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.
You’d have to grow some balls and play an Open Sicilian, so it’s not happening.
I’m more into trying to reach 2900 then 3000 rating in the puzzles. I play very few games online these days and definitely not to play against whites closed Sicilian!
I do remember how you kept saying how good you used to be.
Challenge was offered and not accepted. Heard nothing from Jal. it's been 2 hours.
Craig - go in on this pussy. We need to hear about how non masculine he is.
I never said anything to suggest that I held prophets in higher regard than deities.
Ok. You are a prophet. I have a bunch of questions.
1) Are you recognized as a prophet by any organized religious body such as a church?
2) Are you the sort of prophet who predicts things about the future? If so,
8. Do you believe in polygamy and what is the legal age of marriage?
I don't know what game craig thinks we are playing, or what he means when he says that I have opted out of the game. He is unable or unwilling to answer these questions, or almost any of my other questions, in a way that I can understand.
I don't see how I can learn anything from a prophet that is unable or unwilling to communicate effectively with me.
But that's your fault for not following his leadership, because then his words would make sense to you. Gotcha!
Lozen, remember the name they called you in third grade?
Grow up.
I don't know what game craig thinks we are playing, or what he means when he says that I have opted out of the game. He is unable or unwilling to answer these questions, or almost any of my other questions, in a way that I can understand.
I don't see how I can learn anything from a prophet that is
Well, have you submitted any tribute to the prophet or do you simply expect enlightenment for free?
I don't know what game craig thinks we are playing, or what he means when he says that I have opted out of the game. He is unable or unwilling to answer these questions, or almost any of my other questions, in a way that I can understand.
I don't see how I can learn anything from a prophet that is
I was curious about crossnerds comment on him making threads for a decade and you can find him making similar, albeit significantly more cogent, posts in 2015.
One of his comments from the thread I checked said something along the lines of "I try to analyze the benefits of me answering a question" which seems to mean "If you dig too deep I will just ignore you" based on all other context I've seen
Just know he was trying to present himself as a condescendingly spiritually enlightened individual back in 2015 and has seemingly shoved his head further and further and further up his own ass in the time since
I was curious about crossnerds comment on him making threads for a decade and you can find him making similar, albeit significantly more cogent, posts in 2015.
One of his comments from the thread I checked said something along the lines of "I try to analyze the benefits of me answering a question" wh
I knew about those all those threads even before CN mentioned them.
I actually like talking to very religious people. It's is sometimes interesting to hear how such people arrived at their beliefs and how their beliefs guide their daily lives. I am capable of having such discussions respectfully. I did so with lagtight. But lagtight was very open and clear about what he believed, and he was happy to answer questions about his beliefs.
craig's mystical opacity and his refusal to engage with discrete questions make real discussion impossible, at least for me.
I don't know what game craig thinks we are playing, or what he means when he says that I have opted out of the game. He is unable or unwilling to answer these questions, or almost any of my other questions, in a way that I can understand.
I don't see how I can learn anything from a prophet that is
The path is risky and difficult. If your faith is not strong enough to stretch and struggle, then you don’t belong on the path.
There is a feeling which I describe as the feeling that there is something more you should be doing but are not. If you know this feeling, then engage it and grab hold of it.
If you don’t know this feeling, then we don’t know each other.
I’m not going to stop trying to complete the mission, which is to get everyone into the promised land. IÂ’m incapable of doing otherwise because the journey transforms you.
Assume there are reasons for everything I do. If it feels like I’m intentionally denying you, provoking you, or frustrating you, it’s because I’m giving you what you need to progress along the path.
Rococo,
Engage me through my posts in the Religion or Philosophy subforums.
Conducting interviews, when I perceive the questions as not being productive to the mission, I quickly become disinterested.
If it feels like I’m intentionally denying you, provoking you, or frustrating you, it’s because I’m giving you what you need to progress along the path.
This is wildly off-putting to me. I am not interested in a discussion that is premised on me accepting that you are what you say you are. There is a difference between respectful discussion and uncritical discussion. The former is fine. The latter does not interest me at all.
This is wildly off-putting to me. I am not interested in a discussion that is premised on me accepting that you are what you say you are. There is a difference between respectful discussion and uncritical discussion. The former is fine. The latter does not interest me at all.
Bro, you are not prostrating yourself before the world's greatest prophet, how the **** you expect him to react?
The church (whichever one) was divvying up internet forums to send their members to, and craig was sent to tiny internet forum 2+2.
Craig, I think they might be trying to tell you something.
