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23 minutes ago, IainB said:

I'm partial to a jokey post myself now and again and I could quite happily scroll on by and not interact with any posts from any individual user I didn't want to interact with... but, when you have a single user quite clearly using different accounts

@Whitelinehugger

@rearingtogo

@TapesRup

@Youhave2minutes

and they're replying to their own posts and literally flooding every damn topic on the forum! That is something quite different. 

There are clear forum guidelines and this fellow is in breach of them:

"Trolls

A troll is a contributor whose sole intent in posting is to be a disturbance to the community. Trolls may post excessively inflammatory or offensive messages with the intention of upsetting people, "flame" or insult, crash an appreciation thread to attack the subject being appreciated, or post the same message repeatedly on multiple boards to take up space and disrupt the forums. Posters engaging in this type of behaviour lose their rights of membership and will be removed."

Sadly there is no moderator to enforce these forum rules. 

I've "ignored" all of those accounts now, which is a shame as occasionally they did post something worthy of discussion. 

Been on this forum since 2003 so you can probably imagine the list of posters I have blocked is quite extensive lol

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19 minutes ago, IainB said:

I'm partial to a jokey post myself now and again and I could quite happily scroll on by and not interact with any posts from any individual user I didn't want to interact with... but, when you have a single user quite clearly using different accounts

@Whitelinehugger

@rearingtogo

@TapesRup

@Youhave2minutes

and they're replying to their own posts and literally flooding every damn topic on the forum! That is something quite different. 

There are clear forum guidelines and this fellow is in breach of them:

"Trolls

A troll is a contributor whose sole intent in posting is to be a disturbance to the community. Trolls may post excessively inflammatory or offensive messages with the intention of upsetting people, "flame" or insult, crash an appreciation thread to attack the subject being appreciated, or post the same message repeatedly on multiple boards to take up space and disrupt the forums. Posters engaging in this type of behaviour lose their rights of membership and will be removed."

Sadly there is no moderator to enforce these forum rules. 

I've "ignored" all of those accounts now, which is a shame as occasionally they did post something worthy of discussion. 

Couldn't care less. When being a fully grown adult, moderation shouldn't be necessary. Just take responsibility for your own actions. Those who respond & keep doing so are far greater of a problem than the initial poster.

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2 minutes ago, marko said:

Been on this forum since 2003 so you can probably imagine the list of posters I have blocked is quite extensive lol

Was the same, but I've unblocked everyone. Miss out on so much funny stuff, especially the angry responses. It's funny seeing people have a breakdown over nothing.

 

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16 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

Couldn't care less. When being a fully grown adult, moderation shouldn't be necessary. Just take responsibility for your own actions. Those who respond & keep doing so are far greater of a problem than the initial poster.

Couldn't care less about forum guidelines? That's the spirit 👍🏻

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3 minutes ago, IainB said:

Couldn't care less about forum guidelines? That's the spirit 👍🏻

Thanks Daniel.Ive got some great buddies on here who I interact with and they bounce back. Shame I’m the scapegoat for everyone on here  to aim at. I’m not bothered as I’ve already said IVE GOT BROAD SHOULDERS.

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28 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

Thank you bro ✌🏻

I know, as a King's Lynn Star, rules mean nothing to you😉 😂

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3 hours ago, IainB said:

I know, as a King's Lynn Star, rules mean nothing to you😉 😂

A retired King's Lynn Star that looks in from afar, with the occasional away meeting, I have you know.

Keeping Buster balls warm in the palm of my hand on a cold summers evening has long past sir 🤗

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8 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

A retired King's Lynn Star that looks in from afar, with the occasional away meeting, I have you know.

Keeping Buster balls warm in the palm of my hand on a cold summers evening has long past sir 🤗

He’s got no balls I think you took them with you.

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15 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Just scroll past, you don't have to read it. It's not difficult to ignore. Let's not forget that British Speedway is a joke & a laughing stock, so why think a forum would be any different??

If the custodians of our sport can't be serious, why should fans??

Just be excited that Sunderland, Newcastle & Middlesbrough could be all in footballs top flight in 2026/2027

See the problem with this philosophy is that he's got some many accounts. You see a post from him and ignore it and scroll past to the next post. You start to read it, and then realise it's also from him. You scroll past that one and on to the next post. Start reading it, and then realise it's also from him. Repeat the last sentence a few times. 

In other words, it's very hard to just scroll past his posts and ignore them when he's using so many accounts. And I'm sure there will probably be more to come.

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24 minutes ago, CoffeeandTV said:

See the problem with this philosophy is that he's got some many accounts. You see a post from him and ignore it and scroll past to the next post. You start to read it, and then realise it's also from him. You scroll past that one and on to the next post. Start reading it, and then realise it's also from him. Repeat the last sentence a few times. 

In other words, it's very hard to just scroll past his posts and ignore them when he's using so many accounts. And I'm sure there will probably be more to come.

Put them all on ignore...

And hope no one quotes any of them!!!:D

When he comes back with another name, within one post, it is always very obvious who it is...;)

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Maybe this is not being done by a human. How could one person be able to constantly make posts across so many theads, using so many identities. Just doesnt seem humanly possible

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7 hours ago, Hamish McRaker said:

Maybe this is not being done by a human. How could one person be able to constantly make posts across so many theads, using so many identities. Just doesnt seem humanly possible

Obviously the person in question has nothing better to do with his time🤣

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2 hours ago, gjcone44 said:

even a bot couldn't have that kind of sense of humour..😁

You would perhaps be surprised at what they are capable of now. I think it's probably Elon Musk doing this, who is no longer human

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28 minutes ago, rearingtogo said:

When your retired you can piss about all day winding people up. I’m laughing my socks off this end seeing all

the impact it has. It would be so easy to scroll by but they can’t without a comment.😂

What a strange way to get your kicks. Let's try and guess what you did before you retired. I'll go first...

Psychiatrist? 

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5 hours ago, Bojangles said:

What a strange way to get your kicks. Let's try and guess what you did before you retired. I'll go first...

Psychiatrist? 

Serving a long sentence at one of His Majesty the King's guest houses?

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6 hours ago, Bojangles said:

What a strange way to get your kicks. Let's try and guess what you did before you retired. I'll go first...

Psychiatrist? 

Tax man?

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I think the best thing to do for now is just to ignore this sad act. It will take time but if we don't react and take the bait he will hopefully get bored and realise nobody is giving him any attention. In the event that there are no moderators to remove him I don't know what else we can do. 

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6 minutes ago, JamesHarris said:

I think the best thing to do for now is just to ignore this sad act. It will take time but if we don't react and take the bait he will hopefully get bored and realise nobody is giving him any attention. In the event that there are no moderators to remove him I don't know what else we can do. 

Agree

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