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.
Geez, some guys are having problems with...... every thing.
Some posters just want to have fun. But their definition of fun goes against common sense decency. Thus the common statement "X just banned himself". You may agree or disagree but as Rococo and others have stated.... it's pretty easy to post your thoughts without getting banned around here. If you don't want to get perma-banned, don't post things that will get you perma-banned.
IMO, there should be zero tolerance for anyone that step
I agree
But times are very hard emotionally and people are going to miss jokes and go OTT at times. If it's possible at all then end the ban. No apologies or analysis necessary.
LET MY PEOPLE GO
Also free jbouton
I missed this gem. Yeah, rafiki and I go way back. Rolleyes.
It's ironic that your post is a lie while mine wasn't, yet I'm labeled the liar by the pitchforks.
And of course no issues here with either you or Trolly, because of course.
I missed this gem. Yeah, rafiki and I go way back. Rolleyes.
It's ironic that your post is a lie while mine wasn't, yet I'm labeled the liar by the pitchforks.
And of course no issues here with either you or Trolly, because of course.
Ironically it’s you trying to rile up the mob by making allusions to private messages and then not wanting to post the contents of the messages.
Let it go, move on. Either rafiki comes back, or he doesn't. Whatever.
Ironically it’s you trying to rile up the mob by making allusions to private messages and then not wanting to post the contents of the messages.
Um, I don't care about the mob. Especially ones who write "let’s be real, it is utterly scummy to talk about PM’s in an ominous way and then not leak them."
LOL at "ominous" (is doom coming for some reason????) and LOL at me leaking a PM. Why? So "Checkraisdraw" can be satisfied. That's rich.
Fine with me. But I can do without being called a liar.
I mean, Rafiki threatened over PM that he had already “taken steps” in the event that I banned him. “ You just have to say sorry and life goes on.”
I don’t negotiate with terrorists, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see what he meant by all his cryptic overtures.
I’m not going to be subjugated by some random angry man on the internet.
Um, I don't care about the mob. Especially ones who write "let’s be real, it is utterly scummy to talk about PM’s in an ominous way and then not leak them."
LOL at "ominous" (is doom coming for some reason????) and LOL at me leaking a PM. Why? So "Checkraisdraw" can be satisfied. That's rich.
Another one of those super fragile individuals who can dish it but get extremely triggered when someone else criticizes them. saaaaaaad
I mean, Rafiki threatened over PM that he had already “taken steps” in the event that I banned him. “ You just have to say sorry and life goes on.”
I don’t negotiate with terrorists, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see what he meant by all his cryptic overtures.
I’m not going to be subjugated by some random angry man on the internet.
Hahaha, I bet that sent him into meltdown. No wonder he wanted a perma.
I mean, Rafiki threatened over PM that he had already “taken steps” in the event that I banned him. “ You just have to say sorry and life goes on.”
I don’t negotiate with terrorists, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see what he meant by all his cryptic overtures.
I’m not going to be subjugated by some random angry man on the internet.
So you bait him with a troll post about multi-accounting, then ban him and then call him a terrorist.
You are abjectly terrible at moderating a discussion forum.
I’d like to just briefly acknowledge these two posts. I think in retrospect the above is correct, and I wish I hadn’t done it. Sorry, guys…
From rafiki (part of his PM):
"Yesterday in the moderation thread, she accused me in front of everyone (out of the blue) of using a second account. She thought I was the BLUE dude in the Israel thread.
Naturally I laughed and asked for the evidence, because lord knows that isn't me. Been on here since 2006, not resorting to a second account now."
Natediggity now speaking....you think "in retrospect the above is correct and wish you hadn't done it?" CN that's absurd. I mean, really really bad. And if you IP checked the BLUE dude against rafiki that's kinda nuts.
I won't spill the rest of the PM because it will turn into a (literal) he said she said. But mods picking fights and then banning is something else.
It was a PM. I wouldn't share it without his permission.
I'd imagine the truth lies somewhere in between his and your stories.
From rafiki (part of his PM):
"Yesterday in the moderation thread, she accused me in front of everyone (out of the blue) of using a second account. She thought I was the BLUE dude in the Israel thread.
Naturally I laughed and asked for the evidence, because lord knows that isn't me. Been on here since 2006, not resorting to a second account now."
Natediggity now speaking....you think "in retrospect the above is correct and wish you hadn't done it?" CN that's absurd. I mean, really really bad. An
So you have his permission to share it now or your principles changed within the last 12 hours
The funny thing is I wasn’t joking that he was multiaccounting; I was joking that he was account sharing his own account. That was the joke lol.
I never checked two accounts against each other. In fact, those two IP checks were made days apart and for completely different reasons.
I have no idea how he made the leap that he did.
And yes, of course I am deleting abusive posts.
And also of course if Rafiki had reached out to me in any sort of reasonable way, then we would have had a rational discussion about it.
For example, Rickroll once sent me furious PMs after a moderation decision I made, and he was listened to, addressed respectfully, and somehow wound up with a new Undertitle from it all.
What’s not going to happen is for someone to PM with threats and aggression. That I will not respond to, and absolutely nobody made Rafiki behave the way he did in private.
The funny thing is I wasn’t joking that he was multiaccounting; I was joking that he was account sharing his own account. That was the joke lol.
I never checked two accounts against each other. In fact, those two IP checks were made days apart and for completely different reasons.
I have no idea how he made the leap that he did.
And yes, of course I am deleting abusive posts.
Trolly post accusing me of being a liar is still up. One thing I learned from you modding the IP thread is that people can't be called liars. Just an FYI.
And just to be clear, I would not tolerate being spoken to the way Rafiki spoke to me by anyone in any capacity, especially as a grown woman.
Anyway, I’ve explained as much as I’m going to about this. Hopefully we can revisit it in the future with better results.
For someone who is apparently letting this go, you're doing a lot of shitposting and not much at all shutting the **** up.
let's follow the sequence of posts here:
I'm the one who didn't let it go?
Some of you are not getting any Otter Pops.
