Abusive Posts

[Eleven]

We recently had a very abusive post attacking another Member. The Officers of the Club handled it per the By Laws, deleted and warned, etc. That is what they should do and did. Too bad that they had to do that as this is not what this site is about.
Please read the By Laws regarding this type of stuff. There is never a definable line that says this is stupid but not horrible and over the top, but like porno, You know it when you see it. I think the Members should consider adding a line that basically says that it a post is considered abusive, the poster can be banned on the spot and we are done with him. (Safeguards and appeals in place, etc)

SAOCA is about Sunbeams not dealing with this stuff. The Officers that just left got sick of it and I will be the new crew will also. Probably are by now anyway, I know I am. Not why I volunteered.

Something like this: SAOCA encourages interaction in the form of commenting on status updates, photos, links, etc. Please do so responsibly. If the comment is inappropriate, obscene, discriminatory or defamatory in any way, SAOC reserves the right to remove any posts, comments, images or viewers/users of the page.

(From our company site modified a bit)
Discuss.

 

[bobbo]

Tracy; may I be the first to agree. Sunbeams for the most part are a hobbie for us, tied into a love of the car. Glad you signed up.
bobbo

 

[puff4]

Agree. I'm the senior moderator on another site - boating related - and we have a similar, though perhaps more detailed policy. Here it is, below, with the name of the website redacted.

Perhaps this is helpful.
Cheers,
Kevin

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[RootesRich]

For the record, the SAOCA policy also includes PM's. We've had issues in the past where abusive PM's have been sent to Users and this additional type of behavior won't be tolerated.