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.
Well I don't doubt that, but when Mets is posting that article from Daily Kos what he is effectively saying is that "look, this stuff is so standard and a part of the discourse that even left-leaning Daily Kos has a piece on it". Browser should have been able to understand that regardless of Mets' lack of tact.
You both seem to have difficulty following simple directives and procedures for challenging them
I’m sure Mets will put on a masterclass when he’s back
dont believe your lying eyes
OK. Test results are back and unfortunately have indicated a fairly serious condition that will require intervention and many months of recovery and follow up. I prefer to just leave it at that as far as details.
So I am stepping down effective immediately as a mod in all the subforums I currently mod. I have notified Bobo and the other mods. As a parting gift I have lifted mets ban today. I'm not going to waste any time or energy now debating anything about it (or any other mod issues or policies). I am making a clean break with modding after this post.
Situation permitting, I hope to be able to lurk or post from time to time as a regular poster. I continue to believe that the upcoming year will be one of the most politically and socially significant years for the US in decades. I am old enough to clearly remember how divided things were in 1968, and havent seen such division since then until now. So I think there will be lots to talk about in the future.
Best of luck to all of you. I enjoyed our exchanges (even with those who saw things very differently than I did) and will miss them.
Dont forget to be nice to each other. 😀
Browser
Shalom, brother. Feel good, be well!
Best of luck browser. Hope you come back to post as I always enjoyed reading your informed opinions.
Browser has never said a word about what his job actually involved. It could have been researching the effects of 24 hour exposure to Cindi Lauper music for all I know- and my suspicion is that it is something more along those lines than the sort of psy-ops I discuss.
Sorry to hear that, Browser. Hope things go well for you and your family and also that you continue to post here.
Wishing you a peaceful recovery, Browser ♥
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I appreciate it. And Luckbox, I commanded one of the five psyop battalions in the active military and was deputy commander of the only active psyop group. We planned and executed strategic, operational and tactical psyop campaigns around the world. You could have more experience than me, but statistically speaking it's unlikely. 😉
Browser, Thank you for attempting to bring some kindness to this corner of the internet , and I wish the best for you and your family. Wishing you peace and the best possible outcome to whatever ails you.
Damn, really sorry to hear that:(
Wishing all the best to browser, thanks for modding.
OK. Test results are back and unfortunately have indicated a fairly serious condition that will require intervention and many months of recovery and follow up. I prefer to just leave it at that as far as details.
So I am stepping down effective immediately as a mod in all the subforums I currently mod. I have notified Bobo and the other mods. As a parting gift I have lifted mets ban today. I'm not going to waste any time or energy now debat
I'm very sorry To hear about your results. Best of luck mate.
Good luck browser
OK. Test results are back and unfortunately have indicated a fairly serious condition that will require intervention and many months of recovery and follow up. I prefer to just leave it at that as far as details.
So I am stepping down effective immediately as a mod in all the subforums I currently mod. I have notified Bobo and the other mods. As a parting gift I have lifted mets ban today. I'm not going to waste any time or energy now debat
please, stick around and keep us updated on a level you feel comfortable with!
All:
ganstaman and I will try and deal with the most egregious stuff in the immediate term. But neither one of us has much free time at the moment. And speaking only for myself, I don't want this job. Whatever I do will be on an interim basis and I will be eager to step back as soon as practicable.
I mention this mainly to emphasize that ganstaman and I will not be reading the forum in real time for the next several days and almost certainly will be unable to keep up if people decide to act like total jackasses. And that will be true no matter how much people complain about moderation.
Please keep that in mind because this is one of those times where the entire subforum could be at risk if there is some sort of meltdown.
