General News ban

[FoxesDeb]

7 hours ago, David Hankey said:

I can't remember when I was barred it's so long ago and I never did get an explanation. Poor form really.

 

Whatever happened to so-called free speech?

 

My advice to Admin is, if you don't like comments that don't concur with your views close the site completely.

With freedom of speech also come consequences. Mark is completely free to determine those consequences as he sees fit as he runs the site. 

[FoxAsh]

On 16/06/2026 at 19:42, FoxAsh said:

any idea when my account will be un banned think there is a glitch been over a week ? @whoareyaaa

 

Can't even post in the WC thread or LCFC forum ? if you want to ban me from General that's fine 

 

Says 2 days 14 hours @Mark

 

@Mark not sure if you seen this still showing 2 days 14 hours ?

[David Hankey]

1 hour ago, FoxesDeb said:

With freedom of speech also come consequences. Mark is completely free to determine those consequences as he sees fit as he runs the site. 

You know as well as me there are some on these boards who appear untouchable and say what they like. That could be seen as favouritism.

 

If Mark wants to run his forum like this and bin folk without explanation that's up to him, however, you would think fairness should prevail.

[FoxesDeb]

5 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

You know as well as me there are some on these boards who appear untouchable and say what they like. That could be seen as favouritism.

 

If Mark wants to run his forum like this and bin folk without explanation that's up to him, however, you would think fairness should prevail.

Mark pays for and runs this forum as they see fit. As has been mentioned before, you are more than welcome to start your own and run it as you wish. 

Edited 9 hours ago by FoxesDeb
Typo

[FoxesDeb]

Also @David HankeyI'm not sure why you see yourself as some kind of authority on Mark's pronouns, unless you know them personally?

[David Hankey]

2 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

Mark pays for and runs this forum as they see fit. As has been mentioned before, you are more than welcome to start your own and run it as you wish. 

It's not a question of setting up a new forum. And as I have mentioned before treat everyone the same.

 

I can't think that anyone who has made 20, 30 or 40K + comments on these boards has not erred from time to time.

 

 

[FoxesDeb]

Just now, David Hankey said:

It's not a question of setting up a new forum. And as I have mentioned before treat everyone the same.

 

I can't think that anyone who has made 20, 30 or 40K + comments on these boards has not erred from time to time.

 

 

I mean it is if you're not happy with this one.

 

I've asked you this before, but why do you feel the need to highlight *his* when you talk about Mark? Why do you assume without confirmation that they use *his* as their pronoun? I don't know them personally, maybe you do and can confirm that that is their pronoun of choice?

[David Hankey]

4 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

I mean it is if you're not happy with this one.

 

I've asked you this before, but why do you feel the need to highlight *his* when you talk about Mark? Why do you assume without confirmation that they use *his* as their pronoun? I don't know them personally, maybe you do and can confirm that that is their pronoun of choice?

Why are you getting so angst over this? All I am asking for is fairness and every member to be treated the same., is that unreasonable?

 

You, on the other hand, are attempting to make it something it is not.

 

Anyway, I have some football to watch and as I am incapable of doing two things at the same time I bid you Goodnight.

[Finnegan]

I'm just going to chime in here and say a couple of things.

 

1. I probably know Mark better than about 99% of you and I've still got no idea what his politics are. He's also not the only one that polices General Chat or the General News thread. That said, I can say with complete, unwavering confidence that the mods and admins on this forum carry out their tasks completely apolitically. The best testament you'll find to that are the myriad snide remarks from childish users at both ends of the political spectrum trying to accuse Mark of being far left or far right to suit their persecution complex. 

 

2.

21 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

You know as well as me there are some on these boards who appear untouchable and say what they like. That could be seen as favouritism.

 

You're absolutely right, yeah. Because just as in your local pub there are regulars that are known and trusted by the landlord and can probably get away with being a bit rowdier without getting booted out, some people here have been on FT an extremely long time, are known by the mods or admins and have earned that level of trust and are given the benefit of the doubt. 

 

It's not favouritism, it's trust. 

 

Everyone actually does get moderated, even I get posts deleted occasionally when I've overstepped or said something a bit too harsh to someone. I just don't tend to get the subsequent ban because Mark and the admins know I can be trusted to then realise I've overstepped and not carry on.

 

But because I'm not an entitled, emotionally fragile narcissist I don't come to Forum Support to cry and demand an explanation, so you'd never know about it. It's only really a select few that care that much about the internet to come in here moaning, which is why it looks like it's always the same people getting moderated. 

 

[Samilktray]

3 hours ago, Finnegan said:

I'm just going to chime in here and say a couple of things.

 

1. I probably know Mark better than about 99% of you and I've still got no idea what his politics are. He's also not the only one that polices General Chat or the General News thread. That said, I can say with complete, unwavering confidence that the mods and admins on this forum carry out their tasks completely apolitically. The best testament you'll find to that are the myriad snide remarks from childish users at both ends of the political spectrum trying to accuse Mark of being far left or far right to suit their persecution complex. 

 

2.

 

You're absolutely right, yeah. Because just as in your local pub there are regulars that are known and trusted by the landlord and can probably get away with being a bit rowdier without getting booted out, some people here have been on FT an extremely long time, are known by the mods or admins and have earned that level of trust and are given the benefit of the doubt. 

 

It's not favouritism, it's trust. 

 

Everyone actually does get moderated, even I get posts deleted occasionally when I've overstepped or said something a bit too harsh to someone. I just don't tend to get the subsequent ban because Mark and the admins know I can be trusted to then realise I've overstepped and not carry on.

 

But because I'm not an entitled, emotionally fragile narcissist I don't come to Forum Support to cry and demand an explanation, so you'd never know about it. It's only really a select few that care that much about the internet to come in here moaning, which is why it looks like it's always the same people getting moderated. 

 

You could at least @ me if you’re gonna slag me off pal wow thought we were pals