Quote:
Originally Posted by DCM
I don't see why it would be the websites problem to ensure the information and discussion is child friendly, if you got kids, you should be FULLY AWARE of what they are looking at on the internet, just like you should know what they are watching on tv, dvd and games they are playing, fed up of people making it others responsibility to ensure little Jonny and Janet don't see anything nasty....
By the way, I got 5 kids, and as much as it pisses my kids off, it is my house, if I don't think it is appropriate, it gets turned off, simples...
|
One of the forums i run is a bikers site, however the thing is it also represents the bikers own charity organisation & that organisation revolves around raising funds for underprivilege children. Yet is it a balancing act because a lot of bikers are of course beer drinkers who swear a lot but generally wouldn't hurt a fly unless you p**sed them off & i have to run the site with them in mind, but also the site has to have a more "corporate" feeling about it to represent the charity & be family friendly as well as being visited by the children the charity supports, so the swearing & abuse is kept to a minimum (most swear words are censored out anyway) & if people want to vent their frustrations there is a hidden forum area to do it that is not on public display to guests or it is usually done with a lot of comedy in the thread so it doesn't turn into a slanging match.
I can honestly say i've never banned anyone - apart from Spammers & the "people" who linger on the site emailing & messaging people with advertising rubbish - to be honest i know a lot of the success is because everyone knows their place & they get told if they break the rules & what rules they have broken, members don't just get told off or banned without knowing why.
OK posts may get edited but the original poster is always notified or offending words may get *'d out but the moderators name appears on the post if it has been edited - sometimes "offensive" threads get removed into a special area (which is basically a hidden area that only the website staff have access to) where the mods/admins will hold a discussion to decide what action to take, usually posts are edited by the mods & the thread goes back into the main site once all the offenders have been told the outcome.
It's amazing how people respect the rules of a forum if they have done wrong & know themselves why it is wrong, rather than just been kicked off or having their posts removed without warning or notification even if they should already know why their posts have been removed.