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[james2001]

I wonder if they're the same person as human nature on Digitalspy and AV Forums... nearly every time someone critisises the BBC, they almost immediately appear to defend them, even if it's a thread that's been running for months, or sometimes years, that they'd never posted in before. It's bizarre, as if they're monitoring everything posted on both forums all day every day ready to spring into action as soon as anything remotely critical of the BBC appears.

[Jonwo]

Brekkie is being super irritation in the Eurovision thread.

[Jason]

I just received a warning for trying to 'bypass the character limit' in the Eurovision thread. I said all i needed to say in that short sentence so why is the board throwing a strop because i typed '30 character limit' so i could post what i wanted?

[WillPS]

I just received a warning for trying to 'bypass the character limit' in the Eurovision thread. I said all i needed to say in that short sentence so why is the board throwing a strop because i typed '30 character limit' so i could post what i wanted?

Your message didn't really add much tho did it? It's meant to be a discussion board.

[Jason]

I just received a warning for trying to 'bypass the character limit' in the Eurovision thread. I said all i needed to say in that short sentence so why is the board throwing a strop because i typed '30 character limit' so i could post what i wanted?

Your message didn't really add much tho did it? It's meant to be a discussion board.

It was a comment adding to the reaction of zero points from the public vote. Is that not what they were discussing?

[WillPS]

I just received a warning for trying to 'bypass the character limit' in the Eurovision thread. I said all i needed to say in that short sentence so why is the board throwing a strop because i typed '30 character limit' so i could post what i wanted?

Your message didn't really add much tho did it? It's meant to be a discussion board.

It was a comment adding to the reaction of zero points from the public vote. Is that not what they were discussing?

What was the comment?

[Martin Phillp]

I wonder if they're the same person as human nature on Digitalspy and AV Forums... nearly every time someone critisises the BBC, they almost immediately appear to defend them, even if it's a thread that's been running for months, or sometimes years, that they'd never posted in before. It's bizarre, as if they're monitoring everything posted on both forums all day every day ready to spring into action as soon as anything remotely critical of the BBC appears.

Are you thinking of Carl Waring? I don't think it's him. Cando I think is in the industry.

[Dav29]

I wonder if they're the same person as human nature on Digitalspy and AV Forums... nearly every time someone critisises the BBC, they almost immediately appear to defend them, even if it's a thread that's been running for months, or sometimes years, that they'd never posted in before. It's bizarre, as if they're monitoring everything posted on both forums all day every day ready to spring into action as soon as anything remotely critical of the BBC appears.

Are you thinking of Carl Waring? I don't think it's him. Cando I think is in the industry.

It does seem a bit uncanny, doesn't it? Like there's this guardian angel for the BBC lurking in the forums, ready to swoop in whenever it's under fire. Whether it's the same person or just a bunch of super fans, they sure know how to defend their turf! XD

[JAS84]

I posted in the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire news thread with a link about one of the weather presenters quitting Look North. They deleted it and gave me a warning, and then someone else posted the same news with no source or comment. Needless to say, I reported the new post too - if I deserved a warning, they definitely did. At least I posted a source. You'd think I'd posted a spam link, but it was definitely on topic.

[GhostFromTVF]

I posted in the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire news thread with a link about one of the weather presenters quitting Look North. They deleted it and gave me a warning, and then someone else posted the same news with no source or comment. Needless to say, I reported the new post too - if I deserved a warning, they definitely did. At least I posted a source. You'd think I'd posted a spam link, but it was definitely on topic.

That post has now been deleted as well.

[Newsroom2018]

Being banned for that forum has done my mental health the world of good. I do check in when something significant happens, and I have to say the amount of good decent people who once contributed to the blue place etc have either abandoned ship or like myself have been banned.

The owner of the forum has just closed the most popular thread on there - the BBC News thread over something so petty it begs belief. I can only assume he's literally trying to run it into the ground.

Surely someone out there can come up with something else?

Never seen a forum run by such nazi like people.

This was the message:

This thread is temporarily closed, as it's being used as a means of getting around the moderation of the election thread.

A reminder to those who sprinted to the election thread this morning to post a link to a BBC News article confirming presenters for election night - one of the forum's rules:

14. Posting a link to a news article, website or any social media item without comment is not permitted, unless, for example, it is used as a means of answering a question from an earlier post. Starting a new thread in this manner will result in the thread being deleted.

This is a discussion forum, not a noticeboard.

And for the avoidance of doubt, simply regurgitating chunks of news articles/press releases doesn't constitute discussion either.