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.
yeah you'd think so, except turns out:
I don’t expect many to know things that happened in the distant past in a different subforum, but you and I both know that over ten years ago you lead a similar campaign against me during a time where I was very much publicly struggling with my mental health. You found much entertainment in my suffering.
the 'campaign' by the way was something to do with a game of werewolf, the specifics of which i forgot approx 13 years and 364 days ago
Friend, you need to grow up and move on…
Apparently the same thing goes for Luckbox and Mets. It’s just not personal or serious for me and won’t ever be again. Be adults.
@BOIDS You forgetting it due to an absence of empathy doesn't mean your target wasn't affected by it.
Friend, you need to grow up and move on…
Apparently the same thing goes for Luckbox and Mets. It’s just not personal or serious for me and won’t ever be again. Be adults.
stop deleting my posts. you deleted three in a row, and as was confirmed two posts ago they were very high quality indeed
You are just wasting your time even engaging in that thread. The powers that be have deemed it improper to post anything that can be interpreted as supporting Israel. That your post can be considered offensive by anyone, to the point that it needed to be deleted, is proof that this is no longer a place where people can have opposing viewpoints on even basic issues.
have you read the thread? well over 50% of the posts are explicitly supporting every action* by Israel.
Guys, this isn’t productive. Please move the I/P stuff back to the appropriate thread. Thank you thank you
I mean, my post was directly addressing ideas about moderation and had nothing to do with the details or ideas of the conflict.
Half of Lebanon is rooting for Hezbollah to die. It's been nothing but a cancer for them. I think it's probably fair to root for what the Lebanese root for.
Spending a dollar on the Iranian ring of fire while so much of your country doesn't have access to basic things is the definition of madness.
crossnerd, you missed one. 😀
Victor, I’d just like this circular discussion to end and for I/P stuff to stay in that one thread.
You can post about moderation if there’s something relevant to add I guess
Why does a dog lick its balls?
Yes I’d like to add that Victor constantly makes apologism for the Oct 7th attack. Is that against the rules?
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/285/p...
(d) Extremist views well outside of the mainstream will not be allowed: offensive conspiracy theories, posts that glorify violence, call to arms etc. Do not post-election conspiracy theories without sources. Such posts go in the riggie containment thread. Due to the nature of the current health crisis, we will not allow conspiracy theories surrounding Covid-19 to be propagated, nor will we allow Covid-19 denial or posting that attempts to undermine the severity of the crisis.
While I understand that not everyone will like or agree with this, the pro-Palestine movement is a mainstream view, and is therefore acceptable to post so long as it does not glorify violence etc.
Specific posts that violate the rules of the I/P thread as are posted on that threads OP should be reported.
Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I have to.
It seems that forum poster Luciom is getting really unhinged lately ( more than before, frequency increasing by the day) and he is consistantly calling for people to be shot at, executed for whatever reason he feels so.
I have never seen such poster here going on like this for so long, and this looks like a case of I told you so.
Fearing for his well beeing and I think he isn't fit mentally to stay around here.
His average post per day in this forum is insane, he's calling tons of people (especially anyone who disagree or does't correspond with his worldviews) to be shot at or executed.
Please review his case accordingly. (I'm not the first one who called him as a potential hazard for himself and others).
54 posts in the last 24 hours
2 posts an hour seems low.
In the interests of fairness, I have not seen him calling for anyone who disagrees with his views be shot or executed, but I might have missed it. He does talk about applying the death penalty a bunch, but usually falls short of saying people should be executed for their political views alone.
ETA: One of the threads in which he is currently active is literally about the death penalty, so hardly a surprise it would be discussed there.
Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I have to.
It seems that forum poster Luciom is getting really unhinged lately ( more than before, frequency increasing by the day) and he is consistantly calling for people to be shot at, executed for whatever reason he feels so.
I have never seen such poster here going on like this for so long, and this looks like a case of I told you so.
Fearing for his well beeing and I think he isn't fit mentally to stay around here.
His average post p
At the societal level, I find people who call for censorship of those they disagree with, making spurious claims of "safety" for themselves and other, to be a much bigger potential hazard.
2 posts an hour seems low.
In the interests of fairness, I have not seen him calling for anyone who disagrees with his views be shot or executed, but I might have missed it. He does talk about applying the death penalty a bunch, but usually falls short of saying people should be executed for their political views alone.
ETA: One of the threads in which he is currently active is literally about the death penalty, so hardly a surprise it would be discussed there.
Idk he's literally asking for death penalty for people that didn't fix rivers.
Maybe it's just the old man yelling at clouds.
At the societal level, I find people who call for censorship of those they disagree with, making spurious claims of "safety" for themselves and other, to be a much bigger potential hazard.
Thank you for agreeing with me.
Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I have to.
It seems that forum poster Luciom is getting really unhinged lately ( more than before, frequency increasing by the day) and he is consistantly calling for people to be shot at, executed for whatever reason he feels so.
I have never seen such poster here going on like this for so long, and this looks like a case of I told you so.
Fearing for his well beeing and I think he isn't fit mentally to stay around here.
His average post p
What's new? I had a to and fro with him many months ago about his calls for mass executions for law breakers and his latest outbursts are merely the mask slipping.
I don't want him banned but hope he's not unwell.
