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BetterTogether
28-Oct-15, 18:52
Well I was amused to read infamous Twitter troll Paul Monaghan complain about the level of abuse he receives on Twitter. So far he has been unmasked by the National Papers as an internet troll himself famous for putting out some quite disturbing ( for an MP ) tweets, he also has a reputation for blocking anyone, his consitutuents included who ask awkward questions. As of yet though I personally have not seen one abusive message to him maybe he has become thin skinned or to used to people fawning over him like those at RT ( Russia Today ) as he waves the flag for Chagos ignoring the crimes perpetrated by Russia agains the Chechins.
Bringing Mhairi Black to Caithness to bolster his flagging support base may excite a few of the party faithful but considering her woefully inadequate lack of surgeries for her own constituents one may ask whether she would be better off attending to the area for which she was elected rather than grand standing in areas just to raise her party profile.
He is an "interesting" man to find as ones MP. Was he selected as a paper candidate, never expected to get in?
Whatever happened to Better Together? Winding it up with no successor has left the field open to the Monanghans, Sturgeons and other fishy characters spouting all they will.
rob murray
29-Oct-15, 10:06
He is an "interesting" man to find as ones MP. Was he selected as a paper candidate, never expected to get in?
Whatever happened to Better Together? Winding it up with no successor has left the field open to the Monanghans, Sturgeons and other fishy characters spouting all they will.
Time will out them !
BetterTogether
29-Oct-15, 19:36
Nice to see our local representative asking the right questions. Probing the UK govt on whether they intend to use UK steel to build subs when the aircraft carriers already on order are using UK steel. Meanwhile back in Scotland our bridges are being built with Chinese steel even after TATA tended for the contract. More duplicitous grievance mongering from a man who doesn't see the hypocrisy in his actions. His party costing Scottish jobs and trying to blame Westminster.
He he also seems awfully wrapped up with Chagos and its problems appearing on RussianToday to talk about it while totally ignoring Russia's even bigger human rights breach with Chechnya.
BetterTogether
06-Nov-15, 01:28
Another classic today after 44 arrests and 3 police officers taken to Hospital the illustrious can't help himself Dr Paul " oops I did it again " Monaghan makes another ridiculous comment on social media.
BetterTogether
06-Nov-15, 01:30
Meanwhile apparently in a parallel universe which Dr Monaghan doesn't inhabit but the rest of us do this was going on.
Shabbychic
06-Nov-15, 12:23
Meanwhile apparently in a parallel universe which Dr Monaghan doesn't inhabit but the rest of us do this was going on.
In this universe.......note the registration numbers of a car being towed into place yesterday, and then the car set alight.
28100 28101
Now.....I wonder who actually set this car on fire?
Redsnapper
06-Nov-15, 12:40
Aye -- and its a Vauxhall Zafira currently undergoing a recall for spontaneous combustion (well going on fire for a yet to be discovered reason)-- the plot thickens !!!.
BetterTogether
06-Nov-15, 14:35
Tally Ho! Tin Foil hats at the ready let the conspiracy theories commence !
BetterTogether
25-Nov-15, 15:12
He just can't help himself a nice wee constituency office in Brora, all paid for by the taxpayer and according to the rules supposed to be free from Party Political information, but there he goes right in the front window. I'm sure the electoral commission will be having words in his shell like shortly.
rob murray
25-Nov-15, 15:20
He just can't help himself a nice wee constituency office in Brora, all paid for by the taxpayer and according to the rules supposed to be free from Party Political information, but there he goes right in the front window. I'm sure the electoral commission will be having words in his shell like shortly.
When your at it report Rob Gibson as his Wick office is a propoganda advert as well. Theyre taking the mick
Allegedly not all of the 56, no change that to 54 Scot nats elected have constituancy offices yet :D
BetterTogether
27-Nov-15, 00:09
This evening saw the rather unedifying spectacle of Dr Paul Monaghan besmirching the proud name of the Scots Guards in Malaya from 1948 reqouting an article from his apparent favourite new sources Russia Today he described actions from nearly 70yrs ago as appaling.
It would appear that although Dr Monagahan is supposed to be representing his constituents and working for the people of Caithness and Sutherland he would rather drag the memories of their former servicemen through the mud to keep one of the few broadcasters who give him airtime, Russia Today happy.
Is this guy for real?, will he be supporting the Waffen SS and the atrocities they did?
BetterTogether
27-Nov-15, 10:14
He's very real and seems to take every opportunity to denigrate this country in anyway he can. He spends an awful lot of time stoking up grievances from long gone times. I have yet to see him make a fanfare over anything positive he's done for,his constituents.
What we need is an MP who tirelessly works for us the people of Caithness and Sutherland addressing the real issues that are happening.
He could spend time working to improve NHS services and the lot of Caithness General Hospital but alas his party line says there is nothing wrong with the NHS so he does and says nothing when pressed on the issue.
He could spend time and effort trying to secure future work for all those employed at Dounreay and Vulcan but his party is anti Nuclear so he does and says nothing.
What he does do is lobby on behalf of Chagos and spend his days visiting the Middle East or giving interviews to Russia Today.
Ive watched him on Social Media wilfully ignore pertinent questions and just carry on, can anyone give me one instance where he has actually demonstrated that he has any coherent ideas or plans how to work for us in this area.
This goes beyond party politics this is about having someone who is prepared to work tirelessly for you the people supporting issues you the people face every day.
rob murray
27-Nov-15, 12:48
I thought a contituency MP worked for the interests of all his / her constituents first and foremost and its not that he holds ministerial responsibilities is it , he has been doing nowt in Easter Ross either : maybe he is lining up trade deals in Middle East that will benefit his turf....somehow I doubt it : surely people who voted SNP must now see and realise that this guy is on an out of control ego trip, although the fact people voted really was not for him but for the SNP per se. Lets hope sense prevails in the next election.
BetterTogether
28-Nov-15, 00:40
Maybe I should become a reporter broke this wee story a good 24hrs before the groat :D
Only problem for Dr Monaghan is it wasn't Labour Councillors making mischief for him as stated by the groat.
Inside sources tell me that Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority IPSA have received an official complaint from members of the public and are now dealing with it as a matter of urgency.
http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/signs.htm
In this universe.......note the registration numbers of a car being towed into place yesterday, and then the car set alight.
28100 28101
Now.....I wonder who actually set this car on fire?
Looking very carefully I reckon it was him?28309
In this universe.......note the registration numbers of a car being towed into place yesterday, and then the car set alight.
28100 28101
Now.....I wonder who actually set this car on fire?
Hmm well on careful examination I think it might be these?28310
Hmm well on careful examination I think it might be these?28310
OK seem to have done this twice, BUT 'something' is going on, again my typing is moved to the start of sentence and my first post of this 'car fire' went up and was removed instantly; why? I've been on Org for many many years and know how to post! Just a thought it's NOT the 'Miserable User' hack again is it???
BetterTogether
28-Nov-15, 10:13
Funnily enough I had a whole post vanish the other day one minute it was there then " poof " gone other times it's like wading through syrup also similar occurrences to yours but I doubt anyone would be stupid enough to use malicious software in today's modern age. If it was to be found that some one was using that type of software , well the penalties are quite severe.
I was only discussing such things with a friend of mine the other day who still works at the data commissioners although he speaks in very round terms and never mentions names or places they are increasingly focusing on site owners misusing personal data. It seems not everyone in the cyber world is aware of how far reaching data protection laws.
Had a number of folks contact me (via other means) asking what an MU hack was.. this below was from a Mod in December 2006 - bit concerned with what Better Together is saying above, as the last thing we need is too much 'control' my son is a Senior Software Engineer and says this does go on - he's come across it many times, hopefully Caithness.org will be the open forum it's always been - I'm 'trickling' back in as is John Little, hopefully others who went off in Wheelie Bins and other dark places will return for, shall we say 'Robust' discussions? Funny but I am able to write this without it 'jumping' to another line??..
No, this post isn't an attempt by me to "save the day". Rather, it’s intended to give some background and a reasonably-detached account of some events that led up to the discussion of the miserable users' hack. I'm sorry it took so long to post but I've had visitors to keep me busy all weekend.
Moderation
Moderating a website such as this is a difficult job. I knew it wouldn't be easy but it's more difficult than I expected. The vast majority of users are great and they enjoy the forum as it was intended. However, there are a small number who come on merely to "have a laugh" by stirring the pot in one way or another. Some transgress the forum rules either deliberately or accidentally. Others cause problems inadvertently but stay within the rules. We have to deal with all these events. Some members get annoyed when they receive a warning and/or infraction, and they justify their actions in a variety of ways. Many of these are absolutely fine. However, some are clearly disingenuous, and there are many ways to establish this. Note, however, that the vast majority of posters will never receive a warning, never mind any infraction points.
Moderators are here to try to ensure the smooth running of the forum. We attempt to moderate using a combination of our own judgment and the reactions of our users. We don't always get it right (understatement of the year?) but we at least try. On occasion we receive a number of complaints because we haven't removed contentious threads or posts. Sometimes we act on these and remove the posts. Then we get more complaints - sometimes from the very same people!
It is clear that many people perceive the current system to be heavy-handed and unjust. Perhaps that is the case, so please let's hear suggestions on how to improve things.
The Miserable Users Hack
There was an occasion recently when a number of people (both regular users and moderators) were of the opinion that a flood of posts from one source was not a good development. Some members were put off by this practice, others welcomed it. But the feeling that the situation was worsening led us to suggest to the member on several occasions that they might reconsider both the style and frequency of the posts. The member declined to do so, and gave some reasons for this. Since these activities were not against the rules, no further action was taken - at that time.
At around the same time, claims were made that the same member was behaving in a way that was not really acceptable on this forum. I am not going to go into details. It's probably not appropriate anyway, and that's one reason why most people didn’t hear about it until recently. I very much regret that this has come into the open, and I would like to say to both parties how sorry I am that things have come to this.
To continue, it was then discovered that there exists a piece of software, a message-board "plugin", called the Miserable Users (MU) hack (a very unfortunate name by any standards) that can be used to discourage serial posters from flooding the forum. This was tested on the moderators’ test account and discussed in a thread in the moderators' forum. I am informed that it was only ever tested on one member's account and has never been used since. The member was in the MU group for only 4 hours - for 2 of those hours this member was offline, and they posted 2 or 3 times whilst online, so it appears that the effect wasn’t too severe – as was intended.
I agree that the thread in question contains many posts that may be labelled as ill-considered. But it is not my intention to comment further on that aspect here. I am trying to concentrate on what happened and to keep my personal opinions out of this post. They can be presented elsewhere.
The MU hack does several things - some details have been posted on the forum and they may be found here (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=93258). It introduces delays in loading pages from the forum, and it occasionally produces blank pages, together with other effects that are intended to discourage the user from serial posting. It kicks in when the user tries to access pages from the forum, but that's all. It doesn't do any of these things on any other website the user may access. In particular, it doesn't have any effect on any other part of the website www.caithness.org (http://www.caithness.org)
Furthermore, it doesn't slow down access to any other website, it doesn't slow down the user's internet connection, and it doesn't slow down the user's computer in any way. The user would simply think that there is a problem with the forum - and nothing else. This problem would not lead to any user complaining to their ISP because every other website they access will work as normal.
As has been stated many times, the forum has been slow at times for many months. I firmly believe that this is due to the Org's server being overloaded, and has absolutely nothing to do with the MU hack.
Many readers may think I am excusing the use of the MU hack on this forum. This is not the case. I simply wanted to describe the technicalities of the MU in everyday terms (as best I understand them), and to give an account of some of the events that led to its deployment. I have tried to be objective here - issues of principle and trust can be (and should be) dealt with elsewhere.
However, I very much regret this development, and I offer my personal apologies to the member concerned.
Further apologies may be appropriate if I have made any mistakes in what appears above.
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