General News ban

[Muzzy_no7]

On 19/06/2026 at 18:32, 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. 

Sorry it was ‘he’

[FoxesDeb]

16 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Sorry it was ‘he’

Apology accepted 

[Muzzy_no7]

Any newcomers after today?

 

Welcome 🍻 

[Tommy G]

I’ve been banned from general chat for suggesting Keir was tearful this morning and it maybe mirrored some posters thoughts on the subject - gutted I didn’t go out on something more controversial 

[Muzzy_no7]

2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I’ve been banned from general chat for suggesting Keir was tearful this morning and it maybe mirrored some posters thoughts on the subject - gutted I didn’t go out on something more controversial 

Great guns.

 

Im sure you aren’t and wont be the only one😂

[CL Fox]

38 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I’ve been banned from general chat for suggesting Keir was tearful this morning and it maybe mirrored some posters thoughts on the subject - gutted I didn’t go out on something more controversial 

Not sure that's why you were banned is it? I saw stuff which could be considered more confrontational than that.

[Tommy G]

18 minutes ago, CL Fox said:

Not sure that's why you were banned is it? I saw stuff which could be considered more confrontational than that.

Like KS was a disaster? Hardly confrontational 

[Muzzy_no7]

25 minutes ago, CL Fox said:

Not sure that's why you were banned is it? I saw stuff which could be considered more confrontational than that.

Confrontational? Take a look at some of the other top threads on general😂

[leicsmac]

Just now, Muzzy_no7 said:

Confrontational? Take a look at some of the other top threads on general😂

Not sure how controversial threads about watches, cars, running 5k, Wordle, and some scientific weather discussion can get if I'm honest. 

 

 

[Muzzy_no7]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

Not sure how controversial threads about watches, cars, running 5k, Wordle, and some scientific weather discussion can get if I'm honest. 

 

 

You know where and who to look for our kid

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

You know where and who to look for our kid

Of course, and goodness knows how ridiculous the polarisation is and appears to be.

 

Except about Russell Martin, that appears to an area of rare uniamnity. 

[Muzzy_no7]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

Of course, and goodness knows how ridiculous the polarisation is and appears to be.

 

Except about Russell Martin, that appears to an area of rare uniamnity. 

I’d forgot about RM🤮

 

Pub it is 😂

[FoxAsh]

On 19/06/2026 at 20:25, 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. 

 

Why is my account still banned then ?