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.
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the more you post the more i believe you are one of those david said he included on the list as a troll job
fact that i say you're detached from reality (which i standby) in your mind means dealer's choice of putting whatever words you imagine into my mouth as if i said them is pure loony bin nonsense
you need a therapist
I was quoting you.
jfc your lies never end
now you're fabricating the existence of quotes of me saying things about police, go ahead and show your work
In the post you had just responded to, I included the quote from you where you said some people were part of a cult. It read like you were talking about people here. I was wondering why I wasn't included in that if I wasn't. It seemed like I would have been from the context. You had earlier asked me to show my work, I thought about that, but you weren't clear. I have never said or implied you said anything about police.
If you're drunk that's cool. I was just wishing I had some beer.
you're an idiot but par for the course for you to resort to personal attacks when you've run out of straw
i never said diddly squat about your preference on cops whatsoever - i asked you to show your work on proving that, which you're now jumping about and shifting goal posts in order to escape that you've been caught in a lie
this is precisely why you're in a cult - facts and reality don't matter to you - your opinion on police is immaterial to that and i wasn't even broaching that nor even discussing you specifically
you love playing the victim and i can't help you with that - you need a therapist not more posts here
you're an idiot but par for the course for you to resort to personal attacks when you've run out of straw
i never said diddly squat about your preference on cops whatsoever - i asked you to show your work on proving that, which you're now jumping about and shifting goal posts in order to escape that you've been caught in a lie
this is precisely why you're in a cult - facts and reality don't matter to you - your opinion on police is immaterial to that
I don't get it. Are you asking me to show my work proving that I have a preference for female cops?
you're an idiot but par for the course for you to resort to personal attacks when you've run out of straw
i never said diddly squat about your preference on cops whatsoever - i asked you to show your work on proving that, which you're now jumping about and shifting goal posts in order to escape that you've been caught in a lie
this is precisely why you're in a cult - facts and reality don't matter to you - your opinion on police is immaterial to that and i wasn't even broaching that nor even discu
How am I playing a victim? Do you have a hotkey for typing out "playing the victim" that you accidentally hit?
Or you could just explain what you meant about people being in a cult and who you were talking about.
I'm going to help you out rick, with what I was talking about.
There was talk about strength and jobs and then formula72 had some thoughts on the matter and then you said the problem was that people were in a cult.
A cult of people wanting to seem progressive or something.
Then I accused you of saying I was in a cult because, based on the previous discussion, it seemed like I would have been included. Then you asked me to show my work here:
[edit: wrong image....weird how on edits it wants a url - I'll get the quote instead....]
Yeah, but you still think I'm in a cult because I said I generally prefer female cops, which I do.
you're going to have to show your work on this one because i said no such thing
again, your seething rage got the best of you
this is like the 4th time you've falsely attributed things i've never even contemplated as not only my position but things i've said (which i never indeed said)
calm tf down and be like santa checking your list twice before you decide who's been naughty or not
this is also more key evidence as to why i do not believe any of your "i believe in freedom" nonsense, you're already
which I took to mean show my work where you would have said I was in a cult.
Now I take it that you think
"Yeah, but you still think I'm in a cult because I said I generally prefer female cops, which I do."
is somehow me saying that you said something about cops.
???
I wasn't saying you think I'm in a cult because of something specific about cops in particular, but that you would have included me in the people trying to sound progressive....because of what I said about cops, but not because it was cops, just because it was progressive sounding. And thus...I was in a cult.
Now you are following me around bringing up trans people out of nowhere and demanding I respond to your totally not obsession with trans people
You, out of the blue, claimed that 90% of my posts are about trans people. True or false?
You, when referencing me, brought up trans people out of nowhere. True or false? (hint, see above)
You are obsessed with trans people. True (I think I know the answer) or false?
I'll even help you out:
90% of your posts are talking about trans people and you think you aren't projecting when you rant about identity politics.
FYI, that would be 9 out of 10 (I wouldn't normally explain this but you seem, up, simple. Like Simple Jack.) Do you still think 90% (again, 9 out of 10, speaking SLOWLY) of my posts are about trans people?
I know the answer....you are never wrong.
LOL
You, out of the blue, claimed that 90% of my posts are about trans people. True or false?
You, when referencing me, brought up trans people out of nowhere. True or false? (hint, see above)
You are obsessed with trans people. True (I think I know the answer) or false?
1. False
2. False again
3. Possibly, I dunno. I never have to think about them unless I'm responding to people on here who whinge incessantly about their existence
Anyways, you are being kind of weird about this and I'd appreciate it if you just cut your losses
I don't get it. Are you asking me to show my work proving that I have a preference for female cops?
no dummy, that was not the claim you made about me, you need show your work that i even paid the slightest bit of attention to the fact that you said that - why the f would i even care?
you are so ffing dense
Anyways, you are being kind of weird about this and I'd appreciate it if you just cut your losses
You told me that 90% of my posts are about trans people (lie) and I'm being weird about this?
Who wouldn't defend themselves against such a claim?
What planet are we on????? Honest question.
Edit: your screenshots are hilarious
Apropos of nothing, but there is a male loneliness epidemic
K, bye
I'll even help you out:
FYI, that would be 9 out of 10 (I wouldn't normally explain this but you seem, up, simple. Like Simple Jack.) Do you still think 90% (again, 9 out of 10, speaking SLOWLY) of my posts are about trans people?
I know the answer....you are never wrong.
Let me help you out.
If you really didn't care about the subject, you wouldn't have hopped into the trans thread at all. If you did manage to find your way there without much of an opinion you would have been like, nope no thanks not for me. What you actually did, is singled out my posts defending trans individuals from others who were calling them mentally ill, an affront to god, abominations to nature, and similar. You didn't see those posts and think, wow these guys are out of line! What you did do, was see me defending trans people and think, wow this guy is out of line!
People with no opinion also don't call trans women men and lament that some democrats want them to have rights
I get it. You don't personally think you are anti trans, and I personally do think you are anti trans. You don't have to agree with me, but it would behoove you to examine the actions you have taken to speak out against trans people as someone who supposedly doesn't care.
Sorry I was being hyperbolic when I said 90% of your posts are about trans people. I'm not sorry for calling you out for your anti trans opinions
I've realized that very few bigots have any idea that they are bigots.
no dummy, that was not the claim you made about me, you need show your work that i even paid the slightest bit of attention to the fact that you said that - why the f would i even care?
you are so ffing dense
Then just answer the question. In your response to f72, who were you saying is in a cult?
Eta: you thought f72 just made that post out of the blue? His post has context.
Post-eta: nm, idc.
