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[Plumbing007]

Awesome nice post.Thanks for sharing with us.

[ShadyX]

We do get people arguing now and again but the majority know better as they are forum owners themselves, When it does happen they will get a warning to stop and the off topic/argument posts will be deleted. If they show similar behaviour in the future they will get an official warning and possible ban depending on how heated the argument was.

[cpvr]

502 BAD GATEWAY, on 12 October 2011 - 07:36 AM, said:

i just let them fight it out. they will soon get past whatever they're bickering over.

This. I do the same thing because the only ones who can stop the arguements is the users. Let them duke it out. A little drama never hurt any community, and then when its said and done, you lock it done, and focus on adding new threads so people forget about those arguements.

[AWS]

cpvr, on 02 January 2012 - 11:18 AM, said:

This. I do the same thing because the only ones who can stop the arguements is the users. Let them duke it out. A little drama never hurt any community, and then when its said and done, you lock it done, and focus on adding new threads so people forget about those arguements.

And that's the best way to go about it. I do the same thing. Let them fight. It's no coincidence that some of the longest threads are ones that have a little drama in them.

[Sunsettommy]

502 BAD GATEWAY, on 12 October 2011 - 07:36 AM, said:

i just let them fight it out. they will soon get past whatever they're bickering over.

Sure,

as long as they are reasonably civil.

[Creaky]

I would just let them fight it out, as long as it stays within the forum rules.

[forever young]

I am a teen and my forum is geared towards teens, so it is harder for me to command respect since a lot of these people are the around the same age as I am.

Usually when people argue, I just let them do it...There should be no threatening anyone but i feel like, let them get their bit*** out and we'll move on.

[soniceffect]

Michael, on 05 September 2009 - 11:56 AM, said:

Do you often get members bickering and such within threads and arguing back and forth even becoming rude to one another on your forums? How do you deal with these types of behaviour when it is in public?

Personally I dont mind so much as long as there isnt any swearing involved. If the bickering does become seriously heated where they begin to insult each other we do infract for this but only when really needed.

Being a site relating to animals we have a lot of this. I tend to have a philosophy when running my site that I stick to dealing with things on the current set of rules on the site. If people cross the rules they are warned accordingly without exception. One of my rules being the insulting of others and another being constuctive posts only. If people start with comments like "Personally I think your just being a moron" they will get told about it instantly both via message and via the post itself. If the topic does not calm after a staff response it is then closed. We also have the rule that a topic can not be started on something that a member of staff has just closed a topic on.