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IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
There's no doubt there's been some very ordinary, abusive, insulting and crude posting on PRE over the last few days.
It's made me wonder what our much idolised Jack Dyer would think of us eating our own that way. Energy that would be better spent getting stuck into the opposition has, in my opinion, been wasted abusing our own Tiger family.
I was sent graphs recently from a uni assignment someone did comparing footy forums. PRE is by far the biggest Richmond one and right up the top of other club sites too. BigFooty Richmond board is the second biggest Richmond forum but PRE has at least 3-4 times more usage.
PRE is regularly in the top 25 AFL related websites. In August we were still 23rd which is pretty awesome considering we didn't have politics or finals to create a lot of discussion. (Will post the top 25 sites at the end for anyone interested)
RFC have told me they consider PRE a great asset for keeping in touch with supporters thoughts. Journos have contacted me on numerous occasions for comments or info.
There has to be a reason this site is so popular and widely read. I've got no doubt it's largely due to the awesome posters on here. There is a power of info on the club's history, the kids in the drafts, the extensive training reports, the latest club news etc.
I admit I feel a real sense of responsibility when PRE has such enormous usage to make sure that the site reflects well on the RFC and it's supporters. Not as a plant of theirs to ensure anyone who doesn't toe the party line is eliminated as has been suggested, but to try and make sure information posted is accurate and not damaging.
Anyway this is just my very verbose way of saying that a lot of people read PRE and in light of recent postings maybe we all need to have a think about our posting habits.
Do we really want our wonderful site to deteriorate into a vitriolic battlefield rather than a site that anyone of any age can comfortably participate in?
I've been told a couple of times recently that people will leave PRE in droves due to certain moderating issues. I'm quite aware I'm not perfect and it's easy to have a blinkered outlook at times being the only person doing it but I started the site because I like to talk footy not to play policeman.
I really think there's way too much credence placed on the position of site moderators and that in our own little way we should all share the responsibility of ensuring PRE is as pleasant for as many of us as possible. The main way we can achieve that is to post our opinions without swearing, personal insults and abuse.
The Hitwise top 25 AFL related sites for August were
AFL
BigFooty
realfooty
StKildaFC
Matera.com.au..pretty awesome debut
Bomberland
CollingwoodFC
WeaglesFC
GeelongFC
AdelaideFC
RichmondFC
MelbourneFC
HawthornFC
SydneyFC
KangaroosFc
CarltonFC
PortAdelaideFC
BrisbaneFC
BulldogsFC
Hawkheadquarters
CokeMakeYourMark
FremantleFC
Puntroadend
EssendonFC afl site
Saintsational
It's made me wonder what our much idolised Jack Dyer would think of us eating our own that way. Energy that would be better spent getting stuck into the opposition has, in my opinion, been wasted abusing our own Tiger family.
I was sent graphs recently from a uni assignment someone did comparing footy forums. PRE is by far the biggest Richmond one and right up the top of other club sites too. BigFooty Richmond board is the second biggest Richmond forum but PRE has at least 3-4 times more usage.
PRE is regularly in the top 25 AFL related websites. In August we were still 23rd which is pretty awesome considering we didn't have politics or finals to create a lot of discussion. (Will post the top 25 sites at the end for anyone interested)
RFC have told me they consider PRE a great asset for keeping in touch with supporters thoughts. Journos have contacted me on numerous occasions for comments or info.
There has to be a reason this site is so popular and widely read. I've got no doubt it's largely due to the awesome posters on here. There is a power of info on the club's history, the kids in the drafts, the extensive training reports, the latest club news etc.
I admit I feel a real sense of responsibility when PRE has such enormous usage to make sure that the site reflects well on the RFC and it's supporters. Not as a plant of theirs to ensure anyone who doesn't toe the party line is eliminated as has been suggested, but to try and make sure information posted is accurate and not damaging.
Anyway this is just my very verbose way of saying that a lot of people read PRE and in light of recent postings maybe we all need to have a think about our posting habits.
Do we really want our wonderful site to deteriorate into a vitriolic battlefield rather than a site that anyone of any age can comfortably participate in?
I've been told a couple of times recently that people will leave PRE in droves due to certain moderating issues. I'm quite aware I'm not perfect and it's easy to have a blinkered outlook at times being the only person doing it but I started the site because I like to talk footy not to play policeman.
I really think there's way too much credence placed on the position of site moderators and that in our own little way we should all share the responsibility of ensuring PRE is as pleasant for as many of us as possible. The main way we can achieve that is to post our opinions without swearing, personal insults and abuse.
The Hitwise top 25 AFL related sites for August were
AFL
BigFooty
realfooty
StKildaFC
Matera.com.au..pretty awesome debut
Bomberland
CollingwoodFC
WeaglesFC
GeelongFC
AdelaideFC
RichmondFC
MelbourneFC
HawthornFC
SydneyFC
KangaroosFc
CarltonFC
PortAdelaideFC
BrisbaneFC
BulldogsFC
Hawkheadquarters
CokeMakeYourMark
FremantleFC
Puntroadend
EssendonFC afl site
Saintsational