Moderation Questions and General Chat Thread
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.
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Because nothing was ever done about it, and you did it again within the last month, forcing me to abandon yet another thread, as I felt threatened.
Nobody called you a baby murderer lol
I continue to find it nonsensical that it is acceptable to call people Nazis/dog rapists/baby murderers but it isn’t ok to call people anti-semites. And the fact that it is directed towards a mod shouldn’t make a difference imo.
You did, over and over, even when I made it clear that I didn't even support Israel.
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The search function is useless to me here. I believe the recent one was in the 2024 election thread.
I reacted to it in the thread and reported to the mods. Nothing was done, as always.
Lol
Lol at you denying things everyone saw you do hundreds of times.
i miss the days when posters were allowed to call rape deniers out for their rape denial
If there were hundreds of these posts it would be trivially easy to find one. chill rob
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None of those things are allowed and haven’t been since I took over the thread. I cannot go back in time and moderate things that occurred before my time here.
This conversation goes nowhere because so many of you refuse to operate in good faith.
I’m sure you do. You were one of the more abusive posters in that thread and I’m sure it really chaps your ass that someone you dislike is now in charge of making sure you can’t do it any longer.
He said the post, so I assumed he meant the one recent post.
I am 100% operating in good faith, as I always do. Probably why you refuse to reply to any of my questions.
No rob
Any post where I call you or anyone a "baby murder" or the equivalent.
you came into the thread and declared that you mostly agreed with victor's sentiments, right in the middle of one of his 'oct 7 rapes were a giant hoax' moods
what did you expect from the anti-hamas contingent after that
If it isn’t bad faith then it must be reading comprehension. I can explain my positions to you; I cannot understand them for you.
Boids, I’ve entertained this nonsense long enough. More from you will be a time out. This has been more than enough disruption from you.
Lol. Show me the reply to any of my questions, I must have missed it.
well there's still literally zero evidence that any sexual assaults happened, so, i don't really get what you think you're accomplishing by saying it 10 times per day
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Clearly that is directed at the IDF and not anyone on this forum.
There's nothing disingenuous about it, I provided precisely what you asked for, without judgement. Given the context, it would appear that Mets is part of the target, but it's rather a vague statement so I really couldn't say for sure.
Edit to add: Cool ninja edit.