Reply to: Was it funny?

[Ravello]

Unfortunately I think I have to agree with him. I have nothing against the current crop of mods, they are all thouroughly nice people, but would the gag have worked if Ferret and Scotspine had still been moderating?

On recent form... perhaps.

Ferret always had a good sense of humour and SP opted for a rather public goodbye thread.

The biggest difference IMO is that the former mods didn't post very frequently so their opinons and behaviour were subject to less scrutiny. The fact that the appointment of the new mods has coincided with Admin's decision to 'refresh' the rules probably hasn't helped their cause either.

I still think it was funny

[The Wikir Man]

Unfortunately I think I have to agree with him. I have nothing against the current crop of mods, they are all thouroughly nice people, but would the gag have worked if Ferret and Scotspine had still been moderating?

I'm not convinced that the gag worked with any moderator, but if it had been ferret and sp, no-one would have even considered that it was anything other than a wind-up.

The fact that people were prepared to believe it was a possibility, as I said, speaks volumes.

[NotAllThere]

The fact that so many people believed it to be a possibility speaks volumes about the moderation of this site.

Not really. It speaks volumes about a few people's ability to make judgements without any real basis. And a smaller group's inability to cope with change.

[shaunbhoy]

To be honest I didn't really care!

Come off it...................Tina!

[BoredBloke]

To be honest I didn't really care!

[DaveB]

Sadly, this time I'm not intentionally stirring.

I'm being deadly serious.

Unfortunately I think I have to agree with him. I have nothing against the current crop of mods, they are all thouroughly nice people, but would the gag have worked if Ferret and Scotspine had still been moderating?

[cailin maith]

Sadly, this time I'm not intentionally stirring.

I'm being deadly serious.

It's not THAT bad!!

[The Wikir Man]

Would you stop stirring - the mods have a tough enough time here as it is

Sadly, this time I'm not intentionally stirring.

I'm being deadly serious.

[shaunbhoy]

Go on with ya - if Sas wasn't here who would you scrap with?

Mmm....good point I s'pose. Oh well.........post count restored so onwards and upwards to 5K!!

[realityhack]

You'll forgive me if I'm still laughing, just a little.

[cailin maith]

The fact that so many people believed it to be a possibility speaks volumes about the moderation of this site.

Would you stop stirring - the mods have a tough enough time here as it is

[The Wikir Man]

Accepting the fact that it was a genuine April Fools the only question remaining to be answered is:

Was it Funny?

The fact that so many people believed it to be a possibility speaks volumes about the moderation of this site.

[cailin maith]

About as bleeding funny as a soup recipe!!
I was still getting over being hounded out of mumsnet on the flimsiest of pretexts too!

Still, at least it might have helped draw EO, sas, and even AtW out of the wilderness so..................yeah, not that funny at all!!

Go on with ya - if Sas wasn't here who would you scrap with?

[shaunbhoy]

About as bleeding funny as a soup recipe!!
I was still getting over being hounded out of mumsnet on the flimsiest of pretexts too!

Still, at least it might have helped draw EO, sas, and even AtW out of the wilderness so..................yeah, not that funny at all!!

[NickFitz]

Yep.. I quite like the idea of a crazed, ban-happy RH drunkenly moving threads around and banning anyone who argues

WHS