Moderation Questions for Whiners
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 guess I'll announce that I'll be helping out with modding P&S. If you've seen my posting you will know that they must be pretty desperate to bring me on.
My general vision for modding is that hopefully you wont even know I'm here. Don't be a relentless overt PoS and I'll never have to do anything.
I'm mostly doing this to give myself an undertitle. Any thoughts?
"The world garping to Cordi"
Welcome.
Not really. As far as I know, the word was used by the ancient Greeks to refer to foreigners. In other words, I don't think we have any reason to believe that the term would have been used to describe a Greek person with a stuttering problem.
I guess I'll announce that I'll be helping out with modding P&S. If you've seen my posting you will know that they must be pretty desperate to bring me on.
My general vision for modding is that hopefully you wont even know I'm here. Don't be a relentless overt PoS and I'll never have to do anything.
I'm mostly doing this to give myself an undertitle. Any thoughts?
Good Luck everyone starts as a mod with a clean slate
Coordi,
I'm not sure what happened with Mets but he's banned can you free him?
Also-- free Lagtight please.
Yeah, I’m actually still a mod, so no. No one can do that, and they shouldn’t either way. I already discussed his ban in the moderator forum. It’s been amended to a perma for the last time.
And he’s banned because after I lifted his perma the first time, he again engaged in the same harassing behaviors like spamming me with PMs, calling everything and everyone under the sun an antisemite, his total inability to control his own emotions like a big boy, and finally calling me slurs. He’s not getting any more special treatment, we are not gifting him with any extra lives. Mets should spend his time IRL becoming a better person. He needs it.
We’re currently experimenting with keeping the forum open with extra help. Coordi is that help. I am taking a short break by the seaside at the moment. If it all falls apart, the forum gets closed, so maybe try not to be an insufferable pita in the meantime. Thanks.
Is it a three month ban or perma for Mets?
He is gone and he will not be back. He is the problem. And he will never stop. I wish him the best, but he will no longer be allowed to harass and mistreat people here.
Implies America is not great now. Love it or leave it, malcontent.
Yeah, I’m actually still a mod, so no. No one can do that, and they shouldn’t either way. I already discussed his ban in the moderator forum. It’s been amended to a perma for the last time.
And he’s banned because after I lifted his perma the first time, he again engaged in the same harassing behaviors like spamming me with PMs, calling everything and everyone under the sun an antisemite, his total inability to control his own emotions like a big boy, and finally calling me slurs. He’s not gettin
It sounds like Coordi is the substitute teacher while the usual teacher is on break. It sounds like Coordi is going to be taking a hands off approach. This is quite different from your more micro managy approach. When you get back this forum is going to be different from when you left it. Will there be a transition time for posters or are you gonna come back guns a blazing?
Coordi isn’t a sub, Mongidig. He’s the literal reason the forum is remaining open. Stfu. You’re disturbing my peace.
So prior to feminism, birth control, and civil rights. Got it. Very white male dominated society at the expense of literally every other demographic. That was great to you?
And lol at saying 2016-2020. The final year of Obama's presidency and then Trump's presidency, after he already ran on the slogan "make america great again." It's your contention that he was referring to 2016-2020 when he said "make america great again in 2016.
Got it.
Just an incredible post.
Edit to add more color to your "prior to 1950" era great america.
We had segregation so whites benefited from building their schools and buildings with black tax dollars.
It was arguably one of the most socialist times in American history. It had the highest corporate and high-end tax rates in history. Additionally the new deal was in full swing (for the white man): building cheap houses, throw money at education and housing, and providing amazing government jobs basically all over the country.
Don't forget the top tax rate was 90%. We don't mean that part, though, right? I think the only part you were actually referring to was the racism and sexism.
He accomplished more on the first day than Biden did his whole Presidency. It's nice to have an available President who actually goes out in public and answers questions. It's great that we are getting back to moral values. It's great that we are using common sense.
mong, you didn't understand what Victor wrote.
So prior to feminism, birth control, and civil rights. Got it. Very white male dominated society at the expense of literally every other demographic. That was great to you?
And lol at saying 2016-2020. The final year of Obama's presidency and then Trump's presidency, after he already ran on the slogan "make america great again." It's your contention that he was referring to 2016-2020 when he said "make america great again in 2016.
Got it.
Just an incredible post.
I wasn't around in the 50's it's just what I heard. It seemed to be a more classy time. Better family values.
I personally did quite well in the first Trump Presidency. I wonder what he could have accomplished if he wasn't being harassed by the Democrats and the Never Trumpers. The years of government waste are over. The years of weaponizing the DOJ are over. The US is taking back what is rightfully ours.
