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.
Lmao, I can’t get enough of this
Still rustled, I see.
I aspire for great things. And Needful Things. Ideally more the former...
Maybe the California Fire posts should have its own thread ?
I agree
We don't actually need two separate Trump threads please and thank you.
there's like 10 of them lol
I think mods may look to delete non-Trumpers posting in the Trumper thread and vice versa. Then we can all be happy, right?
Why don't you just make a "Donald Trump - Presidency and Predictions Thread for Trumpers and Everyone Else" instead of having half a dozen that just fall down the list and dry up. This place isn't big enough to have 7 different trump threads.
I wanted to post an interesting link and have no ****ing idea which one might be the one that lasts
My posts pay your Sklansky Salary, or else I'll just do it myself, i guess.
Why don't you just make a "Donald Trump - Presidency and Predictions Thread for Trumpers and Everyone Else" instead of having half a dozen that just fall down the list and dry up. This place isn't big enough to have 7 different trump threads.
I wanted to post an interesting link and have no ****ing idea which one might be the one that lasts
When in doubt just start a new Trump thread.
I think there should be a Trump Dubs thread. I almost started it but I swore off trolling for this year.
I asked yesterday to be banned in the atf thread until 2/1 but apparently they are slow atf.
Same request here. Or just a ban from politics until then if possible
Well take care coordi, i enjoy your posts and remember talking with you from the BFI days.
coordi, I can take care of this for you.
1 month experiment (I thought the first 100 days of the new administration would be better.... let's see how it goes.)
Time to play nice, be nice. Bowser_Browser-nice. The current way of doing Trump-related conversation DOES NOT WORK. Everyone screams over the other; nobody listening. The adults have left the room. Mr Williams, I am looking at you as well. Clean up your language as you diminish everything you say by writing like a 13 year old speaks.
There are two POTUS threads. Team PB2000 and BJ can have the Trumpers thread; Gorgo and steamrise clan can have the other. No cross over. We now have a 30 day Safe Space for directed content.
I will simply delete content that doesn't stay inside the lanes.
1 month experiment (I thought the first 100 days of the new administration would be better.... let's see how it goes.)
Time to play nice, be nice. Bowser_Browser-nice. The current way of doing Trump-related conversation DOES NOT WORK. Everyone screams over the other; nobody listening. The adults have left the room. Mr Williams, I am looking at you as well. Clean up your language as you diminish everything you say by writing like a 13 year old speaks.
There are two POTUS threads. Team PB20
If we have reached the point where this sort of balkanization is necessary (and maybe we have), we might as well close the forum.
Terrible idea but mods always feel they have to do something to justify their status which they must be proud of or they wouldn’t have volunteered for it. It usually ends up causing more problems than if they just went on holiday for a while.
All of this is because the mods felt the need to screw around with the thread titles.
1 month experiment (I thought the first 100 days of the new administration would be better.... let's see how it goes.)
Time to play nice, be nice. Bowser_Browser-nice. The current way of doing Trump-related conversation DOES NOT WORK. Everyone screams over the other; nobody listening. The adults have left the room. Mr Williams, I am looking at you as well. Clean up your language as you diminish everything you say by writing like a 13 year old speaks.
There are two POTUS threads. Team PB20
wait so where does someone goes if he is very in favor of one trump policy and very against another?
I write in the PB thread in favor of mass deportations and in the gorgo thread against tariffs? that's the idea?
1 month experiment (I thought the first 100 days of the new administration would be better.... let's see how it goes.)
Time to play nice, be nice. Bowser_Browser-nice. The current way of doing Trump-related conversation DOES NOT WORK. Everyone screams over the other; nobody listening. The adults have left the room. Mr Williams, I am looking at you as well. Clean up your language as you diminish everything you say by writing like a 13 year old speaks.
There are two POTUS threads. Team PB20
Yeah ill pipe in as well. I support his stance on immigration but did not support pardoning the violent offenders of Jan 6th . I do not agree with Tariffs on Canada and Mexico but do for China. There are some policies of Trumps I agree with and others I do not. I would have never voted for the man if an American but vote for Biden not a chance .
There should be one thread for the 47 th President of the USA Donald J Trump and maybe separate categories for policies such as birthright citizenship or wildfires
