Is this what Eurobricks has come down to?

[Sariel]

Edit: the post in question has now been removed by staff.

Well, there's this post:

Link: http://www.eurobrick...2

Now, I reported it twice as inappropriate, 2 days ago, to no avail. Which, I guess, means this is perfectly in accordance with EB rules, and mods and admins aren't bothered with it at all.

I have to say I'm seriously worried about EB. I'm just a regular member, I don't presume to tell mods and admins what to do, it's just that I was under impression we were supposed to be - or at least act - adult here. The person behind this particular post has a history of childlike behavior, including telling another member they're selling copies of his MOCs just to rouse him up - for which I believe he was scolded by one of mods, but that's it. I find it deeply disturbing that admins were quick to boot out Dluders, a real community contributor, over some petty personal issues, but won't do much about a person who's clearly at wrong forum. Again, it's not my job to tell who belongs here and who doesn't, I just did not expect to read stuff like this at EB. But hey, maybe I'll get booted out too.

Edited March 20, 2015 by VBBN
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[crossmr]

Shameful.

[Scubacarrot]

I'm sure the staff is on it. You can't claim to know everything that is going on behind the scenes. Keep in mind that EB staff does everything in their free time. Perhaps the technic moderators are busy and no one has had a chance to deal with it yet.

[Robianco]

I've got a real feeling that there's a LOT of members who are under 18... It's the kind of phrase I expect from a 12 yr old who is trying a bit too hard to be cool.... and failing.

How this hasn't been removed is beyond me.

[Kalais]

Well, this isn't right, that's for sure.

But I have to admit it gave me a good laugh :) It is so ridiculous ;)

[MAB]

It seems to have gone now.

[Sariel]

Better late than never, I guess. Thanks Jim!

[lightningtiger]

From what I read there in that tiny screen grab I'm surprised that that person hasn't been banned.

Must have been on the turps or something, but goodness an insult and a swear word in the same line.........something called maturity was totally missing. .

[SomeAssemblyRequired]

I got a chuckle out of the insanity of that message. I imagine the mods are loading the banhammer as we speak.

[Capn Frank]

Now, I reported it twice as inappropriate, 2 days ago, to no avail. Which, I guess, means this is perfectly in accordance with EB rules, and mods and admins aren't bothered with it at all.

All of the Eurobricks staff are volunteers checking the forums on their free time. They aren't perfect either, and things get missed. Thank you for reporting the post. I agree, posts like that should not be tolerated.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

I can imagine the work it takes to run this site. I just hope others don't add to the load by bringing "Youtube commenting" over here

[Breakdown]

Just my two cents. Unless a forum is actually going to hell in a handbasket and clearly isn't being moderated, it's probably over the top to have threads entitled: "Is this what Eurobricks has come down to . . . "

If I'm the new guy (and I'm relatively fresh here still), it creates the impression that this forum's best days are already well behind it.

All internet communities, are going to lose key contributors due to situations, life getting in the way. Even health or death. And if you've been around the forum for a while the key isn't forgetting those people or their contributions to the community, but you do need new blood coming in and keeping the forum afloat. I think that threads like this serve to humiliate the operators and discourage people from contributing.

[Capn Frank]

If I'm the new guy (and I'm relatively fresh here still), it creates the impression that this forum's best days are already well behind it.

I think I will always have nostalgia for the "glory days" when all of my "buddies" were still active. After being a part of this forum for 8 1/2 years, I've seen lots of staff come and go, a ton of members come and go. Some of us have even come back. I don't believe for a second that this forum is on the brink of anarchy. There are a lot of great new members here, and there are still a lot of older members who participate.

[Khaled Yousef]

I understand where the OP comes from, and I think the problem is that most of the time the mods would correct someone “behind the scenes” and we don’t know if anything is being done. Sometimes it’s not that important, but in some cases I think correction should be pronounced, and I see mods do that in much less shocking cases, like someone ranting off-topic or something similar, so why not do the same with bigger issues?

For instance, in one thread a member got a little bit too enthusiastic and insulted me, I refused to answer and reported his post, and nothing happened, maybe they did say something to him but I, the one who’s been insulted, and other members who’ve seen it happen, will never know, so it might seem to a casual viewer that insults are OK on this site like many other sites. Every time I visit that thread I see the insult and I’ll never know what the mods did about it, and while it’s not such a big deal it still is frustrating since Eurobricks is generally considered to be THE place to be if you wanted a “clean” web forum experience. And somehow that little incident made my experience here less enjoyable.

I understand that the mods are busy, and that they’re doing a tremendous job keeping this site together, and that when someone reports something it’s almost certain something will be done about it. But it’s always better for others to know what is being done, especially in case of profanity and insults, the same way we see things being done immediately in public to off-topic ranting.

[dr_spock]

One could also PM the MODs to find out what's going on with the reports if it is not happening fast enough for you.

[Khaled Yousef]

You missed my point dr_spock, what about everyone else who can still see the insults there with nothing obvious done about it? Wasn’t that what bothered the OP in the first place? I’m not talking about my own problem here, I just mentioned it as a relevant example I’ve experienced. My point is that leaving such things after being reported with no public correction just makes the thread looks awful for everyone else, like this thing can happen to anyone who participates in it and he just have to live with it.

[BrickJagger]

I think that the mods do a great job to keep this site clean and respectful, but the more exposure a site gets, the more likely it is for these things to happen.

EB is a very well known site in the Lego community. Good and bad changes come with the popularity. On the plus side, there are new users joining every day who want to contribute to and enjoy this site. However, there are also people who come here to advertise and act like little kids. I once saw that someone had dug up a six year old thread just to post an ad for hand lotion.

The mods here are good at what they do, but you can't expect them to be perfect.

[ProducePrincess]

I fear the day that the commentators from Reddit's Lego group come here. Eurobricks is my definition of a mature Lego group where original ideas and opinions are shared. Most of the other Lego communities I've experienced don't share the high standard for content that this forum holds.

[SomeAssemblyRequired]

I fear the day that the commentators from Reddit's Lego group come here. Eurobricks is my definition of a mature Lego group where original ideas and opinions are shared. Most of the other Lego communities I've experienced don't share the high standard for content that this forum holds.

Agreed. Eurobricks is mature and respectful of its' members.

[zmasterbrick]

IMHO this place leads the community curve compared to Flickr and MocPages 2 to 1.

[ProducePrincess]

IMHO this place leads the community curve compared to Flickr and MocPages 2 to 1.

Mocpages yes. Flickr no. You can't really judge Flickr as a whole because it's a platform for multiple small Lego communities. Some of the most talented builders use Flickr as their only place to display their builds.

[Khaled Yousef]

You can’t compare Eurobricks to Flickr AND Mocpages as well because they’re both platforms to multiple small communities since they’re both places where you can upload and store your photos with almost no limitations to your actions from day one you join, unlike here where you just link to some other place and have to add effort to speak to the community here and make meaningful participation to be accepted, which makes this place a bit more personal and private.

Eurobricks is cleaner than those places because it’s a little more complicated to advertise yourself here, it takes effort, time and a lot of communication and sharing before you can do anything, so trolls and parasites look for other easier places, which is a very good thing.

Mods can’t teach people manners, it’s not their fault that people are sick, and it’s not their job to fix them. However, since they can be so active and pronounced when they correct people who go ranting off-topic I don’t see why they can’t do the same about publicly correcting those who cross the line with other members, especially those who report the line crossing and sit around waiting for action.

And since new members join this community everyday then public correction would help keeping them in check much more effectively than PMs or behind the scene warnings.

A community functions better if the presence of law enforcement is pronounced; it comforts the law abiding ones and scares away those who wish to break the law, that’s why police cars have sirens.

[zmasterbrick]

Mocpages yes. Flickr no. You can't really judge Flickr as a whole because it's a platform for multiple small Lego communities. Some of the most talented builders use Flickr as their only place to display their builds.

I agree with you on Mp, but let's agree to disagree about Flickr. Flickr was like a war zone for me. Even though the cream of the crop display their work there, the community mixes East side with West side in the wrong places, right down to adult and kids saying the wrong things at the wrong times. It became so toxic for me, I decided to display my stuff on my own website, which has actually worked out well. I do Brick Shelf also. I personally think Flickr is a black mark on the Lego Community. I was just about ready to hang it up, and then I ran across Eurobricks. I had no idea it was such an organized respectable establishment.

[Churchill]

I've been thinking for a long time that many under 18 folks have joined the forums. It's almost painful to read some of the threads anymore. The DC and Marvel rumors threads come to mind. Sometimes it feels like I'm listening to a bunch of pre-teens trying to prove they know more than each other about everything. I don't post very often.... I just don't feel like it's worth posting to hear myself talk or just boost my post count. I wish others could show the same restraint.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Churchill