Bloody hell!!! sorry mark
I'm adding my bit too!
Mark you're amazing... you have a job and a family and have for as you say 12 years run almost singlehanded what as far as i am concerned is one of, if not THE best community website in the country and certainly in this region ( and thats NOT JUST this forum by the way!). I know this because I've done a lot of snooping around community websites trying to find business.. they're mostly rubbish!! hardly updated.. no active forums etc..
On top of that I have used the forum package that Mark uses and though they are all straight forward its a tedious, irritating and long winded job checking and editing posts..especially when as it is now it is so active..
But he does it without complaint and alongside the website and all the community projects hes heavily involved in ( have you forgotten the loo fight? the memorial park upkeep and projects?) and his work and of course the MANY websites he runs ( not just the MIA one is free I guess!!)
To accuse the website at this point of being one sided is ludicrous. Especially considering its really just in relation to whats on the forum not the site. Mark can't control it and he can't be here at your beck and call 24 hours a day.. unless we want to start paying him??
I also, along with other regular users, ( I've been a member for 10 years now i think!) do not visit so much now.. I hate the tones you use with each other and the lack of respect that you have for this resource,on both sides of the supermarket campaigns.
Comments like I always get shouted down.. nope .. its a forum you cant shout at each other.. and certanly not shout each other down as all points can still be considered ...you put your points.. sometimes in capitals ( i dont find them threatening!) and the other person disagrees with you.. is nt that the whole point of being on opposing sides?
Miss Marples tone grates on me as much as the next person however if she disagrees with me I don't consider it bullying or threatening in any way .. sticks and stones and all that!! Its not nice or polite however in the long run your views have been put here and we will read both sides and consider each..
As for other peoples offensive comments.. I have watched... and noticed... its generally newbies! People who are only here to talk about the supermarket but not actually associated with the MIA group( for those offensive on the NO campaign, don't know enough of the yes campaign people to say one way or tother for them)
So next time you do see an aggressive offensive comment.. note how long they've been a member and how many posts they have made. this doesn't negate any reasonable points they might make here when not being offensive but it does maybe indicate that they are not aware of 1 how to use forums and 2 exactly how wonderful and friendly marple forum has been for many years b4 this nonsense started
Mark.. Cant you separate the forum out at all now? so that they can argue the toss on a separate place so the rest of us don't have to watch?
Oh and for the additional record.. if this was my forum.. every single offensive remark the user would end up with a block ban without consideration or excuse.. so consider yourself very lucky!!
