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.
I don’t think any Jewish people SHOULD mod that thread unless a Palestinian person is also modding it
How do you feel about a tall woman modding the thread? Does that also disqualify me?
Is the thread tall women vs short women?
Asking for equal representation isn’t the same as disqualifying someone.
Ofc it’s impossible rn but that’s why I said SHOULD
Right, to me that is the issue. You have people in the thread who have referred to Jews as Nazis, characterized them as people who use dogs to commit rape, baby killers and worse. I didn’t agree with or particularly care for Mets posts, but banning him clearly isn’t due to some sort of standard of behavior in that thread. The result of this sort of suppression is just that fewer and fewer people are going to be comfortable posting on thi
if you want a thread that celebrates everything going on in Gaza and bans all information about the criminal misdeeds then I am sure you can find plenty of places on the internet.
ya it proly seems unfair for a newcomer to just waltz into a place and start pulling the trigger on locals and acting like they own the place.
She is the typical new person on the job who over does it but is trying to do a good job. Hopefully she learns to significantly dial it back. Perhaps I will rejoin this forum when I no longer have to walk on egg shells.
Also, anybody who reports a post is a fragile little person.
She is the typical new person on the job who over does it but is trying to do a good job. Hopefully she learns to significantly dial it back. Perhaps I will rejoin this forum when I no longer have to walk on egg shells.
Also, anybody who reports a post is a fragile little person.
Don't rush bro. Although it would be nice for you to show up in November so we can pelt you with rotten tomatoes after your boy gets sent packing.
The party of **** YOUR FEELINGS feeling it today.
I was calling out Donk for his lie about Mets being required to grovel, but great effort trying to follow a simple conversation. You'll get there next time.
To do that, there was no need for you to emphasize (twice, mistakenly ) that Mets could not put CN on ignore when she arrived with insults.
And THIS is one of the examples of people being allowed to insult others based on lies. Any mod following the conversation can surely see what Trolly has done here. He likely just made a comprehension mistake the first time, but instead of admitting it, or even simply ignoring it, he then
doubles down in attack mode, then finally he makes some post like this implying that the mistake never happened, and insulting others for their lack of understanding.
Why is this kind of thing allowed? ? Trolly makes FAR more personal attacks than does Mets, while hardly ever contributing actual content.
Could any mod actually answer my question for once? Why is this exact kind of post allowed?
We’ve been through this already several times. Others are being punished. Most of them reform their behavior and you hear nothing more of it. Others push back and are then subject to escalating moderation. Still others push back both privately and publicly AND personally attack the moderators.
It’s a fairly trivial task for anyone to deduce which posters fall into which groups, and it has nothing to do with their political affil
No, I'm sorry, friend, but this is delusional.
You have banned Mets indefinitely, which has never been done for worse posters like Trolly and Victor. Anyone can see this, the charitable way to look at it is that something is blinding you to that fact. The other possibility is that you are just lying.
When I took over the moderation of the I/P thread, I took it upon myself to personally reach out to Mets to address any unresolved issues. These were my messages (I will not post his replies).
Furthermore, the first person to receive a timeout and the first person to receive a ban in the I/P thread under my moderation were posters who insulted Mets. If anything, I have treated Mets with special consideration , as evidenced above.
I understand
Huh, someone who personally knows (and dislikes) a poster has now outed his real name without consent. Is doxing by mods allowed here?
To do that, there was no need for you to emphasize (twice, mistakenly ) that Mets could not put CN on ignore when she arrived with insults.
And THIS is one of the examples of people being allowed to insult others based on lies. Any mod following the conversation can surely see what Trolly has done here. He likely just made a comprehension mistake the first time, but instead of admitting it, or even simply ignoring it, he then
doubles down i
I wouldn't tolerate it in my subforum SE if it were brought to my attention.
He said "any mod". I accomplished answering, per his request to "any mod".
Sporting Events. Mclovin is factually beloved there.
lol, so a plurality of mods ban mets for behaving like a child but BOIDS thinks that's unfair because of an alleged post made A DECADE ago that he's shamelessly dishonest about? This is the kind of wildly petty nonsense the internet was made for.
lol, so a plurality of mods ban mets for behaving like a child but BOIDS thinks that's unfair because of an alleged post made A DECADE ago that he's shamelessly dishonest about? This is the kind of wildly petty nonsense the internet was made for.
He didn't say a decade ago, it was allegedly this year. The post he screenshotted from Kel when he said "around this time" was dated 2024. You don't need to make **** up to make your point. If you're going to go all out attack on people, at least make sure you brush up on what you're attacking them for.
He didn't say a decade ago, it was allegedly this year. The post he screenshotted from Kel when he said "around this time" was dated 2024. You don't need to make **** up to make your point. If you're going to go all out attack on people, at least make sure you at least brush up on what you're attacking them for.
Mother of god, I asked a simple question and I got a screenshot of a completely unrelated post. Can anyone please give me a coherent summary of who said what when? Bonus if you can connect this to the reason Mets should be allowed to constantly break simple rules.
