The crackdown has begun.

These new rules do, of course, extend to those who love to send abusive PM's, correct?

Also-- while I'd love to believe that this may bring the board back to life... experience on other forums has shown that the more "kind and gentle" a board becomes, the quicker the death of activity. Those that start off "kind and gentle" tend to do ok.. but when a board shifts from one style to another.... its often a different outcome.

Is a supreme directive an automatic ban without pointing out? Originally Posted by mrredcat43

No. A Supreme Directive is where two parties are instructed to not PM each other, not comment towards each other on the boards, and essentially not mention each other in any context.

They often happen as the result of one party asking the other to leave them alone and the other party not doing so. I've actually had to request a directive with one member-- got sick of the constant BS via PM from her.

I'm seeing 1 member in particular has cleaned up their act. This will be great and glad its going into affect

Well dang Tara. I'm glad to see this "change" too and I will always clean up my act for you girl. (Let's see if he can resist you n me posting nice stuff lol)

These new rules do, of course, extend to those who love to send abusive PM's, correct?

Also-- while I'd love to believe that this may bring the board back to life... experience on other forums has shown that the more "kind and gentle" a board becomes, the quicker the death of activity. Those that start off "kind and gentle" tend to do ok.. but when a board shifts from one style to another.... its often a different outcome. Originally Posted by Grace Preston

You are right in that those who often get trolled and cyberstalked, who also do not post much due to that fact, will probably still be shy about posting until they see some of the trolls receive their auto ban and coupled with most of the troll frequent posters will do less posting, the activity will be low for a bit. After a while tho, I think getting the board on the track it was actually meant to do instead of the drama board it has become, the lurkers will start posting and be able to have their own opinion without fear of scrutiny or ostracizing and throwing out baseless assumptions/accusations and calling them fact from the popular boys.

It all depends on how efficiently this "zero tolerance" policy for insulting, harassing and bullying others is enforced.

I'm seeing 1 member in particular has cleaned up their act. This will be great and glad its going into affect Originally Posted by Tara Evans

Would this be you? Glad you've been posting in a normal matter lately, I'm proud of you.

Why do I get the feeling that there are about to be only around 10 people talking to each other in here within a month? Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

xact amundo! Another rule to make sure this place dies. Kinda overkill now!

xact amundo! Another rule to make sure this place dies. Kinda overkill now! Originally Posted by texrider

So you are saying that Eccie is going to die a slow death because no one knows how or wants to make posts about their opinion on the hobby without being insulting, harassing and bullying others?

For some of the frequent posters it is definitely a hard pill to swallow and the new posts will likely in the short term come to a slow crawl, but eventually, when members see that they can make new threads and post on topic of a thread without being trolled. Then it will pick back up with more honest reviews, more ads by more different providers rather than the same ones over and over and lively discussion threads instead of lively drama threads.

Pot, meet kettle............

Would this be you? Glad you've been posting in a normal matter lately, I'm proud of you. Originally Posted by BLM69

I'd watch what you say now and how you say it. Not just to me but everyone else that put you down and bully on a daily basis

If only it would really work. How many banned people have just created a new account?

So you are saying that Eccie is going to die a slow death because no one knows how or wants to make posts about their opinion on the hobby without being insulting, harassing and bullying others?

For some of the frequent posters it is definitely a hard pill to swallow and the new posts will likely in the short term come to a slow crawl, but eventually, when members see that they can make new threads and post on topic of a thread without being trolled. Then it will pick back up with more honest reviews, more ads by more different providers rather than the same ones over and over and lively discussion threads instead of lively drama threads. Originally Posted by Wile E Coyote

I'm all for cracking down on insults, bullying, etc. it is low-grade behavior.. I'm not so sure lively discussion is on the horizon, though... non-Troll injected threads tend to die off around post #6-7.. I would rather see the drama threads killed off, even if discussion is silenced for a while.. there was a thread I viewed yesterday, that had gone off the rails early, and had 40+ posts, all troll shit since about post #5.. I don't know why people kept the thread alive, but apparently there is a significant population here that enjoys that nonsense.

So you are saying that Eccie is going to die a slow death because no one knows how or wants to make posts about their opinion on the hobby without being insulting, harassing and bullying others?

For some of the frequent posters it is definitely a hard pill to swallow and the new posts will likely in the short term come to a slow crawl, but eventually, when members see that they can make new threads and post on topic of a thread without being trolled. Then it will pick back up with more honest reviews, more ads by more different providers rather than the same ones over and over and lively discussion threads instead of lively drama threads. Originally Posted by Wile E Coyote

Do you ever get tired of posting the same bullshit? Blah blah blah! Trying to put words in my mouth? Eccie has become to pc and has become to regulated. I thought this was a place for adult themes and convo. Not a freaking campfire circle jerking off to kumbaya!

So you are saying that Eccie is going to die a slow death because no one knows how or wants to make posts about their opinion on the hobby without being insulting, harassing and bullying others?

For some of the frequent posters it is definitely a hard pill to swallow and the new posts will likely in the short term come to a slow crawl, but eventually, when members see that they can make new threads and post on topic of a thread without being trolled. Then it will pick back up with more honest reviews, more ads by more different providers rather than the same ones over and over and lively discussion threads instead of lively drama threads. Originally Posted by Wile E Coyote

I must add you have a history of trolling posts you do not agree with! That is cyber stalking bullying and harassment! Look at your perfect example above!

I'd watch what you say now and how you say it. Not just to me but everyone else that put you down and bully on a daily basis Originally Posted by Tara Evans

You may be a bit confused here, you've been banned over a dozen times to my 0 times, more like you better be careful. I did say I was proud of you and meant it