The board is becoming unreadable. Either stop it with the repetitive threads and attacking anyone who doesn’t agree with your stance on be deleted. You know who you are.

This is not negotiable.

Aye you need to rap that in.

Define ‘attack?’.

Don’t talk bollocks you know exactly what I mean. Do I take your post as a refusal?

Absolutely.

Ban me, your moderating has destroyed this once excellent message board sadly.

I don’t attack or abuse anyone on here by the way. You have caused this yourself.

My moderating? It’s been ok for 15 years but now apparently not. You’re off your trolley if you don’t recognises that you are one of the biggest issues. Bye.

I’ll reactivate your account once you undertake to stop this nonsense.

Me too then.

You are entirely to blame.

Bye

Good job I noticed this, I was just parcelling up my neighbours dogs shites to various people on the board

What a deluded twat PJ is, must be the sun got to him, oh but he was like that before

I take no pleasure in deleting users but these constant rants have become toxic. I’ve asked nicely several times but to no avail.

And here we go again, again.

So you delete posts you don't agree with and ban people you don't agree with, but its okay for one of your your mates to call people a " deluded twat " ?
Can you not see why people are pissed off ?

Nothing of the sort. I haven’t deleted posts but I have moved them. The point is that making a statement is one thing but turning every thread into the same subject and abusing people is unacceptable. You think people are pissed of with increased moderation, I know that the tone of the discussions is the thing that is turning people off.

Nothing of the sort. I haven’t deleted posts but I have moved them. The point is that making a statement is one thing but turning every thread into the same subject and abusing people is unacceptable. You think people are pissed of with increased moderation, I know that the tone of the discussions is the thing that is turning people off.

If i promise to be a honking racist, fantasist, lair and Homophobe, will I be OK to stay on here?

Please let me know ASAP as I'm off to bait that fair and equitable man, Jim 'why do people speak forrin in the UAE' Davidson on Twitter

Sorry we feel like derwent has been a prick? Howay John you know exactly what you were doing. Sadly it’s alienated a dozen good posters and they’ve gone elsewhere. Ban me too if you like, enjoy your group chat with the fat cafe assistant and racist octogenarian.

This was happenening long before Derwent

It hasn't like , and I'm speaking from personal experience. I have been rounded upon in the past , as have others , yet the moderators have stood by and watched , incredulously sometimes they have even joined in , the moderating has always been a problem on here.

Do you know what i do if i don't like a forum..i just don't bothering looking.It's that easy believe it or not.

I want to know how many pm you have had about politic threads or is it all lies again?

Not if you`re a drama queen, you know the type, the big exit and slam the door, quick insult before they leave

Who is this octogenarian of which you speak????

Isn't that a good enough reason to try and change it??
Mr Fatman asked for more civility, I have asked for more civility and the owner of the board has asked for more civility.
Some people appear to want to carry with the status quo and the owner has issued a final warning.
Some people are having further digs and then saying ban me if you want. Anybody who doesn't want to be a member can ban themselves if that's what they are seeking or ask for their accounts to be deleted. Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything other than be civil.
Remember the slogan.....Won't be civil.....won't be heard.
The choice is there.
Sign up for civility and we will do our utmost to give you that. We won't always get it dead right, nobody's perfect but it won't be for the lack of trying.
It is time to draw the line.

See all the rats are coming out of their holes now. A board is about debate , I don't like it, never have , but cant bare to see people posting untruths , whether it be about Pools or politics , hence I get involved. Of course life would be a lot easier for those posting lies and bullshit , if those calling them out left the board ,then they could just have the board to themselves , pretending everything is rosey in the garden and pissing up each others backs. This censorship and banning of posters is wrong , but it does prove who was right

Mr I mentioned pulling the plug a couple of weeks ago. If he really cares about Hartlepool United , I think he should. The fans need to put their differences to one side and start pulling together , closing this board down would be a good start. Lets face it , its a pale shadow of its former self, with hardly any football getting talked about over the last couple of years, its just become a chamber for verbal disagreement became a handful of posters. Do the right thing Mr I.

I will think you will find it was me who asked for more civility before Mr Fat Man

The problem is Phil that they do like the board, what they don't like is what the board has become.
What most people want is a return to what the board used to be like or at least for us to try to achieve that as much as possible.
That's what we're gonna do, try.

I did think that Mr Horden but wasn't sure. Apologies for missing you out.

I think all the rats coming out their holes as you call them might want to see a more civilised place..

You want the board closing because it isn't what it used to be?
I think if you used that analogy on everything we would close the world, everything changes and you adapt, failure to adapt is the issue and pack mentality when somebody doesn't agree with some bodies view, if we all had same views it would be shite but as you get older you become more direct and less tolerant.
If you despise it so, just slip away, no big exit and let bygones be bygones.

If you go back to the day after the brexit result was announced I said that the result should be respected if only for the sake of democracy and that everybody should get behind it and work together to get the best possible result. I was shot to pieces. Division with a passion started there and it has escalated.
I agree we should get together and the best way to start is by showing respect for each other. That's really all we're asking.
Pulling the plug is giving in to disrespect. Giving in is really not the way forward, especially on a day to commemorate the lads and lasses who gave their lives and never gave in.

See there is the problem. I never said I wanted the board closing because it isn't what it used to be . I said I think it should be closed for the sake of Hartlepool United .

The board isn't what it used to be though , and as you say, most things aren't , for that very reason I'm grateful that I am aged 54 rather than 24.

I will slip away, I usually do, coming on here now and then and disappearing when It suits me, usually when I get sick and or disillusioned with it. I am only on here at the moment , to support Paulus the Woodgnomes lockdown football league , when that's over you will see less of me, unless I get banned in the meantime for having a different view on life.

I find this whole episode quite exasperating as though I tend not to get involved in the political debate I do(like I'm sure others) enjoy reading the opposing posts, what I can't understand is :-
a) the thought that some people think that their opinion will be the last on a subject, as in politics there will always be someone with an opposing view.
b) the vitriol that some seem to have to resort to when their views aren't accepted as valid.
c) the actions of some posters who over the years have seen to sit on the fence during debates and then jumped in when one side seems to be getting the upper hand to validate their ego.
I can't really say I've seen anything on here of late that has been any worse than what has preceded it over the years.

I think the first real thread I read here involved people discussing weather Martin McGuinness was evil or not. That was fairly vitriolic too. But really compared to some places this place is tame.

I have always found myself outnumbered 10-1 on here over the years, whether its been politics or Pools, the balance seems to have equalled up since around 2015 ( well it has in the case of politics anyway ) the time of the EU referendum debate , indefensible tory austerity and the rise of Corbynism in response to it.

It used to be you were either Tory or Labour , now you have Labour or ex Labour voters who voted Brexit thus hate Labour , and love Johnson , but consider themselves not to be tories, still with me? its all become terribly confusing and quite frankly a mess , leading to an increase in hostility , hate and division , between people who generally used to sing from the same hymn sheet , even though they may have voted differently on election day. Thank you Mr Cameron , knighthood in the post.

Tis a valid point Mr.Horden.

But he’s not a groomer who steals money from people’s houses

Certainly look upon you in a different light these days Mr Horden.

I didn`t groom her but I did take the tenner.

Ah well, that’s ok then, we’ve all stolen money from complete strangers at one time or another...

As someone who looks rather thah posting, it seems there is 2 people who dislike each other with a passion. Send them to the sin bin for a week

people who say the board is not like it used to be are correct. the problem is that its just a mirror on life at the moment. life at present is not like it used to be due to the virus. it was bad enough since the referendum and brexit, but the present situation of boredom for many has just given a lot to start having a go at anyone with a different viewpoint. not saying its right because it is not, but its really to be expected really. quicker football and pools get going again things may actually calm down a bit.