My suggestion is to just make the criac a free-for-all forum where all the crap goes, completely unmoderated. Anyone can post there. At the end of every week just prune it back to 3 pages. Send all the unwanted threads there from the other forums, with a fist of iron.
Can't stand thread titles like "Does anyone know..." with the rest of the question in the thread itself.
Sherman said:people seem to be getting a bit lazy and using AAM as a first port of call for queries that really, they could answer themselves by using Google, or having even a cursory look around Revenue.ie etc.
It never ceases to amaze me how people see somewhere like here as a first port of call for a question like "I woke up this morning and only had 3 wheels on my car. Is this right?".
From my perspective there is no problem. Some people will be unhappy from time to time but as far as I am concerned this is inevitable. They should just live with it. Do people really expect volunteer moderators on a free site to write them a little note of explanation every time they do their job, just in case they hurt the feelings of a poster? I think that the growth of AAM is a sign that the moderators are doing things right. Can I suggest that moderators might answer fewer posts asking direct questions about their editorial decisions and just stick to the standard (rainyday) response referring to the editorial policy? I find that posters of these threads just get wound up and it can get a bit heated on both sides.The issue is the editorial/moderation policies and the real or perceived problems with these as they stand
Poor spelling, grammar, punctuation seems to be worryingly prevalent both on AAM and in the real world in general in my experience. Some people have an excuse (e.g. dyslexia) but at least some of it seems to be down to laziness or poor levels of basic literacy.Carpenter said:I've noticed that poor or non existant punctuation is starting to creep into AAM and some of the posts can be pretty difficult to read as a result...I don't want to name names but...
ClubMan said:poor levels of basic literacy.
rasco said:Sorry if this upset people but this stuff appeals to me and I think when you look at the actual size of aam and the amount of posts it gets each day the likes of the porridge and egg posts are extremely minimal and do obviously provided a element of relief for other members.
ninsaga said:This is one of the best sites around & one I visit as often as I am able. I would certainly hope that a decision is NOT arrived at here which will just limit the nature of all posts to Financial related topics only. The Good/Deals Bad Deals, It, Phone, H&G forums are quite good.
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