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Old 14-04-2020, 10:31 AM   #1
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Question Clarification required about non-Ford discussions on this forum

A thread which had a lot of posts about COVID-19 was closed because a moderator said "this is a Ford forum" and used that as justification to prevent further discussion.

Which begs me to ask; if moderators can close threads which are not about Ford, why does AFF cater for non-Ford discussions such as the "Non Ford Related Community Forums"?
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Old 14-04-2020, 11:29 AM   #2
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Default Re: Clarification required about non-Ford discussions on this forum

Tesla spam thread comes to mind.
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Old 14-04-2020, 11:37 AM   #3
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A thread which had a lot of posts about COVID-19 was closed because a moderator said "this is a Ford forum" and used that as justification to prevent further discussion.

Which begs me to ask; if moderators can close threads which are not about Ford, why does AFF cater for non-Ford discussions such as the "Non Ford Related Community Forums"?

The Covid-19 thread needed to be killed, not even a picture of me with bikini girls could change the way blokes were foaming off at the mouth.


Why not volunteer yourself as a moderator?
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Old 14-04-2020, 12:02 PM   #4
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The Covid-19 thread needed to be killed, not even a picture of me with bikini girls could change the way blokes were foaming off at the mouth.

Why not volunteer yourself as a moderator?
If it is too difficult then they should pass the responsibility to another person.

Should AFF kill off altogether the "Non Ford Related Community Forums"?
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Old 14-04-2020, 12:11 PM   #5
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The Covid-19 thread needed to be killed, not even a picture of me with bikini girls could change the way blokes were foaming off at the mouth.


Why not volunteer yourself as a moderator?
The discussion was pretty tame i thought. People disagreed but it was hardly a ****fight. I’ve seen much worse mud slinging remain open. Didn’t think it was even close to being worthy of a thread lock.
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Old 14-04-2020, 12:14 PM   #6
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I really don't get that. If you don't like what's being said don't read it. I find some of the stuff posted on this forum infuriating, but I mostly ignore it. It's only flipping type..tapped in by someone you probably don't know and will never meet.

I thought the C19 thread was amusing, sometimes informative and generally well contained...pun intended...

I for one would like to see it keep going.

I am less keen on the mental health stuff on this forum. I don't agree you can abuse people then claim mental health issues and suddenly all is forgiven, nor do I agree that random people on this forum should be giving life advice to people with diagnosed MH problems. But having said that I don't get up on my soapbox about it, I don't call for change, I just add names to my ignore list...
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I have never looked at the thread.
I think that says something.
Why not have a politics or Religion thread.....what could go wrong?
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Old 14-04-2020, 12:19 PM   #8
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I'm surprised the Covid19 Thread survived as long as It Did....

I'm Admin on another Forum, & Thanks to "Tin foil Hat wearing conspiracy theorists" We've had to shut them Down.
We also had a Long running "Bushfire" Thread shut for the same reasons..!!!
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Old 14-04-2020, 05:16 PM   #9
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I can also close this thread.

If any of you have a problem with how this forum is moderated then you can PM me or the admin team.


Oh, and thanks to Syndrome that thread is now closed for another 24 hours.
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