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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by mongidig k

Hamas depends on people criticizing Israel. They depend on people being easily brainwashed by their propaganda and then parroting it in public. Criticism of Israel is basically tacit support for Hamas. This war would have been over months ago if people simply went after the bad guy's. Tens of thousands have been killed because of this.

Hamas Is directly financed by the west through UNRWA lol


I'll be continuing discussion regarding I/P in the I/P thread.


by corpus vile k

Didn't end well for the bloke doing the saying.

Yes, but that was deliberate, as he was provoking his captor into allowing him sudden death rather than torture, so that he didn't betray the young people he was protecting.


by 57 On Red k

Yes, but that was deliberate, as he was provoking his captor into allowing him sudden death rather than torture, so that he didn't betray the young people he was protecting.

Oh I know. Dennis Hopper was so awesome in that scene, you even see him puffing more on what he knows will be his last ever cig, which was a great touch. Sheer class.


I just saw this in Dodge City, it was donated by the estate of dennis hopper



Like 1% of the I/P thread is anything other than fighting or joking or derails or whatever. What else could it be? The 12 people interested in posting in an I/P thread have said their piece a dozen times. UP has an I/P thread where people almost never fight because it's not a diverse group and it's heavily modded, and it has zero posts for the last 8 days.

There's no world where there's a busy, informative, respectful thread on I/P on 2p2. It's literally impossible. So either people can make those posts, doing nothing but entertain themselves, which is all that could ever happen here, or it can be closed.


OR you guys could self govern a bit and limit your in-fighting to a set number of derail posts


Like honestly, what selfish babies you are to think everyone should have to read through your little personal retorts in order to glean anything from the threads. Imagine if all of them were like that. Just go to twitter then and be emotional little shits.


There are other people besides YOU who maybe come here for something beyond personal attacks and nonsense. Maybe other people use the threads. Maybe other people want to debate. For someone so progressive, you seem to forget frequently that other people exist.


You’ve managed to make me disregulated so I’ll be back shortly.


Nobody comes for anything different. It's evident in almost every single post in this forum. The only thing happening besides some jokes and some insults (direct or indirect) is talking about moderation.

If anyone wants news, imagine coming to a bulletin board for it. That'd be ridiculous.

The difference between here and Twitter is that people know each other. It's not randoms joking, teasing, insulting other randoms or talking to famous people who don't read your posts. And just because people say a swear word or call someone a dumbo doesn't mean they are emotional. This is just a game - for everyone here. No one is doing serious business.


I'm just going to give up. You people are too much.


I've unbanned metsandfinsfan and rafiki

Lets see if I can make hell hotter


Alright, I feel bad now. I'm going to be nothing but nice on 2p2 for the rest of the year. I can't say it's impossible that I slip up, but I'm usually pretty good about keeping my published posting promises.


Don’t feel bad. You just helped discourage a good person into not giving a **** anymore. I guess that is your politics? Whatever man.


by Crossnerd k

OR you guys could self govern a bit and limit your in-fighting to a set number of derail posts

Ok, let’s self govern.


by jalfrezi k

Ok, let’s self govern.

Some sort of preemptive intervention perhaps. Let's talk to potentially bad posters about why they might feel that way before it has to get to points and bans.

I'll start. Actually, wait, I just did!


by microbet k

If anyone wants news, imagine coming to a bulletin board for it. That'd be ridiculous.

This is pretty much how I get my news. Anything important enough is going to be posted here.


reading BBC and NYT etc would be the worst way to get news


by Victor k

reading BBC and NYT etc would be the worst way to get news

What would be the best way to get news?


by d2_e4 k

What would be the best way to get news?

The best source of news is Victor's X feed. Duh.


by Crossnerd k

Don’t feel bad. You just helped discourage a good person into not giving a **** anymore. I guess that is your politics? Whatever man.

It always ends this way. Don't feel bad.


by Rococo k

The best source of news is Victor's X feed. Duh.

yes, in this day and age we have the ability to view a variety of primary and secondary sources from the actual areas of interest.


by Rococo k

It always ends this way. Don't feel bad.

It occurs to me now that I should probably chill on making any moves until after the election.

Anyway. You people make me mad.

We’re gonna keep Mets and rafiki back though for good measure. Let’s see if we can’t get through this next week together 😀


You forgot Phresh

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