Politics and Society Moderation Discussion Only Fans Thread
Hello everyone. I've closed the previous mod thread, and opened this to capture all issues related to moderation policies and actions going forward. I'll kick it off by reposting my intro post from the other thread. Again, I'm happy to be here and look forward to hearing from you.
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Hello everyone.
I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to serve as a moderator in Politics and Society. I asked for this position because I believe we are experiencing a polarization in our politics and society unseen since the 1960s. We may well be at a juncture from which we will either make great progress or suffer great setbacks in regards to our democratic foundations and civil rights over the next few years. So I believe it is important to maintain a forum for discussing these important topics. When the other mods had to step back a bit due to their real life time obligations, I asked to join the mod team to help keep the forum going.
I have not followed this forum in the past, though I have been reading through threads the last few days and made a few posts. This has allowed me to get a sense of the initial impression the forum likely makes on new readers who are deciding if our forum is a place they would like to visit regularly and participate in. While I see some familiar names from the live poker forum, many of you I have not had any interaction with to date. I have no preconceived notions of anyone's posting behavior and will essentially start from a clean slate.
I will shortly post more about my modding approach and give my initial impressions of the forum based on my observations over the last several days. I will be soliciting your input on things you like about the forum that you want to remain, and things you don't like that you would like me to change. Your candid input and feedback is very important to me. Especially, please don't hesitate to let me know if you think a policy or a proposal is a bad idea. I'd rather hear it before it goes into effect than after.
My overall modding principle is simple: Be Nice. Disagreement need not be disrespectful, and everyone must be treated with respect. Calling a poster derogatory names or hurling snarky insults never usefully advances a discussion. It just bogs things down and turns off many would be participants. And it's not nice. Don't do it.
My goal is to have a forum where people with a wide variety of opinions along the political spectrum enjoy expressing and debating their views in a spirited manner, free from insults, bigotry and denigrating comments. If you enjoy discussing these important and often polarizing issues in a passionate, yet respectful manner, I look forward to getting to know you and working with you to create a forum people will enjoy visiting and contributing to. You can be as committed, determined and relentless as you like in advocating for your position. Be persuasive, thought provoking and challenging. But be nice.
I want to thank tame_deuces and King Spew for their support in bringing me onboard and for all the time and effort they have put into making the forum better. While I am taking over most of the day to day modding responsibilities, both are retaining their mod status and superpowers, and will be supporting the forum as their availability permits. And I personally welcome their continued advice and feedback.
Again, I am happy to be here and look forward to getting to know you.
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I'll make a suggestion for future similar incidents, that I've used before. Quote the post, but rather than responding here and hitting Reply, cut-and-paste it into the appropriate thread's reply box and then respond there. Come back here and let them know you responded in the correct thread. Conversation continues, no danger of deletion, and it helps the moderators.
I don't do that often because typically as long as all the off-topic posts go, I don't care because the post I didn't want to leave unanswered is gone as well. I try not to get too attached to posts. 😀
So I'm being asked a question in this thread
I say this isn't the wrong thread and respond And even pm browser and say i had to respond can you please move it all to the Israel thread
Why wouldn't he do that
The people saying you might be on a power trip may have had a point i guess
That whole power trip thing is just a joke. As I have explained over and over it takes a great deal more time to move posts than to delete them. In just the short time between my last warning and my deleting posts over 40 had accumulated. If I am out one day it's over a hundred.
We are all volunteers who give our time to mod. So I'm sorry if you feel it's the mods responsibility to do what the posters should do and put the posts in the right thread in the first place. Just bc you feel the need to respond to an off topic post itt doesn't mean we have to allow 50-100 posts derails.
I have asked and warned everyone multiple times that if offpost topics continue I will delete them. No one listened. So now I am just going to delete them for real this time.
OK. I'm going to try a different approach. I am closing the mod thread. Prob 90% of the posts itt have nothing to do with mod issues. And of that 10% prob only 10% requires forum poster input to handle.
So if you have an actual issue that requires mod attention, pm me or ganstaman (or preferably both) with your issue. If it is simply to call our attention to a questionable post hit post report. If we feel an issue needs group input we will open the thread and pose the question.
