MK Eagle said:
If the imposters were a little honourable & not just here making snide comments it would have been sweet but the MAJORITY(not all) are mocking the fans & this site in general.
The patronising attempts to offer advice is like fat Albert offering dieting tips, who's gunna take it serious. Obviously not many here but it is annoying like a yapping poodle hiding behind its fence, you prefer it just shut up & stay in its corner. If these opposition fans were serious they would be on here asking the fans opinions on being the yardstick & dominent team in recent times, not offering tips from a club with no soul - it lacks merit imo.
Lastly - banning solid honourable supporters before the trolls is poor form.
Well MK Eagle, it would appear that you may need to have another read of the Silvertails Forum Terms of Service located at the following link:
http://www.silvertails.net/articles/site-information/5605-forum-terms-of-service
If your (or anyone else's) forum posts conform to those terms and conditions then there is no problem. If they don't then some form of action will be taken (and there is no discrimination as to what team the person follows). To me, I would rather just give a written warning either on the forum itself or through a PM. If that advice is then ignored then further action will be taken via the Forum Warning System (which gives automatic bannings for set periods) or total bannings.
As for your comment "Lastly - banning solid honourable supporters before the trolls is poor form", that comment is wrong as the dog supporter who was causing all of the problem (thedogs88) was also given a 48 hour banning at the same time as the regular ST Manly supporter posters (who also received a 48 hour banning too).
In my opinion, we are pretty lenient as to moderating what gets put on these forums. If we moderated to the letter of the law according to the Silvertails Forum Terms of Service, then there would probably be a lot less forum content as there would probably by a lot more Warned and Banned users.
One other thing MK Eagle, if you have a problem with an outsider's forum post then there is nothing stopping you (or anyone else for that matter) from reporting the offensive post by clicking on the "Report" button at the bottom of the post and then filling in the details so that we can look at it and maybe take some action to correct the problem. It is no use doing nothing and just retaliating by feeding the trolls with another counter offensive post as this just inflames the whole situation.