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.
Hi friends,
It’s not appropriate to speculate about private aspects of other posters’ health or wellness. Please don’t do that.
Permanent bans will not be decided by discussions in the mod thread or by popularity. Posts that violate the guidelines for this forum should be reported so the mods may have a record of a posters violations and make a decision based on cumulative positive history.
I will not allow discussions that target an individual for negativity that goes beyond constructive criticism in our community setting, so please keep that in mind if you comment on one another.
Thank you 😀
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.
Thank you for agreeing with me.
I support it for people who throw things at runners from cars but not really much else.
But if you're in a car and you throw something at someone working out or exercising boom you're dead. It should be instant.
weez you'd have a much more compelling case if you linked to such posts where he's calling for the execution of other posters
i think luciom is a net positive in the forum and prevents it from becoming a circle jerk of agreement who all pick on bahbah as a gang
weez you'd have a much more compelling case if you linked to such posts where he's calling for the execution of other posters
i think luciom is a net positive in the forum and prevents it from becoming a circle jerk of agreement who all pick on bahbah as a gang
Was with you right up to when you brought up picking on bahbah like it was a bad thing.
Make a containment thread, put the dogshit posters there until they learn to behave, exercise some basic judgement about who the dogshit posters are, ez game. OOT figured this out a lifetime ago.
Make a containment thread, put the dogshit posters there until they learn to behave, exercise some basic judgement about who the dogshit posters are, ez game. OOT figured this out a lifetime ago.
lol I would take a million Luciom posts over a single one of your posts
Trolly's posts are a monoculture in themselves and most are just demanding various degrees of punishment for other posters.
No, D2 has special non-containment privileges because he makes me laugh
it's amazing that trolly is probably the only poster here who can refer to other people here as "dogshit" and not receive a ban and yet posts every day talking about how moderation isn't doing enough
Rickroll, do you think I’m doing enough?
it's amazing that trolly is probably the only poster here who can refer to other people here as "dogshit" and not receive a ban and yet posts every day talking about how moderation isn't doing enough
I didn't specifically call anyone here dogshit, but I'm always happy to color within the lines if the mods tell me my colorful language is out of bounds and the rules are fairly applied.
i wouldn't expect you to act any differently from the dozens of mods who allow him to post his hateful attacks every day
even right above he's happily victory lapping his ability to insult people within the confines of what moderation finds acceptable
he contributes nothing here
say what you will about luciom, but he's actually interested in conversation which is what this place is all about
trolly should have received a perma-ban years ago
he literally posts nothing but insults and attacks, never engages in discussion, he's only here for trolling which he even explicitly makes clear with his username
it's insane that people here who have an extensive body of work of over a decade can be perma'd for a dozen outbursts but we allow trolly to remain
Sigh
It's your advanced vocabulary that gives you the edge; no way anyone has a chance when you're throwing out fancy words like "interlocutor" and whatnot.
Did you like it when I hit Deuces with "sesquipedalian"? That was the culmination of weeks of concerted effort.
That's a great word - using it makes you one.
I would have spelled "interlocutor" with a q in there, that's what I get for only listening to the audiobook version of Plato.
In ancient Greece, Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day his student Plato ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied, "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?" asked Plato.
"That's right," Socrates continued, "Before you talk to me about Diogenes let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," Plato responded, "Actually I just heard about it."
"All right," said Socrates, "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about Diogenes something good?"
"No, on the contrary..."
"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something about Diogenes that may be bad, even though you're not certain it's true?"
Plato shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter, the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about Diogenes going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me or anyone at all?"
Plato was bewildered and ashamed. This is an example of why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
It also explains why Socrates never found out that Diogenes was banging his wife.
True story. It wasn’t useful because socrates was a raging homosexual
i'd say he was more of a transcendentalist homosexual
