I read the newspapers, I have a TV --- Get a LIFE -- Please

[W2INR]

Yankees win,14 dead, Hitler, Dollie gets Boob Job while jogging, %*&^*&^*(*)&(*7,)

Why the hell do we have to post these items in the "QSO" section of a amateur radio site???

Is this the best we can do!!!!

We post the thread, we make comments, someone disagrees, someone goes over the line, flame wars begin, the post gets pulled , users claim their rights have been abused, censorship, nastygrams, we get slandered on the airwaves, then the process starts all over again.

Am I the only person sick of this crap?  

[N3WWL]

I second that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

I'm all for it as well, fewer opportunities for selective whining or playing the victim. Yes, it really is a radio board, specifically about the AM mode.

It's also a good time to remind folks that the Technical forum is a place for technical posts about amateur radio electronics, circuits, parts etc, and not discussions on such things as collecting, selling, standards for restoring, Hitler, Dollie, Baseball, hot dogs, etc. It should be seen as an opportunity to help others or receive good technical advice, rather than a platform for promotion of personal views. Fortunately, it has overwhelmingly been a great source of information for many. Let's keep it that way.

[KF1Z]

I've been wondering that too...

But, with a section sub-title such as:

"The QSO area is for any subject except political and religious posts. It is like the AM Bar and Grill and of course anything that is posted must be following the guidelines. "


What would you expect?


Time to change the rules..........?

[k4kyv]

Of course, some people can read something political into anything.

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Time to change the rules..........?

Yep. There was a time that loosely-worded rule worked fine because most AMers spent more time on the air discussing stuff. Some now prefer enjoying amateur radio vicariously through the internet it seems, which means spelling things out clearly for them, including a reminder that this really is an online board, and not a Bar or Grill.  

[k4kyv]

Well, if someone could figure out how to pour me a glass of wine through the computer...

[WBear2GCR]

Geez - is there a problem that is not evident to casual users here?

In other words, as a casual daily user things look rather mellow to me.

Is there some problem talking about restoration & the acquisition of gear??

I certainly have not been offended by any of the posts that I have read, even the "off color" (mild as they are) and borderline "social commentary"...

It seems to me that the role of the moderators is to define the boundaries more or less privately in the case of individual posts or with individual participants, unless the whole thing is running amok?

                _-_-

[k3zrf]

Am I the only person sick of this crap?  

No

[K5UJ]

If the subject says something I'm not interested in I don't read further.  No probs here.

Some topics can probably get discussed here with less QRM than on the air.   Some topics on-air seem to draw out deliberate-QRM-trolls.   Internet trolls are a lot easier to ignore or delete.    Not that we have any here.

73

Rob
K5UJ

[Opcom]

yep. If it's not interesting to me, I can skip it.

[k4kyv]

Some topics on-air seem to draw out deliberate-QRM-trolls. 

That's when it is time to strap softly and turn up the wick.

[W1ATR]

This is what I thought QSO was for. We have a plethora of other areas from resto to tech to antennas and all the other crap in between. I know there's other forums where we can go and tak about dolly's massive mams, but our friends are not there, they are here.

Hey G, if you have a whiner buzzing in your ear, let us know. Maybe we need to make a snuff film and post a sticky at the top.

[KC2IFR]

Did somebody say something?

[WA1GFZ]

WX is FB OM

[WD8BIL]

..users claim their rights have been abused, censorship,

Ummmm.... this ain't no democracy, guys. You have no "rights" here. Read the rules (over and over again if necessary). If you can't handle being "censored" don't post. If your post is removed the first thing you should do is figure out what YOU did wrong and correct it.

I ain't no moderator here so I have no real stake in this "discussion".

This is a Benevolent Dictatorship. Remember that.

[W1ATR]

WX is FB OM

Yeah it is. Looks like it's going to be a nice day. I have 41deg over OM

SK

[Jim, W5JO]

G if you have someone who is causing trouble, just ban them.  I don't see any discussion on QSO that does not appear on the air, so I can't see why people should complain.  You have been patient with this and it may be time to exercise a diffent approach. 

[W3SLK]

Is this the place to make derogatory comments about the ARRgghhL? 

[KF1Z]

I didn't think that people complaining was the point of G's post.............
Just a back-up statement of sorts.

[WD8BIL]

Maybe it was a troll post!!

[N8LGU]

    Jeesh...Now I'm afraid to make a post! I'll try my best to keep my comments free of any content not directly related to Amateur Radio!

[nq5t]

I get the sense it's sort of the same as the posts that appear so frequently on the XXXX (pick your favorite) reflector.

"Please don't post anymore about "YYYYYYYY YYY YYYYY YY.  I'm tired of reading it, and it clutters my inbox".  As though it were some lowlife piling derelict cars wrapped in some ugly color of arse paper in his.her front yard.  ;-)

Much of the "junk" is actually kind of interesting.  And every computer I'm aware of has a "move on"-or equivalent key on it's keyboard/mouse if you find it not so terribly interesting.  I guess we have the incessant drive to make darn sure that no one else is actually interested in writing/reading/doing/saying/thinking anything we personally don't much care for, or at the very least occupies a transitory bit or two in our personal digital space.

Conflict is good.  If you don't think so, abandon ye the board, turn off thy radio, sit ye down in a comfortable chair with a good light and read ""Plain, Honest Men" ...  :-)

Grant/NQ5T

[k4kyv]

WX is FB OM

Yeah it is. Looks like it's going to be a nice day. I have 41deg over OM

SK

aitch-eye!

[W1ATR]

Everyone knows the correct way is to squeeze it right from the middle of the tube cz thats where the fresh stuff is.