Now you are just being obtuse. Ironic as that's kind of the point of this thread. Anyway I think It's a good rule and hopefully will promote more discussion and less derogatory one line insults.
An update on dealing with some of the excessive negativity on here
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Some of you need to re-read my OP. You’re over analysing what I said and jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Opinions, negative or otherwise, will not be clamped down on/censored. Just try and put more effort in than “he’s so shit”, “we’re shit”, “everything is shit” <head explodes>!
The match threads are a special case where emotions run high, always have been, and will stay that way. We get that. But please refrain from sweeping ultra negative and hateful posts of the ilk highlighted in my OP.
Opinions, negative or otherwise, will not be clamped down on/censored. Just try and put more effort in than “he’s so shit”, “we’re shit”, “everything is shit” <head explodes>!
The match threads are a special case where emotions run high, always have been, and will stay that way. We get that. But please refrain from sweeping ultra negative and hateful posts of the ilk highlighted in my OP.
You're literally arguing against this with me.
Both of these quoted posts more or less say the same thing but you're agreeing with one and disagreeing with another.
And what makes you think that I care who reads my posts or not? I am a supporter posting on a football forum. Most of the time I care about debating football but sometimes I just want to vent with like minded posters whose sharing a crappy moment we all hate.
Thank you so much for this. This is really really needed.
Or say nothing when you’ve got nothing new to say. Controversial I know!
I’m not, I honestly tried to write exactly what you’re saying. This new policy is nothing but quality control, i.e. it’s not a rawkish opinion policing. It’s a policy that in a sense already is in place through quality over quantity.
I think the message here is think before you post, don't just say something in the heat of the moment as per the examples quoted. Take a deep breath and a few seconds or minutes before posting, easier said than done, but maybe a bit more in the way of constructive criticism. It's fair enough really.
I think we have all, in life or on this forum, said something in the heat of the moment and almost immediately or a while later thought "I shouldn't have said that" or "maybe I could have worded that a bit better".
I think we have all, in life or on this forum, said something in the heat of the moment and almost immediately or a while later thought "I shouldn't have said that" or "maybe I could have worded that a bit better".
Completely missed that thread as i thought it'd be a kind of reverse moan about people moaning.
Don't love censorship even for tedious crap such as your examples but sounds reasonable, fair and i can live with it.
I wont miss the comments in the least i guess.
Don't love censorship even for tedious crap such as your examples but sounds reasonable, fair and i can live with it.
I wont miss the comments in the least i guess.
Ok well we can agree to disagree then. I think most people have been supportive of the change and I honestly think it will make A positive difference to the football forums that recently have put so many people off posting there. Myself included.
The amount of bile and hatred in this forum could fuel a few world wars. I hope this move helps make a change.
Not really
Rightnr had clearly showed how to tackle those who are venting without the need to censor those who do.
If I say Smalling is shite and someone asks me why then rest assured that I will explain it in detail. I am the first to admit that I am not the best posters in here. However I've been here since 2002 and I only ignored one person (An extremely boring man) and only temporarly (mainly because I felt that as a human being he deserved my attention). That despite the many many insults thrown at me in the past. I read all the posts addressed to me and I try to reply to all of them.I am against censorship unless it insults the posters in here or are racists/sexist etc.
PS: If you read my posts about Smalling you'll notice I want to keep him for another year unless we've got 1-2 great defender lined up on cheap.
Excellent. Relentless ngativity has been turning me off the football forums.
Well we aren’t shutting down any discussion if you’d bothered to read.
Also free speech doesn’t apply on a private Internet forum. It’s never been a thing here.
Oh and congratulations @Devil may care and @Rightnr you mentioned today's magic thread word: RAWK!
Your prize is an....INSTABAN!!
Your prize is an....INSTABAN!!
Well if you don't care who reads your posts or not then what's the problem? You can still vent away to your heart's content in the vaccum that is the matchday thread. Being limited to that thread shouldn't bother you in the slightest if you don't care about other posters actually reading it.
Then in the proper threads you can actually engage in football discussion with other people.
There are so many ways to express this constructively. Is english your first language?
E.g.
“Smalling is crap” -juvenile, offers nothing
Versus
“Smalling continually makes mistakes that are detriment to the team, and I really think we could do with upgrading him” - mature, open to discussion.
That's not what we're saying and you know it. What we've said is pretty clear, it's not hard to grasp, use your common sense when posting and move on.
Problem is that, most of the time people won’t ask you why. They will call you shite or spam you with laughing emojis. Whereas, if you are a bit more articulate, it may lead to a why. This is just an example. The manner in which you say something, triggers different reactions.
I get the venting part, but excessively repeating the same thing over and over again becomes tedious.
It’s sometimes best to wait as writing well thought out posts during an ongoing match is also counter productive to actually watching the damn thing.
I'm voicing my support for this, in case it matters, although I doubt it.
What about the questions though, is it still okay to say Andy Caroll is a donkey and the Xhaka is a garbage footballer? I'm just wondering if the verbiage and way you talk about a player is limited to only the United players?If you really cannot hold yourself from spouting insults at the team or the manager for every little indiscretion they make - I would suggest a better diet, less stress and more exercise, because that behaviour really isn’t healthy especially if you’re not a child.
Honestly, this. Not just for the forum but got general life. The morals of this is one of the first thing we all learn as kids “If you haven’t got anything nice to say, say nothing at all” which I suppose in modern times can be reworded to “If you haven’t got anything nice to say, word it in as constructive a way as possible”
Fair play lads, some of the negative stuff was getting hard to read.
Think this is an excellent move, thank you to all the staff for your hard work ! 
It's still ok for oppo's to post about how shit you are, right?
This is great - especially closing down the player performance threads during the games.
I'm less concerned about posts aimed at non-United people. This is a United forum so this applies primarily to our team, the one we all (supposedly) support.
Plus we all know said players are indeed shit!
@donkeyfish
It appears it was me who read your post wrong and we were arguing the same point. My apologies. I feel suitably embarrassed. I just presumed I was replying to @devilish.
It appears it was me who read your post wrong and we were arguing the same point. My apologies. I feel suitably embarrassed. I just presumed I was replying to @devilish.
Good initiative. And very necessary
Good stuff. I'll retry the match day thread and see if this makes it bearable.
It is probably okay, I've never received warnings when I state that you lot are all perma-lisping and handkerchief waving cnuts.
I think supporting the club sometimes means having issues with the players pulling on the shirt for the team as you want better for your club and most of them don't invoke feellings of loyalty these days, but ok, I'll just have to watch myself when discussing Fellaini.I'm less concerned about posts aimed at non-United people. This is a United forum so this applies primarily to our team, the one we all (supposedly) support.
Plus we all know said players are indeed shit!
See, that's the caf I like.
hahaha
No probs mate.
That other thread, ‘Posters, you confuse...’ needs a bump.
Only if you do it three times in one season, like a treble.
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