Having read with increasing incredulity the current thread about Lee Smith (along with plenty of others this season), I found myself wondering why the mods or admins hadn't stepped in to deal with some of the more offensive rhetoric and language. Turns out of the two listed moderators for this forum, one hasn't posted on Southstander since July, and the other hasn't posted since August 2014.

Is it time RLFans appointed more moderators before the forum is lost to constant rolling arguments and increasingly frequent instances of offensive posting?

I agree with you there.

I'd gladly take on the role if need be.

You'll probably have to wait 24-48 hours for a mod to pop by and even then they won't have a clue what's going on unless someone reports the post.

The mods on Myspace are more on the ball these days.

I've seen very little genuinely offensive posting. What you do get on here is threads lost to a small number of regular posters just bickering.

As for the Lee Smith thread. All I saw was people saying he got fat which is just stating what is true. Nothing wrong with that.

Now's your chance. Mods are hiring.

Yes

Although the Lee Smith thread is not like moderating Donald Trump debate

Yup! Although I bet a certain person will be along to argue otherwise!

I blame that McLaren Wheels geezer

Smokey for mod.

what about those two who are always arguing ?

I'd ban them. All they do is argue. No one cares what they have to say. They are the reason all the decent posters have left this forum.

I'd love to do it

I'm too moody, bad tempered, impatient and biased to do it.

I won't lie to you, I wasn't even aware that I was still a mod.

Weren't the fishtail parka, Vespa and Who badges a give away?

That means moderating bullying too.

Definitely, need to delete bickering and bullying off this site. The sooner the better

yes indeed

There is bickering wherever you go.

The problem is that there are two sides to the arguments, neither side will yield in their views or even entertain the notion that they are wrong, or even see a different point of view, so every time it descends into veiled and un-veiled name calling.

Probably an explanation why many of the younger supporters etc fekked off a long time ago, this is what I would like to bring back.

So when we get new Moderators will we have more that two or are the two lads already here resigning ?

Theres always room for strong opinions, but when the same opinions start to drive off others then a line will be drawn.

Hopefully a well balanced approach can be found that will encourage lapsed posters to return and add to the mix of the forum and we can all move forward.

You sound like a candidate at a job interview