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.
It always comes back to eugenics with these people.
What rule does that break?
I mean so posts about the darwin awards would be banned content here?
You picked a group of folks that you are not allowed to make that kind of comment about . Now if you had made that comment about Trump voters you would have been fine .
Iger banned for a joke about Kamala Harris on her knees which got me 4 days yet the mod made a joke about JD Vance and a couch and that was OK . Though one was started on FB and not true while the other is
Just be careful which group you insult . You can wish Trump dead and get a warning but if you did that with Kamala you would probably get perma banned .
You picked a group of folks that you are not allowed to make that kind of comment about . Now if you had made that comment about Trump voters you would have been fine .
Iger banned for a joke about Kamala Harris on her knees which got me 4 days yet the mod made a joke about JD Vance and a couch and that was OK . Though one was started on FB and not true while the other is
Just be careful which group you insult . You can wish Trump dead and g
lol this is so hilarious because Trump supporters was literally the group he was talking about. I want to frame this post as evidence of confirmation bias.
lozen you never fail to disappoint at being a shining example of the “centrist” that always bleats out pro-Trump propaganda. please never change because your intellectual dishonesty is emblematic.
You picked a group of folks that you are not allowed to make that kind of comment about . Now if you had made that comment about Trump voters you would have been fine .
Iger banned for a joke about Kamala Harris on her knees which got me 4 days yet the mod made a joke about JD Vance and a couch and that was OK . Though one was started on FB and not true while the other is
Just be careful which group you insult . You can wish Trump dead and g
It was actually a comment about a specific sub-set of people that , if they vote, vote predominantly for Trump. People who are talked horribly about in this very forum by many posters with 0 repercussions all the times.
I was simply targeted without breaking rules.
let’s be real, it is utterly scummy to talk about PM’s in an ominous way and then not leak them. Either leak the PM’s or stop talking about them, because this middle way is such a hack thing to do.
You picked a group of folks that you are not allowed to make that kind of comment about . Now if you had made that comment about Trump voters you would have been fine .
Iger banned for a joke about Kamala Harris on her knees which got me 4 days yet the mod made a joke about JD Vance and a couch and that was OK . Though one was started on FB and not true while the other is
Just be careful which group you insult . You can wish Trump dead and g
See?
Easy to not get banned if following lozen's simple directions......
I thought at the time he shouldn't have returned to the I/P thread.
I would suggest that in a thread specifically labeled for moderation questions that it is poor form for a mod to make jokes like that. Not that in the end it would have changed this situation, but it's not a good look.
I would generally agree it was probably in bad taste (poor modding form?) to make that joke in that thread towards that poster. A gaff if you will
I’d like to just briefly acknowledge these two posts. I think in retrospect the above is correct, and I wish I hadn’t done it. Sorry, guys…
Geez, some guys are having problems with...... every thing.
Some posters just want to have fun. But their definition of fun goes against common sense decency. Thus the common statement "X just banned himself". You may agree or disagree but as Rococo and others have stated.... it's pretty easy to post your thoughts without getting banned around here. If you don't want to get perma-banned, don't post things that will get you perma-banned.
I agree
But times are very hard emotionally and people are going to miss jokes and go OTT at times. If it's possible at all then end the ban. No apologies or analysis necessary.
LET MY PEOPLE GO
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