Posts moved from our matchday thread

I think the forum categories work pretty well tbh, and I enjoy the leftfield stuff as much as the next person. I'm not an exclusive poster or reader of TUFC matters.

The point I'd make is that whilst no-one wants to see endless slanging matches, it's probably equally true that only a small minority want to visit a forum that only contains posts about the Singer family, South Devon League games and essays about whether referees are biased or not. 

Compare, for instance, the number of posts and page views on the 'derailed' thread last night and the version on the pop side this morning, and the number of posts made elsewhere

I think James is more than capable of dealing with what ever is thrown at him Stu. Wish I was.

Each to their own Lambie, I have always taken the view there is far more in life than football and that is the reason this forum was set up the way it is. The TFF is a place we can talk football and about anything else as well if we like. Your political posts on here do nothing for me at all, nor a good number of our other members. But you like to discuss such things and do so freely on here.

The concept of this forum is by design different from the normal type of football forum, it was not an accident and a great deal of thought went into it and setting it up the way it is.

You can't have a world on here where you can talk about the things you are into such as politics etc, then try and make others feel bad because they post about the things they enjoy. As far as my local match reports are concerned, they are posted in a room made just for them. I enjoy writing them and taking my match pictures and all you need to do is scroll past such posts, much in the same way I scroll past your political ones. I know a number of the lads who played in the game I watched, came on here as guests and were pleased to read a match report on their game and enjoyed seeing some pictures of the match.

Instead of spending time writing on this thread you could have started. a new debate on something that you do enjoy talking about, or posted your thoughts on yesterdays match.

No sadly the TFF is not as busy these days as it once was. There was a time members from the other forum would post on here, but they stopped because some on here made them feel unwelcome. Made them feel they were members of a kids forum and not worthy to post with the so called elite on here. They were fellow fans and as far as I was concerned were always welcome to use the TFF.

Then we had posters on here who as good as used sticks to poke other members into heated debates that resulted in the one being poked, deleting their accounts. While those with the sticks went in search of their next victim. Yes that really helped the TFF hey lambie, yes I remember everyone should have had thicker skins so it was their own fault.


No that's crap, they had things to say and were happy to say them, why the hell should they end up being picked on by the keyboard type bully's? If that's the sort of debating styles you want to see Lambie, then maybe the TFF is not your type of forum and you need to find one more suitable to your needs.

I pay the fees for our custom domain and also the redirect fees, I do the coding that's needed along with making the banners etc. I try to post on a good number of the threads that are running, I try and play my part as a member of the TFF. Rob does a fine job running the TFF with the lightest amount of moderation. I can't make members post, I only wish I could, but I will provide an environment where they feel they can free from abuse etc. I have been over this in the past and have no wish to keep going over the same old ground. This is the TFF it made its case what sort of forum it was, nothing has changed and is ever likely too.



Nick.

Thanks for writing your post about how things work on the TFF etc, I could not have put it better myself. Never be concerned about putting pictures up, not everyone will like them, but we can't please everyone all of the time.

I'm more than happy with the layout and have enough issues trying to run just one forum so won't be looking to set up another one. On the whole it all works very well and as you pointed out, members can just go into the rooms that interest them, if they want to avoid the things that don't.

Right wasted enough time going over old ground again, time to take a look at the Pictures I took today ;D

Difference is, Dave, I'm not the one cutting posts out of threads, complaining about posts that were made over TWO years ago, and then wondering why there are only a handful of posts made all day.

If you want to run a forum where everyone plays happy families and writes poems about how wonderful Paignton is, then fair dos. As you say, you pay the bills.

Just don't be surprised when tumbleweed is all you have for company.

I think it was quite a valid move to snip the selection of posts out Lamby and transfer them to here.
They were hardly anything to do with yesterdays match were they?

I enjoy reading both LambethGull's syndicalist take on life and Dave's whimsical musings and local match reports; also Barton's artistic photos and wordsmanship, Jon's historical gems, JamesB's occasional heartfelt grumpiness, Alpine Joe's entertainingly provocative prods in the direction of the TFF Socialist Collective and all the rest. It's all good stuff and part of the eclectic mix which makes the forum stand out, and as Dave says, if there is something on here that doesn't take our fancy we can always skip it and find something that does.

Compared to most other football boards the TFF is a haven of peace but sometimes an argument can get out of hand which is not only boring for those not involved but can also, I should think, be quite upsetting for those who are. I'd say that while usually those who disagree with JamesB make their point in a friendly manner he does also tend to attract some more personal stuff which says nothing about him but quite a lot about those who write it.

Like many of the fans who use the TFF I do dip into BTPIR as well. I understand that BTIPR was set up as a kind of AFC TFF when Merse and Dave fell out, although over what I don't know and, furthermore, don't need to know. There is still a tendency, especially on BTPIR, to try and create an unnecessary civil war between the two boards, which in my opinion doesn't add to the enjoyment of either. Although a short difference of opinion, pithily expressed, can be entertaining, grudges and feuds lead to people writing stuff which would be better left unwritten, which leads me back to StuartB's original point to JMGull.

Stuart obviously monitors what other contributors says both to and about his lad and it seems to me that he is quite entitled to have a go back against someone who appears to have been picking on James unfairly. Dave then had the right to try and make peace and LambethGull the right to disagree but both arguments have run their course now. It's time to move on, comrades!

Happy to let matters rest, but I should say that I read every post I come across on here (and let's face it, it's not like there's hundreds to read wade through every time I log on). I read Dave's posts myself, I was just pointing out that not everyone can be expected to post in the same manner or about the same subjects.

I don't think there's anything "to put behind us" either. It's just a pretty mundane conversation about a bloody message board!