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.
Thinly disguised brag.
You might very well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment.
Part owned by our state.
Makes ya proud to british although I'm more of a 'kill the cat' man
This fabulous pub (which I'd be shocked if chez didn't know well)
had a brothel upstairs a hundred or so years ago, and the building itself was owned by the Church of England. lol. An erotic mural in the bar celebrates its colourful past.
i know it well.
I'm going on a trip, including a 7-day cruise, for the next 11 days or so. I may or may not be here in any of that time. Sorry to the other mods. Hope you all survive.
Getting banned for this post….
…….is absolute garbage. MrDavitWilliam was told to take a timeout. He was not told how long said timeout was supposed to be. He returned to post the above and got banned. That is total bullshit. Had MrDavitWilliam told someone to **** off, he should have been banned. But he didn’t. He was told to take a time out, and he did. It is not the fault of MrDavitWilliam that the mod did not specify parameters on the time out. That is not on MrDavitWilliam. That is in the mod. Do better or give up being a mod.
Perhaps 2+2 is not for MrDavitWilliam.
Considering your past posting history.... followed by notes that moderators have taken based on your posting history..... (Teddy KGB style) Don't worry Mike, eet vill all bee over soon, son.
Getting banned for this post….
…….is absolute garbage. MrDavitWilliam was told to take a timeout. He was not told how long said timeout was supposed to be. He returned to post the above and got banned. That is total bullshit. Had MrDavitWilliam told someone to **** off, he should have been banned. But he didn’t. He was told to take a time out, and he did. It is not the fault of MrDavitWilliam that the mod did not specify parameters o
Can’t lie, this is the first post of this guy’s I’ve ever read but I lol’d
mrdavitwilliam, mrbobdavitwilliam
Nice to see all the personal insults against Lucian go with no time off
Once again (with feeling)
My personal policy is to ignore general banter between regulars and focus on the more egregious direct frontal attacks between morans.
Mostly we_posters seem to get that point until someone's feelings get bruised for a comment that I and the rest of the mod team deem "not over the line in the sand". That line is.... very much subjective.
Maybe don't poke toes over said line so much?
This implies that the "regular" and "moran" categories are mutually exclusive...
I believe regulars can morph
Once again (with feeling)
My personal policy is to ignore general banter between regulars and focus on the more egregious direct frontal attacks between morans.
Mostly we_posters seem to get that point until someone's feelings get bruised for a comment that I and the rest of the mod team deem "not over the line in the sand". That line is.... very much subjective.
Maybe don't poke toes over said line so much?
So to be clear as we are in the mod thread
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You are an overzealous fascist clown who is not nearly as smart as you think you are taking extremist positions on **** so absurd and detached from reality I genuinely worry that you’re going to shoot up a school in the name of your bullshit beliefs
You are a joke. An absolute ****ing joke. Nobody should treat you on a level that elevates you beyond that
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I , and everyone else, can claim they are worried that poster X , which they dislike, might end up raping 15 children because of their beliefs, and that's not going to generate any action by the mods? outside of a pat in the back with a "calm down" attached? even for posters who have a history of being banned for similar reasons?
or is claiming that i personally could end up shooting kids less severe of a claim than me claiming some other poster might end up raping children because of his beliefs ?
Do i exaggerate the severity of the insult when someone claims "he is worried i might shoot up a school" because of my beliefs?
*I got banned when i claimed the blood of the butchered children in palestina was on the hands of poster X, because of his takes, to be clear, so i REALLY don't understand this now
So to be clear as we are in the mod thread
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You are an overzealous fascist clown who is not nearly as smart as you think you are taking extremist positions on **** so absurd and detached from reality I genuinely worry that you’re going to shoot up a school in the name of your bullshit beliefs
You are a joke. An absolute ****ing joke. Nobody should treat you on a level that elevates you beyond that
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I , and everyone else, can claim they are wor
lol did someone actually say that and not get a warning?
I take back nothing I said and that was the tamest way I could express my thoughts on the matter
