I joined dis forum in June 2006, in the hype leading up to de Worl Cup.
At de time, I felt de need to interact with other Trinis and went looking for a virtual social community.
I found de Soca Warriors Football Forum and read de Forum Rules and Guidelines, an promptly forgot about dem ..
On and off, since I join, some differences of opinion between members had degenerated into name calling, finger pointing, an in some extreme cases, have become quite nasty.
So ah decided to review the Rules and Guidline which are prominently kepp at de top of the Soca Warriors Online Discussion Forum
<===== and right dey .... over to yuh left and down a few inches ...
Here are a few of dem and my take on dem - maybe is only a few ppl who tink did is an issue, an if so, den I apolize for bandwidt resources i use up in dis post.
* Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.
I am seeing post dat IMO are intentionally unpleasant ... i en know of any bans but who knows?
* Excessive and unwarranted personal attacks are expressly prohibited. This specifically means any text/post that is blatantly attacking another person on or off the forum, especially in a personal way.
ditto
* Members may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit scenes or gross violence.
I have been guilty of dis and a pardnar warn me so I deleted de links
* Trolling is prohibited. Trolling is defined as a member intentionally posting for the purpose of angering and/or insulting other forum members. Trolling only encourages further attacks and does nothing to further the discussion. This includes personal messages.
I see dis happen from time to time ... an in some cases de mods delete de post. In other cases, de post remain.
* The moderators reserve the right to edit or remove any post at any time. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, racist etc as noted in these points, is at the moderator's discretion.
I realize dis eh a democracy and I join under dose terms so I cyar complain if what i feel is inappropriate is not deemed inappropriate. Mods, I eh complaining .. .allyuh cyar read every post, and I believe dis is all volunteer work ... and I eh paying real money to post here. I jus join the Warrior Nation but the nominal fee of $25 cyar be funding dis site. So if ppl doh like how it run, nobody stopping dem from leaving.
And if yuh have a issue with someting somebody say, den lets try to observe the Rule and Guideline please.
An in case some ppl tink I talking bout dem in particular .. den hole strain.
Joking and fatigue is one ting, I eh talking bout dat, I talking bout everybody who felt inclined to call ppl names, insult, personal attacks - see de rules above.
So I appealing to everybody, take a deep breath before you post in anger. and lets use de forum to allow ex-pats and locals alike to enjoy dis virtual community.
PLEASE
