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where is this forum going?; lack of civility
Topic Started: Saturday, 14. November 2009, 21:46 (298 Views)
Deacon Robert	Saturday, 14. November 2009, 21:46 Post #1
Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #15 Joined: September 26, 2006	I have been on this forum for a reasonable period of time. The thing that set it apart was that we could all express an opinion without the fear of being flamed or our "Cathlocity" being questioned. If we disagreed, we spoke to one another in a manner of christian fellowship and correction. In the last six months it has not been so. The forum is slowly becoming like many others. Do we really want to go there?
	Dcn Robert


Rose of York	Saturday, 14. November 2009, 22:06 Post #2
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Deacon Robert, we are aware and believe me, this forum will regain that for which we were proud: A spirit of Christian fellowship, tolerance and friendship. Yes you have been here a long time, you were with us when we were using Invisionfree software, that means you are one of our longest standing members, you first joined in the year 2006.
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Colin2000	Saturday, 14. November 2009, 23:40 Post #3
Posts: 178 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: August 29, 2007	Hi Both, It would appear to me that most Christian Forums set out as safe places for Christians to be, whatever ilk! Soon, however, they attract those who don't like to see that Forum being a safe place and the old Ad homonym, twisting of words and deliberate misuse or change of word meaning takes place in the posts. An end result is usually that what someone says is portrayed by The Goats to be the exact opposite of that which was originally written by The Sheep! What then follows is reaction to original thinking with such as we can never understand what you are getting at. Your English is terrible, of course they are usually right on this count. If you speak it with your mouth and then write it with your pen/finger it is bound to be conversational English rather than that foreign stuff the English teacher used to spout! So where is this Forum going? Down the tubes or oiled with the oil of gladness. Only when it needs The Balm to be found in Gilead is there time to worry! I have found that a forum is guided by Moderators who know what they are doing will be a healthy discussion ensure! Problem is that we can either have a pretty/nice lovey dovey boring forum! Or a free for all debating go for the throat forum! The alternative is a forum where the Moderators moderate. If that means posts disappearing into the wide blue yonder, so be it! The failure in Forums of Christian origin is apparent when the Moderator are not up to the job. Have their arms twisted up their back by this group or that. Or cannot make their minds up whether to use their Bibles and counsel the wayward so and so or hit them with it! Just a few thoughts to be going on with friends and beloved enemies! Jesus would never be like this would He? But we are only trying to be like Jesus for we can never be Him while we are here any road! Yours in Christ, Colin2000.
	JESUS IS LORD


Mrs.Pogle	Saturday, 14. November 2009, 23:48 Post #4
Happy Couple! Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	All is not lost, I believe! This evening, I both received a humble apology from someone, and offered an apology to someone else which was graciously received. As long as we can recognise when and how we have stepped over the mark, and make amends, then the true Christian spirit will prevail. Mrs.P x
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front �It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.� ~ St. Frances of Rome


Emee	Saturday, 14. November 2009, 23:57 Post #5
Posts: 1,279 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: September 26, 2006	Amen to that Mrs P! Rose, it's been a long day - and a particularly long day for you moderators. There are ups and downs in forum land every day but today there seems to have been more than most. However, Christianity is all about repentence and forgiveness, and as long as we can all remember to bear this in mind, and ensure we bring these basics to our forum interactions, as well as our regular day to day lives, then I have the faith and confidence that all will be well. God Bless all x



Rose of York	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 00:38 Post #6
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Here is a suggestion that may help. If a thread or posting has apparently been removed, it is best not to immediately jump to conclusions that it has been deleted. Posting on the forum asking where it has gone, is non productive because the non moderating members won't know any more than you do. This is what sometimes happens: A discussion is going well. In passing someone mentions another matter, and the whole things digresses into a matter unrelated to the topic. Then it may be worth splitting some topics out to make a new thread. It would take too long to explain all the fiddly work involved. If we are left to get on with it, the post or thread might reappear. Problems arise if, half way through the job, someone asks "why has my post been deleted?" Sometimes the moderator might be distracted at home, perhaps the phone rings or someone comes to the door. That leads to delay. Phone call or visitor dealt with, dinner is ready! The last thing one needs then is a public posting asking "why did I not receive an email about this?" Sending emails to half a dozen people would take ages. We generally post something explaining all. The other day a member accidentally put a post in the wrong place. I put it where it obviously should be, saw he had come back online, so I sent him a quick private message assuring him his post had not been deleted, and told him where it was. If any member feels they do have cause to complain, there is only one acceptable way to do it - by private message to moderator team, not in a public thread. That is in our forum rules, which members accept when they register. We have just completed our record week for posting numbers, and if things continue as at present we will have well over three thousand posts this month. Presumably the staff and members are doing something right. Long may we continue. I like it here, we have some delightful people.
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PJD	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 08:13 Post #7
Posts: 2,423 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: September 26, 2006	To be honest Deacon I don't really find much lack of civility here. PJD



Anne-Marie	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 09:42 Post #8
Posts: 517 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	PJD Sunday, 15. November 2009, 08:13 To be honest Deacon I don't really find much lack of civility here. I agree, PJD. Sometimes, someone will ask 'What happened? Where did it go?' People may sometimes explain a sequence of events, which might appear to have eluded someone. But, like you PJD, I have seldom seen a lack of civility. Inconvenient timing, maybe. But polite nonetheless.
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


tomais	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 20:23 Post #9
Posts: 248 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: October 2, 2006	If people here get a shadey bit annoyed- see posts in dear auld Alba under the title-" Catholic Truth" !!!!! A non apologiac site indeed. As I am newly in, also see my Luther post. Think-humour! Even at the Cross ! No ill winds in Edinburgh tonight like the south yesterday- hope all OK there. Tom



Rose of York	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 20:36 Post #10
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Spotted in the Receiving Communion discussion. PJD Is it not hopeful that this forum community may be slightly more holy now (or the end) than when it started. That's the aim, but we over a four year period we have been welcoming sinners from across the globe. On a more serious note, it takes new people a while to settle in and get to know our ways, and for individuals to get to know each other, learn how to relate to this person, that person and the other. t takes us time to get to know newcomers. We do try.
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Joseph	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 20:58 Post #11
Posts: 768 Group: Members Member #37 Joined: October 18, 2006	Rose of York Sunday, 15. November 2009, 00:38 ...We have just completed our record week for posting numbers, and if things continue as at present we will have well over three thousand posts this month. Presumably the staff and members are doing something right... I couldn't help but smile when I read that Rose :-) It just struck me that not all Catholic Forums appear to interpret and rejoice in their statistics in that way
	Joseph


Rose of York	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 21:09 Post #12
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Joseph Sunday, 15. November 2009, 20:58 Rose of York Sunday, 15. November 2009, 00:38 ...We have just completed our record week for posting numbers, and if things continue as at present we will have well over three thousand posts this month. Presumably the staff and members are doing something right... I couldn't help but smile when I read that Rose :-) It just struck me that not all Catholic Forums appear to interpret and rejoice in their statistics in that way It's not the forum it's me! I just love statistics! Can't help being odd! Gotta rejoice in something!
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Anne-Marie	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 21:10 Post #13
Posts: 517 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	Joseph Sunday, 15. November 2009, 20:58 It just struck me that not all Catholic Forums appear to interpret and rejoice in their statistics in that way Perhaps with good reason in their cases?
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


Joseph	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 21:41 Post #14
Posts: 768 Group: Members Member #37 Joined: October 18, 2006	Anne-Marie Sunday, 15. November 2009, 21:10 Joseph Sunday, 15. November 2009, 20:58 It just struck me that not all Catholic Forums appear to interpret and rejoice in their statistics in that way Perhaps with good reason in their cases? Possibly! But methods of addressing high numbers of postings can be interesting can't they?
	Joseph


Rose of York	Sunday, 15. November 2009, 21:58 Post #15
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	The forum under discussion is Catholic Cyberforum! The fate of other forums is irrelevant. Deacon Robert detected signs of change HERE.
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