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.
I’m guessing people want to assume the best in people and assume they can’t possibly be as bad as they come off rather than the Occam’s razor approach about believing what people tell you they are
I shave with Occam’s razor.
I know how bad you come off but I love you anyway. #TeamSRM
happy genocide and slavery day
Guys, we just had slavery day a few weeks ago.
You guys have used the word zionist as an antisemitic slur throughout the thread
Victor uses tropes and then uses parenthesis so that the mods allow them
Ie
Genocide (plausible) or (allegedly)
Over 50% of jalfrezi posts are just Twitter links from antisemetic accounts with no context but when a pro Isra
What is wrong with this post?
Who is being attacked?
Well, besides the tacit accusations of Victor and Jalfrezi being antisemitic, he implies *I* am antisemitic, and am targeting Jews with moderation, have chased the Jews out of the thread, and want a “jew free zone”.
**** that garbage.
And btw, nobody has been dinged solely for posting links because I don’t care if people do that and don’t abuse it.
You’re not being moderated because you’re Jewish, Mets. You’re being moderated because you’re a terrible poster who can’t follow basic kindergarten rules.
And btw, nobody has been dinged solely for posting links because I don’t care if people do that and don’t abuse it.
You’re not being moderated because you’re Jewish, Mets. You’re being moderated because you’re a terrible poster who can’t follow basic kindergarten rules.
I don't agree with Mets on several issues, and I have occasionally found his posts inappropriate. But I really have no idea how anyone could possibly think that his posts are generally worse than those of a few pro-Palestine members who constantly post rage bait and insult other members.
It’s so simple, you guys. Address content, NOT posters.
It’s 4 words that encompass all the rules of that thread. 4 words. It’s not as difficult as you’re making it to be.
the moderation policy of the i/p thread is very clear. anyone in any doubt about it should feel free to PM me, and i will spell it out for you
you can either accept that policy and continue to post (as i do), or you can reject it and stop posting as rafiki, mets and gs have largely done. i respect their decision
my view, strongly held, is that you shouldn't post in it if you plan to quarrel with the moderation policy, because it's not going to change and you'll just end up mad
The thread is mostly a joke due to the moderation but what are yah gonna do?
And btw, nobody has been dinged solely for posting links because I don’t care if people do that and don’t abuse it.
You’re not being moderated because you’re Jewish, Mets. You’re being moderated because you’re a terrible poster who can’t follow basic kindergarten rules.
Address content, not posters! 🙄
And btw, nobody has been dinged solely for posting links because I don’t care if people do that and don’t abuse it.
You’re not being moderated because you’re Jewish, Mets. You’re being moderated because you’re a terrible poster who can’t follow basic kindergarten rules.
kind of breaking your own rules are you not?
I'm being told by Mets privately that he's in trouble and that cross is about to ban him for a "nothing" post. What's going on here?
There’s clearly some sort of personal issue between that mod and the Mets poster. He’s not even close to the worst poster and has repeatedly been punished for benign posts.
The moderation in general has been completely nonsensical and the “no personal attacks” rule is being abused to target certain posters and generally just stifle any meaningful discussion.
I don't agree with Mets on several issues, and I have occasionally found his posts inappropriate. But I really have no idea how anyone could possibly think that his posts are generally worse than those of a few pro-Palestine members who constantly post rage bait and insult other members.
She doesn't realize her bias against me
If anyone else made this post it wouldn't be considered an attack
I'm being told by Mets privately that he's in trouble and that cross is about to ban him for a "nothing" post. What's going on here?
Of course none of that is true. Mets was warned last week by King Spew and the rest of the moderation team that his next issue would be a permanent one, and he needed to be on good behavior for the next 6 months. I’ve been fighting to make this work behind the scenes, but of course, this was probably not mentioned.
Mets came into the thread to complain about posters and accused me of targeting Jews with moderation, chasing the Jews out of the thread, and wanting a “Jew-free” zone.
Instead of just using that as the “excuse” to ban him and be done with this, I instead warned him *again* not to do that and gave him a 90 point infraction so he would still take it seriously (lolme)
I see he’s decided to respond to with the above, and I’m just done with the headaches- the same headache over the same thing over and over- that yeah now he’s gone.
Ask me in a month if I’ll reconsider. I’m done with this.
There’s clearly some sort of personal issue between that mod and the Mets poster. He’s not even close to the worst poster and has repeatedly been punished for benign posts.
crossnerd's entry into that thread was non-stop trolling of mets, up to and including her trolling him for not having any kids
i think he had her on ignore for most of it but that did not slow her down at all
my working theory is that mets defeated her in a game of pog werewolf 14 years ago or something and she never got over it, but who knows
Boids, I think you’re projecting
Why’s he banned????
