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Would people prefer it if we turned off commenting on reports of fatalities?

by Tony Farrelly
Fri, Dec 13, 2013 16:43
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We don't have commenting on reports of court cases for legal reasons, but we could turn them off on reports of fatalities and witness appeals too - and then if people want to discuss aspects of what was reported they can do so by starting a forum thread instead rather than having arguments develop in the comments on the story about aspects of the report.

Let me know what you think…

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Ush replied to allez neg | 10 years ago
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allez neg wrote:

I think its a good idea to turn comments off. I would have thought that anything said by a stranger on a cycling forum would be pifflingly insignificant to a person who has just lost a friend or loved one in a bike crash

This +1000

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mooleur replied to Ush | 10 years ago
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Ush wrote:
allez neg wrote:

I think its a good idea to turn comments off. I would have thought that anything said by a stranger on a cycling forum would be pifflingly insignificant to a person who has just lost a friend or loved one in a bike crash

This +1000

Agree also.

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William Black | 10 years ago
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I'd not like to see any/opt out of seeing news/fatalities stories full stop. I know they happen every day but that's not the point, I'm a recreational cyclist I want to read about carbon fibre and titanium and go faster beetroot drinks.

I also agree that comments should be stopped, there seem to be people with a very lopsided agenda/chip on their shoulder about wearing helmets/safety products.

I think there should just be one sprawling epic "safety debate" thread then all of those bearded weirdos that want to argue that not wearing helmets, riding with headphones in the dark without hands is their god given right by dammit can just shout, rant and call everything anecdotal evidence.

Any deviation from the helmet posting rule will mean 400 laps of richmond on a brompton before they're allowed back on the forum.

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Northernbike replied to William Black | 10 years ago
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William Black wrote:

there seem to be people with a very lopsided agenda/chip on their shoulder about wearing helmets/safety products.

I think there should just be one sprawling epic "safety debate" thread then all of those bearded weirdos that want to argue that not wearing helmets, riding with headphones in the dark without hands is their god given right by dammit can just shout, rant and call everything anecdotal evidence.

as you think people who disagree with you about wearing helmets are 'bearded weirdos' would you include yourself in your above described category of ranting people with a chip on their shoulder about them?

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William Black replied to Northernbike | 10 years ago
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Northernbike wrote:

as you think people who disagree with you about wearing helmets are 'bearded weirdos' would you include yourself in your above described category of ranting people with a chip on their shoulder about them?

Not in the slightest...I have a beard and ride single speeds so I am one of those bearded wierdos. I don't give a hoot who wears a helmet or not, but I certainly don't go posting stupid comments on a thread about a 16 year old who's just been killed, which is what this thread is actually about by the way.

But hey all you've gone and done is post a comment flaming another comment (about helmets funnily enough) without actually contributing anything to the actual topic in hand...so yay, go you!

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Neil753 | 10 years ago
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Guys, you should keep the comments on, and moderate the forum reactively by using a "report this post" button. I think most cyclists are quite reasonable, so the moderation requirement would probably be quite small when compared to other websites.

Apart from anything, comments about deaths mean the safety message is getting out there, since it's not just cyclists that read them.

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WolfieSmith | 10 years ago
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Might be a good idea. Sympathy posts are understandable but when it degenerates into name calling over helmets it's inappropriate. Maybe a ban on the 'H' word for 2014 would save a lot of name calling.

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SevenHills | 10 years ago
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Please do as the latest one is starting to get distasteful.

As one of the more sensible comments said, " God forbid if any of the relatives or friends read the thread".

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giff77 | 10 years ago
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I think if we were to keep the comments open we would need to rely heavily on posters maturity in not diverging from the actual topic. That of showing our respects to family and friends. I know I can be guilty of jumping into a bunny trail without thinking and for that I 'fess up. If it were to remain open I think the moderators would need to be more active/vigilant in 'deleting' inappropriate comments. I do like the idea of a separate forum thread to discuss more in depth the whys and wherefores of any such incident in the future without detracting from the more sensitive report on the news page....

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