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Listed below are comments made by Officer Dibble between Friday, 17th July 2009 and Wednesday, 14th October 2009.

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Points Of View Message Board 12:54pm on 14 Oct 2009 Nick... how come you delete our posts within seconds of the faintest whiff of off-topicality, yet the BBC boards have been serially spammed (like Post 207) and all of them remain on 30+ BBC blogs? Does anyone read BBC blogs? what are the statistics?
Blogs and boards: getting the balance right 3:01pm on 24 Aug 2009 Nick says:

"As you can see from the pie chart above the vast majority of the money we spent on moderation last year was spent on message boards and other communities with a very small slice spent on blogs."

That is a rather silly statement without stating the audience reach of each. It is as silly as saying "we spent so much money on petrol driving to scotland compared to engine oil. Look how little oil cost us"
Blogs and boards: getting the balance right 1:59pm on 07 Aug 2009 Can I see the corresponding pie chart of post traffic between the boards and blogs?... otherwise, your moderation cost Pie Chart is totally meaningless, and worse still, very deceptive if viewed in isolation.
Open Post 2009-24-04 1:22pm on 23 Jul 2009 I too have many many unanswered questions that were stated clearly and required simple answers. They have been selectively avoided by Nick. I would give Nick the list again, but each time I do this the blog goes cold and I don't get an answer.
Points of View Message Boards 8: More Numbers 12:06pm on 20 Jul 2009 Nick stated: "Hosting was an issue. Before Rowan stepped in temporarily at one point the boards had no host at all. I had to find a host."

Hosting was not an issue. You are mistaken. Does it look like everyone is eternally grateful for you finding a host for us? We have less hosting presence now than we have ever had.... and that loss makes no difference anyway.
Points of View Message Boards 8: More Numbers 09:23am on 20 Jul 2009 I don't see post after post of users saying how much they appreciate any of the changes Nick has initiated.

I do see thread after thread of disgruntled users trying to push a rock up a hill and getting nowhere with intransigence from Nick.

I also see loads of former users migrating away.

I see traffic down 18%.

I see a part time host having less impact than previous hosts.

By any terms that is an unsuccessful improvement.
Moderation: Let's talk it over (2) 9:19pm on 19 Jul 2009 so post 144 was moderated because I responded to a comment by Nick in an earlier of his posts on this blog. How can that be off topic? if so surely his post was off-topic too?

This blog is becoming farcical.
Moderation: Let's talk it over (2) 5:35pm on 19 Jul 2009 Faye, I suspect that it broke Nick's interpretation of rules by me asking for an apology for him dismissing other posters statements that they perceived the drop in traffic as huge.

Rather ironic that before "the changes" there was no widespread problem with posts being deleted. Now there is.
Points of View Message Boards 8: More Numbers 5:29pm on 17 Jul 2009 Nick said:
"The reason I am setting a time limit and then closing the post is that the discussion is starting to disrupt both this blog and the boards themselves. "

Nick, do you know how silly your statement sounds? The people who care most about the message boards are to have the their most popular topic of discussion closed because it might disrupt the minor topics... even though this blog is effectively invisible to other users, and unsearchable. So now you don't want the users setting the agenda.... "we want to hear your Points of View... but not if it is counter to the BBC's Point of View".

If we discount our contributions, your blogs are effectively empty. Just why are you blogging Nick?
Points of View Message Boards 8: More Numbers 10:51am on 17 Jul 2009 I read that as the TV Board has dropped in popularity by 18% since Nick initiated his improvements.

The BBC board is now the refuge for posts that would have gone to the closed boards.. until the off topic policy is clamped down. I am sure the BBC board increase traffic reflects the high number of protest posts.

Nick is being economical - selectively not showing the recent stats for posts.

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