Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Warning for Political Posters
One of the reasons the original political forum was discontinued was the spillover of acrimonious posts into main forum discussions. In the intervening months, there were numerous threads and posts asking for the return of the political forum. To concerns about political comments and attitudes entering main board discussions, many assured us that wouldn't happen. The use of "Guest" as the ID for all participants was an attempt to ward off spillover to the main section by keeping participants anonymous. Unfortunately, an app not supported by TOTV revealed posters actual ID increasing member on member hostility.
We are now seeing significant incidences of posters bringing their hostility toward other members into main board threads through direct responses and comments that may outwardly appear innocuous but are intended to antagonize. This must stop NOW. The existence of the political forum and posting privileges may be at risk if this continues. Moderator |
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I for one have gotten sick and tired of all the nasty posts on the Political Forum. I almost never go there anymore.
I'd really love to have rational discussions about differences in policies and philosophies, but that has become impossible because of a small number of people whose only objective seems to be to insult and annoy people. Some people really need to get something else in their lives. I have really begun to feel sorry for them. They are evidently in so much emotional pain that they feel the need to do this on a regular basis. if it gets cleaned up and these few are denied privileges, maybe we can get back to having a serious political forum. |
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This is a true BASTION of FREE SPEECH. Do NOT let it fall. You know...if we had a "men only" forum...ALL this stupid bickering would stop. It's the women causing these problems. Give us men our own forum...they have theirs. They would complain about us "polluting" "their area", their "safe space". Why should we allow their bickering to ruin our space? |
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Possible solutions...
-Make totv compatible with tapatalk, possibly with a software upgrade to totv. -Allow more free speech. Maybe even penalties for unwarranted complaints by these thing skinned wackadoodles that constantly report to mod. It must be very time consuming for mods when one poster complains so often. -Other boards require a minimum of 500 or 1000 posts before allowing posts in the off topic or political forums. Everyone would be exposed and only long timers could post, keeping it more civil. It would also preserve the great image of the villages and not turn off newbies. Friends from up north have said they have a different opinion of the villages after reading the political forum. The political forum has a small percentage of posters, but unfortunately presents a bad Village image. Thank goodness for the unmoderated political forum, the only place for free speech without moderation. Of the persons I have polled, no one has seen this spillover hostility, anyone else? |
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in·noc·u·ous iˈnäkyo͞oəs/Submit adjective not harmful or offensive. Maybe the problem is the one complaining about in·noc·u·ous posts. Lol |
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I don't comment much in the main board, it seems like groundhog day...dog crap thread, golf cart path thread, Comcast charging too much thread... I am not a sexist but maybe a men's forum would be a good idea, less drama sounds good for me. Next question is how are we going to decide what is a man? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk |
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Show real names or at least familiar screen names. I show mine. If you don't want to, then that shows you might be an anonymous bully. I understand (kind of) the feeling of fear that a person might have of their information being hacked, but I also say that being anonymous seems to escalate the bullying on the part of some people. NOT you Rubicon, or you Polar Bear, or you Yvonne, or a number of posters who are outspoken but fair and don't use demeaning and hateful posts to stir the pot. Grace Gantner
P.S. I am guilty of getting angry on here but some people always make their point without rancor and hateful rhetoric. I so admire them. |
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And the Ignore List seems to make Political Forum posts as well out of my sight. I would have booted this person a long time ago from Talk of the Villages if I had any control over the matter. Looks like the Ignore List still works on the Political Forum. Signed-- Jon Hoppensteadt or Taltarzac725 |
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I hope you are not Danish, would hate to share any DNA with you. |
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk |
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And any "abuse" should not be acceptable. I do point these traits out as any decent person should. And other actual Christians on here do the same. Trump has brought out the worst in many people and he has polluted political discourse by making personal attacks acceptable rather than talking about the actual policies and the like. These attacks are irrelevant and illogical for the most part but they did work for Donald Trump. I think any decent person knows who on the Political Forum should be banned and who should be able to stay. There are fair minded Republicans, Independents as well as Democrats on Talk of the Villages. Signed-- Jon Hoppensteadt or Taltarzac725 |
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Stay the fu(k out of the political forum if you can't take the heat. Keep your wackadoodle ass in the regular forum and start a million threads which are usually not responded too. You are the king of one post threads. Are you proud your mommy is still going to "my child is a retard support group." Don't throw stones when you are made of defective glass. |
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Signed-- Jon Hoppensteadt or Taltarzac725. |
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