Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 15/02/19 09:09 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 09:09 AM Hey guys, Over the last month or so the "off topic" sections of the forum have been allowed to take on their own so called flavour of zero filtering. This is something new compared to how the forum had been rolling since I joined. Am tipping the previous moderation would not have let any of the threads move beyond "Rated PG13+" and I would like feedback on your thoughts here on which way to react. Remember that we are still a car forum first and foremost and also open to access by pretty much anyone. I've got no real issues (personally) with the way chat has been flowing and haven't had any complaints, reports or concerns sent to me, but I'm not sure where to sit with regards to the more risque trend the off topic threads seem to be moving to with regards to the way we want the forum to head in the future. Please add your thoughts - I may end up making a single thread (probably the OT one) the free space, and crack down on anything "pink" when it extends to others I may need to make the more "adult" (not meaning maturity) chat behind a barrier, so it's not visible to non-members or random internet visitors. It's very rare that I feel the need to do any censoring but the general theme of the OT stuff is getting beyond what the forum has let pass previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 15/02/19 09:13 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 09:13 AM (edited) I'm herring you @Rab I am guilty of sh*t I shouldn't say but some people just piss me off like what is transpiring in the WMMFGT thread right now Edited 15/02/19 09:14 AM by bloodycrashboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 4m 29d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 15/02/19 09:19 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 09:19 AM I really think OT and WMMFG etc should only be accessible to members who sign up and have a username etc Other than that I couldn’t care less and I’m really loving the chat lately as it’s fun and hilarious. For the most part lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 15/02/19 09:20 AM Author Share Posted 15/02/19 09:20 AM @k31th - are the OT forums members only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 5m 27d Posted 15/02/19 09:56 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 09:56 AM (edited) It’s certainly caused by one person and I have no issue with it on a personal level but there is also a point that it seems to be going past which isn’t healthy for other members there some to be a need to fit in by said person and while I’m sure we are all guilty the constant treat women like sluts talk is very visible to the outside world and not just us regulars (not that I’m super regular but trying to be now) I certainly agree with fluff, those should be visible to log in members and not anonymous or public guests to save some forum dignity Edited 15/02/19 09:57 AM by MBAF 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 15/02/19 10:04 AM Author Share Posted 15/02/19 10:04 AM Cheers - I'm loving the banter, but yeah - I agree The "optics" (it's a new thing apparently) needs to be kept legit. Will wait for a reply from Keith as to whether the normal OT threads are visible but will probably split the OT thread to an OT and an OT18+, make sure the 18+ isn't visible and crack down on smut talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilk Is on holiday from communism Member 1,282 Member For: 6y 1m 9d Gender: Female Location: Victoria Posted 15/02/19 10:05 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 10:05 AM Is this one person me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,224 Member For: 16y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/02/19 10:11 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 10:11 AM 48 minutes ago, Rab said: @k31th - are the OT forums members only? nope, the donating member statuses allow you into some "DM" specific versions of the popular public "OT" threads. Any forum member (signed up) can post in any of the OT threads and any non-member can view them. non-members (e.g. guests) can't post, but can view all public threads except the "region-specific" threads, e.g. Victoria/NSW/SA/etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 15/02/19 10:15 AM Author Share Posted 15/02/19 10:15 AM Thoughts on the current "flavour"? Or anyway to keep a 16yo version of OT away from the public, but open to members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 4m 29d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 15/02/19 10:16 AM Share Posted 15/02/19 10:16 AM That’s ghey and doesn’t conform nor promote any good image for the forum regardless of what is talked about imo. Only vehicle topics should be public for guests. OT should always be free from public 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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