Im a member of ******** and Im taking a break. Too many right wingers taking over the board and they can be down right nasty. Admin seems a nice enough guy but I think he's lost control

huiatahi - 2021-11-13 16:54:00

huiatahi wrote:

Im a member of ******** and Im taking a break. Too many right wingers taking over the board and they can be down right nasty. Admin seems a nice enough guy but I think he's lost control

I concur ????

nice_lady - 2021-11-13 17:01:00

huiatahi wrote:

Im a member of ******** and Im taking a break. Too many right wingers taking over the board and they can be down right nasty. Admin seems a nice enough guy but I think he's lost control

Wow, so you are a member here.
Funny how things go isn't it. i took a break from over there because of a particularly nasty person who attacked my posts all the time.
I am sure that poster always claimed they weren't a member here though.

maddie44 - 2021-11-13 17:05:00

huiatahi wrote:

Im a member of ******** and Im taking a break. Too many right wingers taking over the board and they can be down right nasty. Admin seems a nice enough guy but I think he's lost control

While l agree with you that the post that made you say you were leaving was very nasty, l always thought you said you were never a member here?
So, was that a small untruth, or have you signed up in the last days of TM just to put the boot in to NZIF.
I wonder why that would be.

bernie184 - 2021-11-13 18:29:00

nice_lady wrote:

Hubby agrees. It BAD there. Only hope the cops/sis are onto it.

Good grief.

bernie184 - 2021-11-13 18:31:00

cognition wrote:

Yeah, went back to have another look at the "Issues" forums and looked through the new posts page, got to page 3 and decided to jump straight out. Agreed, looks like it's gone a bit overly political (at least for my tastes) drowning out the other discussion topics. Will probably drop it from my visitation list at least until they can get a handle on things.

If you were to post in any other topic you would find it would come up in whats new.
And others would reply.
There are posters who never go into the contentious threads. just as they would never go into OP here back in the day.

bernie184 - 2021-11-13 18:37:00

nice_lady wrote:

There is some seriously crazy people in the opionion/covid etc threads on that site and they're proffering 'opinions' which include Calling our PM a murderer and posting pics of Nazis and saying she's the same as them and suggesting people want to put others in concentration camp ovens and push them in front of trains. And all sorts of bullshit.

Personally I agree that people are entitled to their opinions but NOT if they're going to go very very OTT like that. They should keep that sort of stuff off their public soapbox. It's damaging and incredible innacurate and simply downright nasty.

So out of all the 1000s of posts, how many fall into that category.?

bernie184 - 2021-11-13 18:40:00

I left the i$$ues $hithole after asking if it was possible to fully block the nutter alt_right members, they even jumped in on the tech forum help board FFS. Hopefully the SIS or whoever will close it down somewhat sooner hopefully.

Edited by eaglefan at 6:47 pm, Sat 13 Nov

eaglefan - 2021-11-13 18:43:00

bernie184 wrote:

So out of all the 1000s of posts, how many fall into that category.?

A LOT! It's a alt_right forum disguised as a 'free speech' (i.e. right winger boomer) space in truth.

eaglefan - 2021-11-13 18:45:00

bernie184 wrote:

So out of all the 1000s of posts, how many fall into that category.?

Go look

nice_lady - 2021-11-13 18:46:00

It's a lot more robust on NZI, but there are nutters of any persuasion on any message board, including TM, moderated or otherwise.

To dismiss a whole message board as toxic, when there are thousands of threads is cutting your nose to spite your face.

Some seem to forget the warnings on here to keep away from some sections!

TMMB just hasn't got any traction as yet despite being around for a while.

So if those offering good advice or are looking for good advice aren't on NZI, that will be a shame.

And Eaglefan, look at the big picture, not a small section. If 'your side' is under-represented or can't put up a valid counter, so be it. As far as I know, no one has been refused the opportunity to participate and months ago, Admin was pleading for more left leaning people to join in, for balance.

Edited by socram at 6:58 pm, Sat 13 Nov

socram - 2021-11-13 18:53:00

nice_lady wrote:

Go look

No, you tell me.
Ive been a member since very near the stat.
I know exactly what happens over there.
You were the one that made the claim.

bernie184 - 2021-11-13 19:19:00

socram wrote:

It's a lot more robust on NZI, but there are nutters of any persuasion on any message board, including TM, moderated or otherwise.

To dismiss a whole message board as toxic, when there are thousands of threads is cutting your nose to spite your face.

Some seem to forget the warnings on here to keep away from some sections!

TMMB just hasn't got any traction as yet despite being around for a while.

So if those offering good advice or are looking for good advice aren't on NZI, that will be a shame.

And Eaglefan, look at the big picture, not a small section. If 'your side' is under-represented or can't put up a valid counter, so be it. As far as I know, no one has been refused the opportunity to participate and months ago, Admin was pleading for more left leaning people to join in, for balance.

Well said.

bernie184 - 2021-11-13 19:20:00

bernie184 wrote:

No, you tell me.
Ive been a member since very near the stat.
I know exactly what happens over there.
You were the one that made the claim.

I don't do what you want me to.

End of.

Edited by nice_lady at 8:15 pm, Sat 13 Nov

nice_lady - 2021-11-13 20:14:00

Whatever you think about politics on another site is irrelevant. If you want good computing advice then follow those who provide it. Thanks king1 for starting this thread to let us know where to find you.

hazelmajor - 2021-11-13 22:37:00

king1 wrote:

..........I'l-
l be at @nzoomeds messageboard.
(currently looking for a new name if anyone has some ideas)

https://tmmb.co.nz/forums/

Talk2Me

hazelmajor - 2021-11-13 22:46:00

hazelmajor wrote:

Talk2Me

Cool. Will be great to see you over there.:)

crafters_corner - 2021-11-13 22:49:00

bernie184 wrote:

If you were to post in any other topic you would find it would come up in whats new.
And others would reply.
There are posters who never go into the contentious threads. just as they would never go into OP here back in the day.

Went back to have another good look. Is there may be an opportunity for the Admins of NZIF to separate out politics from news? Noticed a few key forums seem to be lumped together as "(Region) News, Opinions and Politics".

As a side test, found that you could "ignore" forums, but having set "ignore" on forums with a high degree of political discussion, discovered that the post count ultimately fell quite low.

May be some of the more seasoned users of NZIF can perhaps suggest a way how I can possibly use the inbuilt forums tools to better filter out the political discussion from the news / general discussion? Cheers.

Edited by cognition at 12:49 pm, Sun 14 Nov

cognition - 2021-11-14 12:38:00

cognition wrote:

May be some of the more seasoned users of NZIF can perhaps suggest a way how I can possibly use the inbuilt forums tools to better filter out the political discussion from the news / general discussion? Cheers.

Never felt the need to do it so have never tried.
I am sure Admin would be happy to walk you through that if you asked. He is very good like that.

maddie44 - 2021-11-14 20:30:00