Hi Everyone,
I'm one of the moderators in the 3in1kopitiam forum. I was
referred to this thread which mentioned people complaining against
3in1kopitiam for being laxed in moderation. I wish to give our side
of the story so that forumers can judge for yourselves.
When 3in1kopitiam was formed few months ago after the
Delphi-based old Sammyboy forum was taken down, it has always
been our intention to moderate the forum as lightly as possible.
The main thing we don't want to see is excessive spammings or
squabblings among forumers thus spoiling the readability of the
original thread.
However, we do recognise that in forums, it is inevitable that
some people will step on others resulting in some contentions.
Normally, such fights will die down after a day or 2. However, in
cases of prolonged fights, we do step in to gently advise
both sides to stop or ignore each other (Delphi-based forums
have got the ignore function). If the fights persist, we will then
proceed to put the parties involved in probation for few
days. As far as possible, we do not like to ban people as we feel
such measure would be too draconian. Until we cannot tolerate
anymore, we will then proceed to ban people as a last resort.
Now, back to the story, there was indeed a fight broken out
between a certain 2 parties. One of them wanted us to ban the
other. We did not as we felt the situation wasn't that bad to
warrant a ban (we've seen worst situations in the old Sammyboy
forum). However, the brother would have none of it. He wanted to
see "blood". Since we did not acquiesced to his demand, he became
angry and threw abuses at the moderators. We spent countless
postings trying to reason with him but to no avail. In the end, we
just left him alone. In any case, we would always welcome him back
if he feels like visiting us again. We do not hold any grudges
against him. Hope this helps to explain our side of the story.
This will be my last post to this thread on the subject matter.
Thank you for your attention.
