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 think we made good progress today. we established that the Resistance did not behead any babies. we established that gays are not murdered en masse in Gaza or the West Bank. we established that the number 1 threat to gay men in Palestine is from Israel.
I think we made good progress today. we established that the Resistance did not behead any babies. we established that gays are not murdered en masse in Gaza or the West Bank. we established that the number 1 threat to gay men in Palestine is from Israel.
We've certainly reiterated that you have an unrivalled capacity for buying into your own broke-brained bullshit. As for the rest, I'm not so sure.
Story checks out. I do say Israel definitely seems to be doing a lot of work in the Muslim world to trick Muslims to be hostile towards LGBT persons. Although I do see a tiny sliver of blue on the Eastern edge of the Mediterranean surrounded by a whole lot of red. Maybe just my eyes playing tricks on me.
Victor claims to not understand the difference between a bomb planted at a gay pride rally and a bomb planted at the Olympics or the World Trade Centre, as long as they kill the same number of gays. So he is either very dishonest or very stupid. Or the obvious option of both.
Calls terrorist acts against civilians "resistance", denies historical genocides and cooks up conspiracies about Jews to excuse violence against gay people.
At this point you'd have to wonder what this particular portion of the far left dislikes about the Nazism and fascism they constantly decry. The competition?
liars lie. keep lying liar.
I think we made good progress today. we established that the Resistance did not behead any babies. we established that gays are not murdered en masse in Gaza or the West Bank. we established that the number 1 threat to gay men in Palestine is from Israel.
Please speak for yourself. No we here. You established all of this for yourself and yourself only.
No one claimed gays en masse were being murdered in Gaza. I made the claim ''Queers for Palestine'' would be thrown off buildings in Gaza if they were openly queer. I obviously stand by this.
I am aware that the mod team added the words "and General Chat Thread" to the title of this thread.
However.... maybe take the I/P discussion to a different thread?
Please
Calls terrorist acts against civilians "resistance", denies historical genocides and cooks up conspiracies about Jews to excuse violence against gay people.
At this point you'd have to wonder what this particular portion of the far left dislikes about the Nazism and fascism they constantly decry. The competition?
Well, if you remember, the German Communists circa 1930 said they would rather see the Nazis in power than support the social-democratic Weimar Republic, and they worked actively to that end. Red-brown crossover has always been very much a thing. Hand in glove.
Well, if you remember, the German Communists circa 1930 said they would rather see the Nazis in power than support the social-democratic Weimar Republic, and they worked actively to that end. Red-brown crossover has always been very much a thing. Hand in glove.
Brother I don't think you want to look up the history of NATO
lolRoc
Bro the US is getting better. I know you hate nato and all that but they often do good around the world
If you wanna talk **** about the US and help Americans, criticize the prison system that’s funding corporate profits via forced labor.
I mean there’s a lot of things that the US does great. Yeah we kill brown people. I guess that’s big deal that most Americans minimize.
Ok we do suck. But it’s not all bad. We do a lot of good as well. We protect a lot of countries from commmunist China and the dictatorships in N Korea and Russia
I just brought it up bc he was talking about some **** from 1930s Germany that I dont even care to fact check. the same Nazis that he was talking about joined up with NATO immediately after doing a genocide. so you know, liberals hypocrisy etc.
and my friend, I absolutely agree that the US prison system is an absolute abomination. I even compared it to the Russia gulag system! the liberals got really mad about that but as usual they misunderstood that I wasnt trying to make Russia look good, but rather point out the depravity of the USA.
So much of the political discourse seems to revolve around two things: (1) power, obviously, and (2) defending what you hold sacred. A strong motivation for people seems to be the attitude which says, “Those people who don’t respect what I hold sacred shouldn’t hold power.”
A major problem, however, is that ‘the sacred’ is above criticism, compromise, and negotiation. Then, the question:
What must be held sacred by differing groups in order to peacefully co-exist in shared spaces across time?
I honestly believe reality forces humanity to answer this question correctly at gunpoint. This is the unanswered question which is forcing the titanic we are all on to be sinking. What actual value is there in overly focusing on how resources are being distributed on the ship when the whole thing is sinking?
Why are some accounts allowed to post racist revisionist history “facts”?
This shouldn’t be allowed. It’s immoral and dangerous.
freedom Craig, the answer is freedom
I honestly believe reality forces humanity to answer this question correctly at gunpoint.
you're talking politics on a subforum of a dead poker site ..... maybe stop being such a drama queen about it
This is the unanswered question which is forcing the titanic we are all on to be sinking. What actual value is there in overly focusing on how resources are being distributed on the ship when the whole thing is sinking?
if you actually believe that the world is ending or whatever, then why are you wasting time chatting about it on the politics on a subforum of a dead poker site? this isn't accomplishing anything, especially since you don't seem to be convincing many of anything. you'd be much better off starting or joining a cult of some sort
you're talking politics on a subforum of a dead poker site ..... maybe stop being such a drama queen about it
if you actually believe that the world is ending or whatever, then why are you wasting time chatting about it on the politics on a subforum of a dead poker site? this isn't accomplishing anything, especially since you don't seem to be convincing many of anything. you'd be much better off starting or joining a cult of some sort
Thanks again for reading my posts.
i regret everything
Self identification is the answer. Identifying with self. We do this, we win. We don’t —> catastrophe
Back to your regularly scheduled program.
Self identification is the answer. Identifying with self. We do this, we win. We don’t —> catastrophe
Back to your regularly scheduled program.
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Self identification is the answer. Identifying with self. We do this, we win. We don’t —> catastrophe
Back to your regularly scheduled program.
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