Moderation Questions

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.

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30 January 2024 at 05:27 AM
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Victor is certainly one of a kind.


If I were a MOD I would check in on a thread maybe once a week at the most. If a forum member emailed complaining about another poster or because they were offended by something I'd tell them to grow up. I've never seen such childish behavior.


Great, now we will have to listen to d2 whine and cry for a week about a 24 hour ban. I do wonder what his alt account name will be for his ATF thread asking for you to be demodded. Thanks, Crossnerd.


damn did I miss some drama


Not really. d2 fell off the wagon and posted something too saucy and was given a day off.

And as usual jjjou is probably wrong and d2 won't be whining about it at all.


by jjjou812 k

Great, now we will have to listen to d2 whine and cry for a week about a 24 hour ban. I do wonder what his alt account name will be for his ATF thread asking for you to be demodded. Thanks, Crossnerd.

I doubt d2 will whine, and I would be shocked if he created an alt to complain in ATF.


Close the moderation thread, redirect complaints to atf, ez game.


by jjjou812 k

Great, now we will have to listen to d2 whine and cry for a week about a 24 hour ban. I do wonder what his alt account name will be for his ATF thread asking for you to be demodded. Thanks, Crossnerd.

Sick soul read, bruh. You coach?

For real, I've eaten more temps than I remember and I don't recall whining about a single one, much less trying to get someone demodded. You sure you don't have me confused with someone else?


jjou, are you just salty you didn't make my list? If it makes you feel better, you missed by, like, an order of magnitude.


Ok so anyway, let’s move on and forget about it 😀


by d2_e4 k

jjou, are you just salty you didn't make my list? If it makes you feel better, you missed by, like, an order of magnitude.

Not salty but apparently I'm not as funny as I think I am or some people have broken sarcasm detectors. You missed a perfect opportunity to pull a jbutton. Plus, I couldn't remember which regular last whined forever about a temp ban and didn't want to research it but jalfrezi stepped into the fray and showed he was still butthurt.

My name belongs on no list here.


by jjjou812 k

Not salty but apparently I'm not as funny as I think I am or some people have broken sarcasm detectors. You missed a perfect opportunity to pull a jbutton. Plus, I couldn't remember which regular last whined forever about a temp ban and didn't want to research it but jalfrezi stepped into the fray and showed he was still butthurt.

My name belongs on no list here.

I have to admit, I was contemplating pulling a "lozen" and asking in exactly which scenario it was OK to talk about blowjobs. The reason I didn't is because I thought it would fall flat, as yours did.


by jjjou812 k

Not salty but apparently I'm not as funny as I think I am or some people have broken sarcasm detectors.

My mistake. I should have known better.


Anyways, the pies looked delicious.


It's painful to not post the joke I want to post, but I'll post this part anyway...


Is there a way to limit posting on election day/night to, say, one per account every x minutes?

Asking for a friend with a vbullettin forum


by Luciom k

Is there a way to limit posting on election day/night to, say, one per account every x minutes?

Asking for a friend with a vbullettin forum

Here the limitation is one post every 30 seconds. I assume that can be raised.


by Luciom k

Is there a way to limit posting on election day/night to, say, one per account every x minutes?

Asking for a friend with a vbullettin forum

Try wearing a pair of boxing gloves when you post.


Electric shock to the gonads if you post before time's up. Voltage controlled remotely and doubles after every infraction. Seems reasonable.


I didn't think the aim was to incentivise him to post more.


Let me know when you want me to lock all the threads.

ty


by King Spew k

Let me know when you want me to lock all the threads.

ty

Haha I was definitely thinking I know a way to limit posting…


We can eradicate the possibility of all future crime by just killing everyone. Problem solved!


various people are saying they agree with Biden saying that trump supporters are garbage, i'd like to know if this is allowed or not in this forum and if it is allowed (given no mod intervened yet), if the same is allowed if others important politicians say bad things about other groups


by Luciom k

various people are saying they agree with Biden saying that trump supporters are garbage, i'd like to know if this is allowed or not in this forum and if it is allowed (given no mod intervened yet), if the same is allowed if others important politicians say bad things about other groups

I'm pretty sure the "Trump supporters are garbage" sentiment has always been allowed in this forum. As has "Biden supporters are garbage". But we all know that's not what you're asking. You want to know exactly which groups it's OK to call garbage and which it isn't.

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