We leave it up to you guys.
This forum is heading for closing.
It's because of those well known members who consistently bring up heavy topics (religion/politics/vaccines/conspiracy/racism) which are not in the spirit of what Seabreeze is about.
The minority wrecking it for the majority.
Plenty of latitude has been given, but the same people keep rejoining after being banned, and starting or derailing topics with their gripes, despite there being many websites around the world suited to this content, where you can go and discuss.
It's simple:
We're a sporting site. A site for fun, getting out, and enjoying life. A break from lifes heavy stuff.
So:
Posting any stuff that falls into the "heavy" category will result in an instant permantent ban.
I find there seems to be a group of people who only post in STB to create conflict and don't actually contribute anywhere else.
Be sad to see it go for the "genuine" shooting the breeze topics which are still of value.
It's a bit like graffiti, remove it quick and the taggers loose interest and go elsewhere. Moderate to the highest degree, some will get annoyed but those who are here for what Seabreeze is intended won't care. Nice one Laurie 
Phew, for a minute I thought they were going to ban discussion on bitcoin, AI and 2 stroke carburetors.
Thank god
trouble is, then there is no funny images thread? 
then again that recently got infested with CT nutters too, just a pic with all their crap written over it and nothing funny about it.
It all started with Brucie and we told u to ban him...
Anyyywaaaay
Keep it and moderate more
as I said 15yrs ago there are lots of fora where if a new person looks like a bit of a troll or not there purely for discussion about the hobby then just get banned. So many here would have not lasted a week .. And now there's this problem. Some have zero water sports posts and only about CT stuff. Ban.
you need say 10 active mods spread out over the 5 disciplines here
Here's an idea - allow users to access only specific areas. For example, Pugwash can access Shootin, Tootin and Windsurfing.
Other members, born again members, born again again members, born again again again members - members that only like to talk about flat earths, and chemtrails, and 911s (not the good German sort, the American sort), vaccines, more vaccines, COVID, their opinions on COVID, their opinion on vaccines, something some turd talkin head said about vaccines or covid or vaccines or covid or vaccines or covid or chemtrail vaccines - yeah, those folks - they get access to only one, new area of the forum. Heavy Weather reborn and renamed THE ECHO CHAMBER. Once all are in, close the door, lock it, throw away the key and there they may stay arguing about 2001 or 2020 or whatever to eternity.
Put heavy weather as a link to Reddit or 4chan or some other such cesspit where those topics can quarantined from the watersports.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
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as I said 15yrs ago there are lots of fora where if a new person looks like a bit of a troll or not there purely for discussion about the hobby then just get banned. So many here would have not lasted a week .. And now there's this problem. Some have zero water sports posts and only about CT stuff.
Your post made me look at how long you have been a member and yet you still haven't been banned in all that time. What have you been doing with yourself? 22000 posts and not a single ban?
You are in on it! Somehow you have become part of 'them' 
Oh, I get it; self moderation. Who would have thought?
Again, Laurie's house, his rules. Too nice, too tolerant for too long, self regulation hasn't worked.
Keep the breeze and dump those who repeatedly anti-breeze. Long live the breeze.
Select to expand quoteBrent in Qld said..
Again, Laurie's house, his rules.
Yeah right. That's what we tell ourselves in public, but in private we all knows the truth.
Certainly, here are the Seabreeze.com.au top dogs of the decade :
1) Carantoc
2) meh, everyone else is a long way back
Select to expand quotehilly said..
Close it but keep funny images thread going 
Agree. I just miss the fantastic/constructive discussions we used to have in this area relating to science, engineering and philosophy. Now, the discussions always seem to degenerate into insanity. I think the moderator is wasting their time re-explaining rules.
Select to expand quoteBrent in Qld said..
self regulation hasn't worked.
Keep the breeze and dump those who repeatedly anti-breeze. Long live the breeze.
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
I would think another moderator or an elected council would fix the problem: made up of Carantoc, Fangman, Mark Australia, FormulaNova, Remery, D3 and Brent in Qld.
Select to expand quoteSeabreeze said..
So:
Posting any stuff that falls into the "heavy" category will result in an instant permantent ban.
omg this is going to be a blood bath ahahhaha honestly thanks this should really help
cause some of it.... theres just no helping if they could of been helped it would have been done by now.
anyways i for one look forward to this change just make sure you pin this thread for a few weeks so theres no "oh but i didnt read it" situations
or even pin a thread title ANY heavy weather topics = ban
Select to expand quoteD3 said..
Put heavy weather as a link to Reddit or 4chan or some other such cesspit where those topics can quarantined from the watersports.
dont give reddit so much credit the cooker **** is faaaaarrrrr more 4chan then reddit
reddits MAIN channells basicaly run entirely by weirdo political leftism stuff with power tripping mods
but theyre individual sub reddits are all still fine and dandy mostly
4 chan is there the completely insane **** belongs where they cant tell if theyre playing along with a joke or are actual believers in absolute nonsense
Select to expand quotemyscreenname said...
I would think another moderator or an elected council would fix the problem: made up of Carantoc, Fangman, Mark Australia, FormulaNova, Remery, D3 and Brent in Qld.
That's a bit harsh. I wouldn't say the problem is made up by Brent in Qld.
The others - meah, fair enough.
Select to expand quotemyscreenname said..
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
Pretty easy to not engage in it though. Fairly easy to just ignore rule-breaking posts than to respnd to them, and even respond to them by directly quoting then dot pointing a counter-argument.
Isn't that right Carantoc ?Select to expand quoteCarantoc said..
Isn't that right Carantoc ?
o Firstly,,,, Yeah it is, although it is more nuanced.
o Certainly, here are some examples of why you are wrong and an idiot.
o I hope your favorite dog loses its favorite toy and has to chew on a plastic penguin, you numbskull
Select to expand quoteFroth Goth said..
anyways i for one look forward to this change just make sure you pin this thread for a few weeks so theres no "oh but i didnt read it" situations
Or y'know the forum description.??
Remember when you had to have a legit email address to subscribe to the forums. Hotmail and yahoo were not legit!
Select to expand quoteCarantoc said..myscreenname said..
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
Pretty easy to not engage in it though. Fairly easy to just ignore rule-breaking posts than to respnd to them, and even respond to them by directly quoting then dot pointing a counter-argument.
Isn't that right Carantoc ?Carantoc said..
Isn't that right Carantoc ?
o Firstly,,,, Yeah it is, although it is more nuanced.
o Certainly, here are some examples of why you are wrong and an idiot.
o I hope your favorite dog loses its favorite toy and has to chew on a plastic penguin, you numbskull
hahahaha
Select to expand quotemyscreenname said..Brent in Qld said..
self regulation hasn't worked.
Keep the breeze and dump those who repeatedly anti-breeze. Long live the breeze.
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
I would think another moderator or an elected council would fix the problem: made up of Carantoc, Fangman, Mark Australia, FormulaNova, Remery, D3 and Brent in Qld.
Bloody hell
thanks for including me in that esteemed list of intelligentsia
if only that list was the new federal parliament
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..myscreenname said..Brent in Qld said..
self regulation hasn't worked.
Keep the breeze and dump those who repeatedly anti-breeze. Long live the breeze.
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
I would think another moderator or an elected council would fix the problem: made up of Carantoc, Fangman, Mark Australia, FormulaNova, Remery, D3 and Brent in Qld.
Bloody hell
thanks for including me in that esteemed list of intelligentsia
if only that list was the new federal parliament
Yeah!!! it's coz you got more posts than the rabbit proof fence!
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..myscreenname said..Brent in Qld said..
self regulation hasn't worked.
Keep the breeze and dump those who repeatedly anti-breeze. Long live the breeze.
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
I would think another moderator or an elected council would fix the problem: made up of Carantoc, Fangman, Mark Australia, FormulaNova, Remery, D3 and Brent in Qld.
Bloody hell
thanks for including me in that esteemed list of intelligentsia
if only that list was the new federal parliament
Hey, don't let your head get too big. You might not be able to fit your finger through your nose anymore. Then you'll have to change your avatar back to that weird 3d blue smiling avatar dude that you had way back when.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
Bloody hell
thanks for including me in that esteemed list of intelligentsia
if only that list was the new federal parliament
Not really intelligentsia, I was thinking more of a council made up of normal people.
Select to expand quotemyscreenname said..
Not really intelligentsia, I was thinking more of a council made up of normal people.
You mean you know what normal is????
I guess you must because I'm not on it
Select to expand quotedecrepit said..
You mean you know what normal is????
I guess you must because I'm not on it
This post is to officially advise that you've been added to the proposed elected seabreeze moderators council.
Select to expand quoteCH3MTR4IL5 said..Froth Goth said..
anyways i for one look forward to this change just make sure you pin this thread for a few weeks so theres no "oh but i didnt read it" situations
Or y'know the forum description.??
Select to expand quoteSubsonic said. Then you'll have to change your avatar back to that weird 3d blue smiling avatar dude that you had way back when.
Haha mate you have a good memory
that was a photoshopped Rohan Atkinson as an Avatar character. Creepy as hell
Can't find it but google shows some similar ones. the existing is called finger head and that gives interesting results and apparently it's something u can pay a bit extra for 
Select to expand quoteFroth Goth said..Carantoc said..myscreenname said..
Self regulation hasn't worked, because no one who regularly reads or contributes can enforce the guidelines.
Pretty easy to not engage in it though. Fairly easy to just ignore rule-breaking posts than to respnd to them, and even respond to them by directly quoting then dot pointing a counter-argument.
Isn't that right Carantoc ?Carantoc said..
Isn't that right Carantoc ?
o Firstly,,,, Yeah it is, although it is more nuanced.
o Certainly, here are some examples of why you are wrong and an idiot.
o I hope your favorite dog loses its favorite toy and has to chew on a plastic penguin, you numbskull
hahahaha
Frothie I never realised it before, but you are dead set on the money. I haven't watched Archer since it was on the ABC years back but the Barry-Carantoc parallel makes so much sense now that you have connected the dots. Question is, how do we know if it's 'Carantoc', 'Other Carantoc' or 'Carantoc 6' posting? And will there ever be a SB approved moderator 'ChatCarantoc 7' in future episodes?
