Humour Section under attack

[Bug_racer]

The Motivational thread is gone ?
Weird , very weird .
I think this forum is now overmoderated and Admin/Mods are overextending their powers .

I never read it and it enerates lots of work and complaints from things people find offensive.

But in the same section earlier :

Thats hilarious, I lauged outload a couple of times.

So you laugh at some thread , but you never read that section ? How does that work ????

And if this all about not offending anyone well , I took offence to this :

I didnt quote any. I just said it was FATTER.

Enlighten us then drag queen.

And according to these rules :

Personal Attacks
Any form of defamation will be deleted and the user warned.

I complained to admin , nothing was done .

I take it as an insult in you assuming my sexual orientation , but yet the admin team deletes a thread because of , umm , well I really dont see any good reason . Im sorry but this is pathetic !

[HOLEIN1]

X2 for just a simple waring in the thread title...

many other forums i frequent have a similar policy/courtesy measure in place and it seems to be working fine - none of this silly bickering going on...

[wombatoutofhell]

If you don't like it, don't look. Simple. Don't ruin it for others.
There is alot of questionable content I admit. Bit the day I get offended about a joke is the day you can put me in a pine box.
I'm sorry about the motorvational thread-my favourite thread on the entire forum. My almost adult daughter and I have done alot of bonding laughing at that thread together. I admit that I didn't get a few though.

[maca]

I'm sorry about the motorvational thread-my favourite thread on the entire forum.

X2. That and the Mk5 section.

[sporran]

For what it's worth here's my take on the current situation regarding the Humour Section.
1. VWwA is not an exclusve club that you are invited to join by revered and respected members of society, and for the privelege of joining you are asked to part with $1000s worth of cash. It is like any forum that is freely open to anyone willing to come up with a username and password. If you want exclusivity and privelege join a private golf club.
2. The Humour Section may not neccessarily have much to do with the world of "Das Auto" but quite often does, and in any case serves a completely different purpose. It provides humour! A quick glance of the daily papers or news channels gives a stark reminder of how little this is depicted in our daily lives. For those of you who need a reality check I suggest checking out some of the acts that have performed at this years' Comedy Festival in Melbourne.
3. It is not hard to see that the Humour Section would take up a disproportionate amount of Mods time when compared to the other sections in VWwA, but it is a bit rich for them to complain that they have a problem with the section because of the workload. Closing the section is not the answer, but applying a clearly defined set of rules for posting if you wish to filter the content so as not offend too many people.
Personally I enjoy the Humour Section, as apart from checking out the "dailys" on the net each morning it is one of the first things I log on to. I know that some one out there in VWwA land will be able to put a smile on my dial no matter what news awaits in the outside world. OK the Humour Section may have taken on a bit of a FHM or Ralph type persona, and if that's not your bag then don't bother looking, or maybe you should log on to vw.com.au to get your fix!

[DaveMack]

The Motivational thread is gone ?
Weird , very weird .
I think this forum is now overmoderated and Admin/Mods are overextending their powers .



But in the same section earlier :




So you laugh at some thread , but you never read that section ? How does that work ????

And if this all about not offending anyone well , I took offence to this :



And according to these rules :

Personal Attacks
Any form of defamation will be deleted and the user warned.

I complained to admin , nothing was done .

I take it as an insult in you assuming my sexual orientation , but yet the admin team deletes a thread because of , umm , well I really dont see any good reason . Im sorry but this is pathetic !

So disatisfied ... tut tut ... why DO you stay? Or is it just to criticise?

Dave

[gareth_oau]

In my opinion I think the humour section should be left in the forum, I enjoy reading much of the postings. A lot of it I think is garbage, but thats down to personal tastes as to what I versus others think is funny.

I think pictures should be funny, and leave it up to the current level of moderation if our very capable moderators deem it necessary to delete them.

I dont think people should be offended, its a humour page, not an offensive page.

If someone is concerned about being offended, then choose not to look at it - thats right YOU HAVE A CHOICE NOT TO!!

[zz2]

So disatisfied ... tut tut ... why DO you stay? Or is it just to criticise?

Dave

if Bug Racer is anything like me im pretty sure he stays for this forums members and not the moderators over controlling BS.

[mikinoz]

The Motivational thread is gone ?
Weird , very weird .
I think this forum is now overmoderated and Admin/Mods are overextending their powers .



But in the same section earlier :




So you laugh at some thread , but you never read that section ? How does that work ????

And if this all about not offending anyone well , I took offence to this :



And according to these rules :

Personal Attacks
Any form of defamation will be deleted and the user warned.

I complained to admin , nothing was done .

I take it as an insult in you assuming my sexual orientation , but yet the admin team deletes a thread because of , umm , well I really dont see any good reason . Im sorry but this is pathetic !

Seb, with all respects to you and Matt - you both need to work out whatever issues you have between each other and bury the hatchet. I have been around VW internetland long enough to see the ill feeling between you both escalate and it is really about time it was resolved. I spose if it is not possible for you to resolve, it comes down to how having this ongoing tension on this and other forums will actually benefit anyone. Personally, and for others, we don't really publicly need to know or care about what competition is going on between you at a business/technical/personal level.

Ironic that this is all in the humour section as it is a bit of a grown up joke now.

As for the humour section, well I have another thought to add, and that is that is only able to be seen by users that have 40+ posts. This in some ways leads to people post early on topics that are VW related and understand how this place works and then once the humor section opens up to them they can participate. I have seen so many posts cut from that section by people who were totally out of line and they were users that were new and under 10 posts.

Just an idea.

[FJ Steve]

So disatisfied ... tut tut ... why DO you stay? Or is it just to criticise?

Dave

Dave,
That is very constructive. Well done.
It supports the general theme that is appearing in this thread.