorB]

Free speech is hard... you hear/read things that may hurt you right in the feels. 

[Eagler]

Bizarre how someone takes some stranger's verbal diarrhea on the internet personal to the point they respond with personal insults instead of to the subject matter of the thread..

I think we are going soft..both physically and mentally..

Eagler

[Mar]

Right, says the owner of a much more vibrant and better forum.

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Oh no! A word! How horrifying! So scary! Somebody hold me!

[-gg-]

Right, says the owner of a much more vibrant and better forum.

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I hope you reported that to the homeowners association!

[LCADolby]

Right, says the owner of a much more vibrant and better forum.

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You're forgetting 1,000 Results for “white”, if you're going to play that.

Most disturbingly, 10 for "Dolby", one result with Nuke calling me a 8itch and a hypocrite.
I thought we were on good terms, I guess the 'front of house' is being a bastard in the 'staff room'...