Moderation Questions
The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic failed, and it became a general discussion thread with almost no moderation related posts at all. And those that were posted were so buried in non-mod posts that it became a huge time drain on the mods to sort through them. Then, when off topic posts were deleted posters complained about that.
This led to the closing of the mod discussion thread, replaced by the post report/pm approach. This has filtered out lots of noise, but has resulted at times in the General Discussion Thread turning into a quasi-mod thread. This is not desirable, but going back to the old mod thread is also not a workable option.
Therefore, I have created this new moderation thread, but with a different purpose and ground rules than previous mod threads. The purpose of this thread is to provide a place for posters to pose questions to the mods about how policies are applied; to bring to the mods attention posts they think are inappropriate and reach the level of requiring mod action; and for mods to communicate to posters things like changes or clarifications to policies, bannings, etc.
Now let me tell you what this thread is NOT a place for. It is not for nonmoderation related posts, even if the discussion originates from a comment in in a mod related post. It is not for posters to post their opinions about other posters or whether a poster should be banned. It is not to rehash past grievances about mod decisions from months or years ago. The focus of this thread will be recent posts that require action now. Or questions about current policies and enforcement.
So basically, this is a thread to ask mods questions. Which means, pretty much that only mods should be answering those questions. If a poster asks why a particular post was deleted or allowed, only a mod can answer that. Everyone else who wants to jump in with their opinion or their mod war story needs to stay out of it. It just increases the noise to signal ratio and does nothing to answer the question.
Everyone needs to understand that this thread has very different rules than the old mod thread and any other thread. Any non-moderation post will be deleted on sight. Not moved to the appropriate thread, just deleted. So don't waste your time crafting a masterpiece post about wars or transgender issues or the presidential election and then post it in this thread. It will be gone. Also, this isnt a thread for general commentary about our mods performance. Posting "browser sucks as a mod" or any such posts that don't actually ask about a policy or request a mod action will be deleted. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the moderation of this forum. But this thread isnt for complaining about mods. You are free to go to the ATF forum and make your concerns about modding in this forum there.
So with that intro, this thread is open for those who need to bring questions about mod policies or bring inappropriate posts to the mods attention. Again, it is NOT a thread for group discussions about other posters or for other posters to answer questions directed to mods.
We'll see how this goes. If you have what you feel is an open issue raised in the General Discussion Thread, please copy that post or otherwise reintroduce the issue here.
Thanks.
I think you should cry more
Victor and Luciom are the only two people on this site that I have on ignore. Their posts are low/no content, racist and constantly wishing injury or death others. They are one of the main reasons why this forum has devolved and why most of the rationale, content oriented posters are long gone. And now the moderation has devolved to be as awful as their posting.
constantly wishing injury and death says the IDF supporter
Victor and Luciom are the only two people on this site that I have on ignore. Their posts are low/no content, racist and constantly wishing injury or death others. They are one of the main reasons why this forum has devolved and why most of the rationale, content oriented posters are long gone. And now the moderation has devolved to be as awful as their posting.
+1
Victor: I want a cease fire in Ukraine
also Victor: I really hope there is a cease fire in Gaza
also Victor: I really hope the USA and Israel dont attack Lebanon
also Victor: I really hope Iran doesnt attack Israel
also Victor: I really hope Israel doesnt attack Iran
liberals: war is peace
its always funny when someone is like, well I ignore that person completely but I know exactly what they are saying and then they proceed to say make the most outlandish accusation ever.
lets see if they can back it up.
narrator: they never can.
Victor: I want a cease fire in Ukraine
also Victor: I really hope there is a cease fire in Gaza
also Victor: I really hope the USA and Israel dont attack Lebanon
also Victor: I really hope Iran doesnt attack Israel
also Victor: I really hope Israel doesnt attack Iran
liberals: war is peace
also Victor was definitely rooting for IDF soldiers, basically kids, to be blown to pieces by the "Resistance". And denies rapes occur when it's Israeli women in question.
We see you, good sir.
basically kids doing war crimes...
if they are at home eating dinner with their family then no, I would not support dropping bombs on them. thats the difference between me and you.
Quit it, you guys. Go have a snack.
I got some Capri-Suns and Otter Pops if you guys want.
Victor: I want a cease fire in Ukraine
also Victor: I really hope there is a cease fire in Gaza
also Victor: I really hope the USA and Israel dont attack Lebanon
also Victor: I really hope Iran doesnt attack Israel
also Victor: I really hope Israel doesnt attack Iran
also Victor: If Russia invades Ukraine, the governments of the U.S. and Western Europe will be much more to blame than Putin.
I’m not a big fan of Luciom or Victor, but I do like having them around because they sometimes offer some perspective that I find valuable. But I wasn’t participating here when the other people who are being talked about were, so maybe I don’t know what I’m missing.
And when I say I find their perspectives valuable I just mean that they are stand ins for people I have met/know so I think it sharpens the sword having them around vs if we got rid of them.
also Victor: If Russia invades Ukraine, the governments of the U.S. and Western Europe will be much more to blame than Putin.
I dont think I ever said that. I think last time I said it was about 5050 for the blame.
now ofc as I often do I have since changed my assessment of that. but this post right now would be the first I have posted about that change.
I dont think I ever said that. I think last time I said it was about 5050 for the blame.
now ofc as I often do I have since changed my assessment of that. but this post right now would be the first I have posted about that change.
I wasn't suggesting that you used those exact words, but it has been obvious for a long time what you actually believe.
glad you can read minds. but it makes your takes even worse considering you should know better.
Can everyone please be less combative
glad you can read minds. but it makes your takes even worse considering you should know better.
I of course didn't read your mind. It was just a logical inference from the posts you were making. And its seems based on your most recent post that my inference was very close to correct, so I'm not sure why my take was bad.
ah good old reasonable inference
My favorite irregular verb
My problem with this sort of logic (in addition to the obvious) is that Victor seems to apply it selectively.
He is a strict pacifist when it suits his agenda, and a quiet apologist for territorial aggression when it suits his agenda.
Well said
rather than just making things up you can read my words. I didnt think Russia would invade bc I thought it was a really bad idea. I didnt support the invasion for obv reasons.
but now that we see what happens when you allow a genocidal Western outpost at your doorstep it makes a lot more sense.
Ukraine, famous genocidal Western outpost since 1991
