The whirlpool forum is out of control. Its full of bullies and trollers with mods who protect the bullies.
I've been a member of that forum since 2002.
Has anyone else experience this?
Is the ozbargin forum a lot better?
Whirlpool forum is out of control
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The internet will be a better place the day that happens
Not really, those people will just come here
I guess but any shenanigans and their comments should get hidden
@finbar: Yes, at least here I can hide the comments from TROLLS - no moderators need to intervene.
Moderator on WP can hide any post or comment they do not have the intellect to understand either as "off topic" or "ranting"Dare you protest the outcome is inevidable = "banned for life"
And we think -P-u-t-i-n- is bad (embedded -s just in case I get banned here as well for political statements by someone with zero sense of houmor-:)
Hopefully no WP moderators have crossed-over to Oz due to lack of available targets to hunt down.although I strongly suspect that all the "minuses" must be from WP moderators excersising their limited powers here as well (TROLLS-:)
I keep getting posts hidden as "off topic". I have to add content so the simpleton and under-educated moderators can work out how a post is on topic. Most of the posts are anything that would be marked by someone else for review. It is like moderators troll the posts to hide posts and justify their existence.
The most ridiculous comment by a moderator was with one of my posts and the moderator claimed
"For the Voice thread, please ensure you are familiar with the thread header reproduced on every page. The thread is not about anything to do with ATSI peoples"
Just to make it clear, this was a thread for the Voice referendum and not the talent show The Voice, or John Farnham.
Here are people complaining about Whirlpool and as usual so called off topics were deleted and thread closed because Thor didn't like the comments.
https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/3qr1zqy0Thor is supposed to be a retired mod but he isn't he is still very active and has to be one of the worst moderator. It seems that the site owner dosent care how forgone WP has gone. And Because the site owner wont address concern by users WP has become irrelevant. He dosent care if other social platforms and other forums have overtaken WP.
Was it a feedback forum thread?
Yes it was a feedback thread where people were providing feedback. And then it was closed. WPs view is that it's their site and if you don't like it then leave. They have no interest in feedback unless it's praise. Constructive criticism is not welcome lol. Surprise surprise, everyone is leaving lol
I have had direct experience of that. See my first post.
What is the point of having feedback if you are not going to listen to it.
@chuckynoris: It lets people think they have a voice. Just like when the government asks for submissions to changes in legislation.
Yes, Whirlpool is not what it used to be. Mods are control freaks (for the worse).
It's a weird place. The people there are living in in a time period three decades ago when dial up internet was a modern thing lol. A bunch of aging boomers who can't adapt to the current world we live in. Whinging and whining about everything. And they're dying off now. Literally. Hence the declining number of people on there. Thank God we have many better options nowadays for information.
It's funny- it's a pretty good source of a lot of stuff, but terrible for others. I am still on there in some forums, but it's becoming increasingly quieter and am finding myself more on here and Reddit (which is also very hit n miss). What other forums do you use?
Yeah it's just trial and error until you find a place you prefer. The advantage of OzB and Reddit is that generally speaking much of the pointless stuff gets quickly buried or hidden when it's voted down. With Reddit you can specify seeing the top comments first which can sometimes speed things up. Means you can quickly determine if the thread has any value to you. If you have a particular interest then sometimes a forum dedicated to that particular thing is good too. Eg Motorsport or Finance or Movies etc. Generally speaking I find these other places better than WP.
Yeah it very clear that the WP moderation is extremely unprofessional and very inconsistent. They've even admited that due to an inability to attract decent moderators that they're just using whoever they can get. They should make changes in order to attract better quality moderators or shut the site down. The number of visitors has fallen sharply so it'll probably die anyway at some stage. The internet will be a better place the day that happens .