topic Re: Is this carp normal ?? in Community Spirit

Is this carp normal ??

modestbods — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:13:20 GMT

Hi all,

tonight I decided to pay the Community Spirit boards a visit for the first time ever.

I have found myself confronted with numerous religious threads.

Is this normal for the CS boards?

I would like to know because I have much better things to do with my time.

cheers

Re: Is this carp normal ??

harley_babes_hoard — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:18:24 GMT

no fortunately it's not the norm. I have complained to lithium about it and asked for them to have their own forum so they can go at it. Or even better just ban political and religious threads altogether.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

*sparklz* — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:59:13 GMT

The beauty is you only read what you want and ignore what you do not want to read.

There is a lot of good things here so up to you how deep you want to get involved.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

modestbods — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:02:25 GMT

That's a relief then. Most forums do ban such threads, because such threads never end well. I am surprized eBay haven't done the same already.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

*sparklz* — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:03:38 GMT

ebay to remove threads if they are reported and found to be in violation of the boards policies.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

modestbods — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:05:24 GMT

@*sparklz* wrote:
The beauty is you only read what you want and ignore what you do not want to read.
There is a lot of good things here so up to you how deep you want to get involved.

Ahhh okay, so I can choose to take the red pill, or I can choose to take the blue pill.

I like your advice, cheers.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

icyfroth — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:05:41 GMT

@modestbods wrote:
Hi all,

tonight I decided to pay the Community Spirit boards a visit for the first time ever.

I have found myself confronted with numerous threads posted by religious zealots and/or bigots.

Is this normal for the CS boards?

I would like to know because I have much better things to do with my time than deal with ignorant fanatics.

cheers

We all have better things to do with our time, but we like it here. If it's not for you, then it's just not for you. Try facebook or twitter or whatever.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

harley_babes_hoard — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:07:02 GMT

One of the mods told be they have had several complaints about these kinds of threads. Ebay have been notified.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

azureline** — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:14:23 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@modestbods wrote:
Hi all,

tonight I decided to pay the Community Spirit boards a visit for the first time ever.

I have found myself confronted with numerous threads posted by religious zealots and/or bigots.

Is this normal for the CS boards?

I would like to know because I have much better things to do with my time than deal with ignorant fanatics.

cheers
We all have better things to do with our time, but we like it here. If it's not for you, then it's just not for you. Try facebook or twitter or whatever.

yes but some of those better things require commitment and sometimes work.................... this is the easier choice.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

kopenhagen5 — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:17:15 GMT

Depends how deep you want to see the rabbit hole go.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

modestbods — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:24:07 GMT

Ooooo... 'icy' indeed.

Just kidding Icy. I get your point though.

I'm not into facebook, twitter etc, and have no desire to get into them.

I guess the religious promo threads aren't such an issue for me. Whilst I disagree with religious advertising, I don't feel compelled to pay it any heed, so i can ignore them easily enough.

Ignoring blatantly offensive threads discriminating againsts others based on race, religion, gender, etc, etc, is not something that I can do so easily... or at all tbh. So if threads like those are considered 'acceptable' in this forum, than yes, perhaps you are right & this forum is not for me.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:28:14 GMT

do you like taking photos?

there are always the odd political threads. The religious stuff, not so often.

We do try and have fun, but that tends to be frowned upon by the mods.

Sometimes we discuss knees and Grandpa's trout fishing

Re: Is this carp normal ??

icyfroth — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:28:16 GMT

@modestbods wrote:
Ooooo... 'icy' indeed.

Just kidding Icy. I get your point though.

I'm not into facebook, twitter etc, and have no desire to get into them.

I guess the religious promo threads aren't such an issue for me. Whilst I disagree with religious advertising, I don't feel compelled to pay it any heed, so i can ignore them easily enough.

Ignoring blatantly offensive threads discriminating againsts others based on race, religion, gender, etc, etc, is not something that I can do so easily... or at all tbh. So if threads like those are considered 'acceptable' in this forum, than yes, perhaps you are right & this forum is not for me.

people generally post for debate, not "accept"

Re: Is this carp normal ??

debra9275 — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:31:18 GMT

Hi modestbods,

no it's not the norm to see the board covered in religious threads.

so don't give up on us yet

but we do usually have a few anti muslim threads and various political threads from one side or the other & a few general chat threads which can be a bit of fun

Re: Is this carp normal ??

modestbods — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:38:52 GMT

Politics I don't mind, there's too much humour to be found there to not enjoy a lively political debate... especially when it comes to Aussie politics.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

azureline** — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:40:07 GMT

Usually it is a very balanced forum................. sometimes it is very unbalanced

Re: Is this carp normal ??

icyfroth — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:44:45 GMT

@azureline** wrote:
Usually it is a very balanced forum................. sometimes it is very unbalanced

I get the impression that "modestbods" is not new to this forum.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

azureline** — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:48:45 GMT

I like to take people at their word................ until or if, they show differently.

Re: Is this carp normal ??

joz*garage — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:50:14 GMT

Is this normal for the CS boards?

I would like to know because I have much better things to do with my time than deal with ignorant fanatics.

yes it is

best thing i could suggest is to move on, don't look back! otherwise you'll get addicted & waste your life away

Re: Is this carp normal ??

modestbods — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:04:08 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:

I get the impression that "modestbods" is not new to this forum.

100% new to the CS forum, until now I have been spending my time in the trading on ebay buying/selling boards (mostly buying)... they've been especially slow the last few days though.

As you don't know me, I'm not offended if you don't take my word for it. If it matters to you, then you might want to just ask a few of the trading on ebay board regulars. I'm sure they can confirm that from their experience of me that I wouldn't have been silently lurking around the CS boards, as they would know full well by now that I couldn't keep my trap shut long enough to silently lurk anywhere.