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People with issues with the new community boards and standards

June222 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:28:11 GMT

You are a guest here. If you decide to stay, there are standards and rules to follow by the host. If the standards are too strict.....the door is open. To challenge this or start threads against standards just why? QVC does not have to have these boards. We should be grateful for them, enjoy them, use them and not challenge them. That's all.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

DCAnnie2004 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:48:17 GMT

I think it's that people would like to stay at this party, but the rules feel too cumbersome to them. They don't want to leave.

I will admit it's hard to feel welcome when there are so many poofed posts and threads throughout the boards. Our words are being read and monitored more closely than any other website I've been on.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

nunya — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:51:15 GMT

It is what it is, their board. Eventually, it happens to everyone.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

SharkE — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:51:29 GMT

I think it's not such a hostile place to interact any more. People that don't like themselves and are out to tear somebody else down aren't tolerated any more. If you pick a fight and things get testy they usually ****** it in the bud. In the 'old' days people would pile on one another and be like mad dogs, sides were picked, etc. Lot of people left or just shut up.

I'd like to see some other issues addressed too, warning given, then, get banned from the Forums. Lot of preachy people have ruined threads for all and the whole thread disappears. Get rid of that one first.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Julie928 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:56:34 GMT

I agree with Sharke. Many, many times I have witnessed posters being less than kind to each other. I like the way this forum is being monitored ~ as a result, I have been posting more without the worry of my opinions being attacked. I was amazed more than once at how unkind and combative adults could be to one another. This forum is like a breath of fresh air...

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

jackthebear — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:09:53 GMT

@Julie928 wrote:

I agree with Sharke. Many, many times I have witnessed posters being less than kind to each other. I like the way this forum is being monitored ~ as a result, I have been posting more without the worry of my opinions being attacked. I was amazed more than once at how unkind and combative adults could be to one another. This forum is like a breath of fresh air...

I feel the other way, I don't like that every word is being checked that I write at all, didn't feel that with the "old forum".
I didn't read or experince any threads were anyone was attacked . Now we have a situation like a Kindergarten class were a moderator removes anything "unkind"

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

icezeus — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:17:25 GMT

Wow! I constantly saw threads where posters were piled on. It was annoying, and it was getting to the point that I was posting less and less.

I actually enjoy the new moderation and I have started checking in more frequently. I just don't feel that the rules are too stringent, or difficult to follow, but different strokes.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Vickiv — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:26:59 GMT

I have watched the boards for a long time before joining. There were some pretty nasty remarks on them, bulling in a lot of threads. I didn't want to join thinking I would get tore to shreds. With the new format is more kinder. I believe if you stick to decent topics,thoughtful and amusing subjects you won't get poofed. QVC has command of the ship and has a right to do as they wish. If we don't like it I guess we can jump ship.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

hckynutjohn — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:31:58 GMT

sharke

How far back are those "old days" you mention? Maybe I just haven't visited the same forums as you in my 15 years here. What I see, for the most part, are a huge majority of people here with different opinions. Just as I have, and still see, in the real life world.

Warnings given/people banned? How can I easily distinguish a "preachy" person from a person, like myself, that takes tons of words to reply to a simple thread. Does the length of a post, of a differing opinion, constitute being "preachy"?

Seems like anyone that goes back as far as the "old days", like myself, have more than likely had a thread they started "poofed", or maybe even been the one that has innocently(?) gotten a thread poofed.

I have seen few "rules/standards/even laws" that are not subject to interpretation. If there were too many that were not subject to interpretation, whymwould we need so dangrd many Attorneys and Judges?

Did my post here stay on the safe side of being "preachy"? I sure hope so. I don't want to get a reprimand/warning, or heaven forbid, get banned.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

jackthebear — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:46:32 GMT

@icezeus wrote:
Wow! I constantly saw threads where posters were piled on. It was annoying, and it was getting to the point that I was posting less and less.

I actually enjoy the new moderation and I have started checking in more frequently. I just don't feel that the rules are too stringent, or difficult to follow, but different strokes.

@icezeus

Maybe it depended on what topics you read, but I do notice many frequent flyers :-) are absent.

I get the rules, I wish the format was less clunky, even though I wanted a new one.

Files under be careful what u wish for etc

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

SharkE — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:49:36 GMT

hckynutjohn

'old' days to me means before the change over of the new boards.

'Preachy', to me means people that start going off subject talking about stuff of the world , how , we're all doomed, get ready for this and that to happen. People with to much time on their hands.

Congrats on being here for 15 yrs. I have no intention of competing with that record. No desire, whatsoever.

your post would be considered "baiting", but, it's not up to me to give you the warning.

Have a nice day .........

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Kachina624 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:04:40 GMT

I have been posting here since before the last big change in 2004. I never found it necessary to become involved in the daily dramas or snarkfests. It was easy to skip over that stuff and still I managed to get just under 20,000 posts.

I find there is now a new kind of bully on the boards, those that literally think they're holier than thou. They're quick to reprimand anyone they think is "out of line" and try to win favor with the monitors by congratulating them when they delete a post. They are fast turning these boards into a "us versus them" situation, which is just as bad as what we had before.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Vickiv — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:15:08 GMT

Kachina624. It reminds me of being back it school. Your post is so true. Thanks

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

cowboy sam — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:26:03 GMT

yep, like back in scool..what we called brown nosing or /teachers pet/know it all- to snitching or wanting a pat on the back / look how smart i am....really all for attention.

Kind of sad.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

dulwich — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:33:03 GMT

Kavhina624 - totally agree you said it just right. Thank you.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Stray — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:54:35 GMT

It is QVC's board and they dictate the rules. I imagine they pay considerable amounts to hire moderators and technical people to keep the forums up, upgraded and running. I worked in a fortune 100 Company in NYC and people have jobs which are to only monitor employee emails and Facebook postings. If you are using the site and posting on the QVC forums, you play by their rules as it is proprietary and not a childish matter, it is a security matter or often a matter of comments that are politically incorrect and considered offensive to some of their customers. It is a business and this is a shopping channel board. For more controversial subjects, there are more appropriate venues.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:05:57 GMT

@cowboy sam wrote:
yep, like back in scool..what we called brown nosing or /teachers pet/know it all- to snitching or wanting a pat on the back / look how smart i am....really all for attention.
Kind of sad.

Cowboy Sam, Who is Sam E referred to on your signature ?

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Burnsite — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:10:16 GMT

My thoughts on this . . . they are protecting QVC the "brand."

QVC would prefer the vibe to be even-handed (no political posts on controversial matters, no religious posts that claim that only one faith counts). This is just good manners.

They would prefer not to encourage vulgarity, mean spirited trolling, baiting, snarking and various other things that occasionally (not always) erupted on the old boards and were ugly. The forums are associated with their name and they are guarding their good name.

That's how I see their reshaping of the BBs. And they have been reshaped, imo largely for the better.

I've had a few posts poofed--probably either were too sharply worded or were objected to by another poster or two. Though I was surprised, I wasn't angry. They have a stake in making people feel comfortable on their website and they are doing this fairly transparently.

This doesn't mean some features couldn't and shouldn't be fine-tuned. But I like these new boards overall.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

cowboy sam — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:14:59 GMT

Sam Elliot the actor who played in a lot of western movies,and other shows.

Re: People with issues with the new community boards and standards

Preds — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:19:10 GMT

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