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.
No I didn’t.
It occurs to me now that I should probably chill on making any moves until after the election.
Anyway. You people make me mad.
We’re gonna keep Mets and rafiki back though for good measure. Let’s see if we can’t get through this next week together 😀
I don't know if it's a you thing to hold yourself to an unreasonably high standard, but your modding has been completely fine. Every mod here has generated at least the level of complaints you have and this is not an easy time to mod a politics forum.
No disrespect to CN who's doing what she thinks is best for the forum, but the best time for pol posters was the modless interim between Bowser leaving and the new mod regime starting.
It occurs to me now that I should probably chill on making any moves until after the election.
Anyway. You people make me mad.
We’re gonna keep Mets and rafiki back though for good measure. Let’s see if we can’t get through this next week together 😀
Soemthing good comes of it
Don't let them get you down. You see them at their worst
We can all be here together for the **** show
If the forum wants to allow pro-hamas viewpoints to exist and be defended, then CN way of modding the IP thread is the best possible one (no personal discussion, no censorship of any claim no matter how unsubstantiated from any party).
I have issues with CN modding but not in the IP thread (which is what makes people criticize her, from what i see here).
All this conflicting data, who's the favorite?
I shudder to imagine the den of iniquity that is Victor's twitter feed. Probably a lot of "professors of decolonisation."
yeah i hate smart people who read books and understand things, but unfortunately that's what the "tech overlords" force feed me...
wait, wut?
Victor isn’t the only one here who reads Caitlin Johnstone fwiw
I have no idea who that is. Is she a professor of decolonisation? What does she have against colons?
she is a very balanced "journalist" that thinks the world is "heading toward extinction because of climate destruction" (which is a claim that makes playbig look like a smart person).
she has the takes you can imagine correlate with that on all other topics.
she doesnt want Palestinians, Ukranians, or Russians to die so no I dont have any examples for you.
for others, they can use the google machine to decide for themselves.
she doesnt want Palestinians, Ukranians, or Russians to die so no I dont have any examples for you.
for others, they can use the google machine to decide for themselves.
Oh, that's nice. Is she an ideas person, like chez? "Sure would be nice if we could have world peace, I'll let you guys work out the details".
Ideas are not bad things D2. They what you get if you dont avoid thinking.
Details are important as well. They require more effort but well worth it.
Ideas are not bad things D2. They what you get if you dont avoid thinking.
Details are important as well. They require more effort but well worth it.
Yes, details are not really your "thing", and your so-called ideas are all completely vapid, along the lines of "would be good if there were less violence in prisons, we could just have no contact between the prisoners. You're the details guy, I'll let you fill in the blanks."
