[The Rec]

Thought the links were severed by the club a while ago, hence the Bridge Inn sponsor?

[Wooden Spoon]

The Rec said:

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Thought the links were severed by the club a while ago, hence the Bridge Inn sponsor?

Correct.

[spireite0312]

The Rec, on 24 April 2016 - 08:26 AM, said:

Thought the links were severed by the club a while ago, hence the Bridge Inn sponsor?

Answer to your question is NO. Not whilst Pete is dictating on here. As nice a bloke he probably is, he has close relationships with people at the club. Whilst that is there, Pete will always be 'sympathetic' to club issues. He may have saved people from legal proceedings on here, but he's always on the clubs side.

[Wooden Spoon]

spireite0312 said:

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Answer to your question is NO. Not whilst Pete is dictating on here. As nice a bloke he probably is, he has close relationships with people at the club. Whilst that is there, Pete will always be 'sympathetic' to club issues. He may have saved people from legal proceedings on here, but he's always on the clubs side.

With the root vegetable, and some of his less productive activities there will always be great interest in what the internal machinations of CFC are, and then we have DA, a man who's record at Wednesday when dealing with fans wasn't great. Not a good mixture and a difficult situation to manage.

While the point about the club (DA/CT) cutting ties with this message board and forcing it to be in dependant are correct, I do not envy the moderators one bit.

It's as much protecting the forum from the Sheffield mafia, as it is about protecting the clubs reputation.

A dreadful state of affairs to be really.

[The Rec]

spireite0312, on 24 April 2016 - 08:34 AM, said:

Answer to your question is NO. Not whilst Pete is dictating on here. As nice a bloke he probably is, he has close relationships with people at the club. Whilst that is there, Pete will always be 'sympathetic' to club issues. He may have saved people from legal proceedings on here, but he's always on the clubs side.

Okay so whilst DP may be reviewing posts to protect BB members from any potential 'legal procedings' due to posting (fair play to him on that part), he does seem to be on a bit of a 'power trip' in relation to the thread asking for info re. the DC issue where he's locked it down and pretty much stated that 'it's his ball and if you don't like it go elsewhere'!

What a sad state of affairs when an allegedly 'independant forum' with no club ties (allegedly) bows to the hierarchy when they should be telling them to do one!!

[spireitenag]

spireite0312, on 24 April 2016 - 08:34 AM, said:

Answer to your question is NO. Not whilst Pete is dictating on here. As nice a bloke he probably is, he has close relationships with people at the club. Whilst that is there, Pete will always be 'sympathetic' to club issues. He may have saved people from legal proceedings on here, but he's always on the clubs side.

Whilst I am totally in agreement with the right to free speech on a board that is independent of CFC,there will always be a need for some form of moderation.

Pete is in a position as administrator on here and in his involvement with the community trust where their will on occasions be a conflict of interest.

If however Pete's actions in removing what are deemed as potentially libellous comments saves posters on here from the threat of litigation it's a job well done.

But leaves Pete 'Damned if he does,damned if he doesn't'.

The last thing any of us wants is another S6 scenario.

[dim view]

spireite0312, on 24 April 2016 - 08:34 AM, said:

Answer to your question is NO. Not whilst Pete is dictating on here. As nice a bloke he probably is, he has close relationships with people at the club. Whilst that is there, Pete will always be 'sympathetic' to club issues. He may have saved people from legal proceedings on here, but he's always on the clubs side.

not true.
His censorship activity is directly proportional to the number of posts that he thinks are libellous. If the great majority of posts in that category are about club officials, then it's easy to wrongly accuse him of bias.

[Forever a Spireite]

I was going to thank him for responding to the invisible threads thread then noticed he had locked it!! Weird and his response indicating if you want an independent board then go elsewhere speaks volumes. Thanks Pete for protecting fans but You need to stop pandering to the turnipe.

[martatcross]

Nothing anywhere in life is totally free from restriction you can't say or write anything you like anymore. We live in a society that sues and countersues that's life now.

[The Rec]

spireitenag, on 24 April 2016 - 08:54 AM, said:

Whilst I am totally in agreement with the right to free speech on a board that is independent of CFC,there will always be a need for some form of moderation.

Pete is in a position as administrator on here and in his involvement with the community trust where their will on occasions be a conflict of interest.

If however Pete's actions in removing what are deemed as potentially libellous comments saves posters on here from the threat of litigation it's a job well done.

But leaves Pete 'Damned if he does,damned if he doesn't'.

The last thing any of us wants is another S6 scenario.

Agree with the above re. libellous comments however, It's a sad state of affairs though NIge when it's got to this level and for me demonstrates everything that is wrong with the club when it go this far that we're potentially at the stage of what happened at S6; mind you the hierarchy have a track record with that regard.

This post has been edited by The Rec: 24 April 2016 - 09:02 AM

[metallilad]

I think Pete does a fine job on here.
He has now got to sit and read all those posts from the threads that have been made invisible to ensure that nothing libellous has been stated.
He's got to know where everything stands lawfully so that means that he must "swat up" to ensure that he is correct in his assessments.
He has to tread carefully in what he does becaus there's always going to be somebody that will question his actions so he needs to make it clear that it's for a particular reason.
He does this as a labour of love aswell, doesn't get paid a penny for doing it.
And all this whilst getting criticised by a few on here.
Now. I don't know him, I'm only guessing that he does all of this in his spare time because he works.
For godsake people give the man a break. It's a lot to cope with and criticising him doesn't make it a worth while job to do. We're all frustrated at the way the clubs going at the moment but let's not let our frustrations spill over onto somebody that is only really trying to protect the our message board.

[dim view]

Forever a Spireite, on 24 April 2016 - 08:57 AM, said:

I was going to thank him for responding to the invisible threads thread then noticed he had locked it!! Weird and his response indicating if you want an independent board then go elsewhere speaks volumes. Thanks Pete for protecting fans but You need to stop pandering to the turnipe.

You mean you can't think of a single reason he's locked it other than pandering?

If he was having to delete posts about the Mansfield Chairman for the same reasons, you'd be accusing him of pandering to them.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Does this mean CT and LS are the 'celebrity couple' pursuing litigation to silence talk of a threesome?

DB being the third party, of course...



(PS: do I really have to add this is just a feeble attempt at levity?)

This post has been edited by MDCCCLXVI: 24 April 2016 - 09:55 AM

[Forever a Spireite]

dim view, on 24 April 2016 - 09:54 AM, said:

You mean you can't think of a single reason he's locked it other than pandering?

If he was having to delete posts about the Mansfield Chairman for the same reasons, you'd be accusing him of pandering to them.

No but it's my opinion that although Pete should be thanked for protecting board members he is also bowing to pressure from Turnipe and co to censor other stuff that they don't like. It's just an opinion and that's what an independent board should be for

[Westbars Spireite]

You blink and you miss it on here at the moment.

Is it just me that thinks some legal action would be jolly good fun?

[DIFH]

Forever a Spireite, on 24 April 2016 - 08:57 AM, said:

I was going to thank him for responding to the invisible threads thread then noticed he had locked it!! Weird and his response indicating if you want an independent board then go elsewhere speaks volumes. Thanks Pete for protecting fans but You need to stop pandering to the turnipe.

Are moderators in any way liable for what is poted on this board.

If you are going to pull Pete to pieces then please have the bollux to post your full name. Yo can always go back behind the keyboard in a new reincarnation.

[Wooden Spoon]

Westbars Spireite said:

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You blink and you miss it on here at the moment.

Is it just me that thinks some legal action would be jolly good fun?

It might be!

A court subpoena for documents might make interesting reading, and perhaps make a few sphincters twitch.

[Westbars Spireite]

a kick in the balls, on 24 April 2016 - 11:02 AM, said:

It might be!

A court subpoena for documents might make interesting reading, and perhaps make a few sphincters twitch.

I'm struggling to understand Pete's stance on this messageboard full stop if I'm honest. I don't know him other than through here and social media so it's important I make it clear what I'm about to say is in no way personal.

Why not just pack it in? Surely this being a genuinely independent place, which he acknowledges this isn't, would be far better for the future good of CFC regardless of what Turner, Allen, Carson etc may think.

Furthermore who decides who is admin on here? Shouldn't it be a case that all positions can be open to question, otherwise we effectively have a dictatorship?

[Bluekent]

How long do you think it will be until DA calls someone a cretin? Let's just have a mass protest in the car park after the game , lets liven it up
a bit.

[DIFH]

Bluekent, on 24 April 2016 - 11:25 AM, said:

How long do you think it will be until DA calls someone a cretin? Let's just have a mass protest in the car park after the game , lets liven it up
a bit.

Before the game would cause grid lock in the whole area.