Yesterday you pointedly ignored several requests that you address the issue of people using the identities or nics to impersonate other posters to post inflammatory and derogatory comments which not only kick the hornet’s nest but make life on the site pretty uncomfortable for the real owner of the abused identity.

What happened to the old system of posting the original sign-on nic with whatever new nic is used?
Why was it changed?
It seems it was obviously a conscious decision your part.

Your silence and Nikita’s comment the other day about it being a democracy… whatever that means… leaves little room but to accept the conspiracy theorists that this change was a management decision to empower the trouble-makers in an effort to drive up your decreasing monthly hits.

Some have speculated that your staff members are in fact guilty of this ‘crime’. I dismissed this as passing the buck, but perhaps they have a point after all.

There is also the problem of people registering several nics about which I appreciate there is little you can do but that is not half as annoying as people using the current identities of current members to stir up controversy.

This is not right or fair or ‘democratic’. In real life democracies it is illegal to impersonate anyone else. Surely the most basic of your responsibilities is to protect the identities/nics/personas of your members.

What a pity that you have decided to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I have always defended the fact that you have allowed full and robust debate with little censorship but this new low (even for you) low-road approach you seem to have adopted (in the absence of any comment or effort to sort the problem by you) leave me very disappointed in the site in general and you in particular.

This approach may attract hits in the short-term but you are underestimating the ill-feeling it is causing and you will lose hits and members in the long-term.

It seems you do not appreciate that while you created this site and facilitate the discussion on it… it is the many members who participate upon it that MAKE the site what it is.

I signed up with your site when you started it but I am no longer willing to tolerate the implied arrogance your position suggests, or participate any longer in this farce, so will vote with my feet. I will post this comment several times to ensure you can’t say you did not see it and then withdraw from the site. I may reconsider if and when such time as you have addressed the issue and returned the posting protocol to what it used to be with someone’s original identity always being visible to all. I know I am only one person and you may well ridicule my stance but hey… so what.

Cheers to all the decent people on this site, many of whom are very knowledgeable, intelligent, humourous and entertaining. I would suggest that everyone who disagrees with KEO’s low-life approach also leave the site but obviously you must all do what you feel is right for you.

Cheers

ufo…

over and out…

dalton cockerill were mofo aggro pigmies

sometimes a pigmy can be a handful – fourie is best hooker after bismark for his sheer agression and ballcarrying nit to mention mobility and fetching.

I see el presidente SL is making some controversial non-sharks calls too – Strauss should def be ahead of potgieter spot on

but I hope heyneke ain’t sidelining kolisi – that bugger could be a revelation if motivated correctly – can meyer only motivate the boertjies or the Bantu buggers mos ook?

We are thin on locks at moment, Bresler from Sharks looks OK , in the group there’s no one

Flip vd Merwe?

Apart from that Kruger could work at 7, but then why not pick Kruger at lock and fire Bankie untill he takes all the ball he should and get fit for 80min

The fact that he has still played for so long speaks of the faith shown in him and the time he has been given to reach his potential.
I feel it is similar to the case with Habana – every time he scores a try, there are articles and exclamations of “Bryan’s back!” because we WANT him to be back.
But he has not shown that form again, and as such should not be a Bok at the moment.

And I agree we need big ball carrying boys.

Possibly in 2009, by the time we played the ABs and theyd watched the Lions series, the opposition focused so much on Brussow, and this gave Spies more space to operate in?

Two locks on debut. A flank on debut with the other flank less than 10 test matches. Chuck in an 8th man who has been out of form for 3-5 years now.

You did not complain much back then. Why all of a sardientjie does it bother you now.

If you look closely, everybody has Alberts at 8.

These 2 have been brilliant all season against whatever the rest of SA, KIwi or Aussies has had to offer, Sorry boet We all going over the top here with this whole size thing, Sharks actually was most succesful this season when they used their smallest loose trio, reason being better skill sets, and even though they not these huge gorrillas they pack far abaover their weight, same with Kolisi, good whole season .