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.
and doesn't know how to build a watch anyway.
I just want to know from someone who’s seen it whether the world ends in fire or in ice
I just want to know from someone who’s seen it whether the world ends in fire or in ice
Fire, always fire.
The end stage of planet Earth is the sun eventually expanding into a red giant and burning up Earth.
In about one billion years the solar luminosity will be 10% higher, causing the atmosphere to become a "moist greenhouse", resulting in a runaway evaporation of the oceans. As a likely consequence, plate tectonics and the entire carbon cycle will end.[14] Following this event, in about 2–3 billion years, the planet's magnetic dynamo may cease, causing the magnetosphere to decay and leading to an accelerated loss of volatiles from the outer atmosphere. Four billion years from now, the increase in Earth's surface temperature will cause a runaway greenhouse effect, creating conditions more extreme than present-day Venus and heating Earth's surface enough to melt it. By that point, all life on Earth will be extinct.[15][16] Finally, the most probable fate of the planet is absorption by the Sun in about 7.5 billion years, after the star has entered the red giant phase and expanded beyond the planet's current orbit.[17]
There are reality checks that are undeniable. This isn’t contained to the 2p2 forum. When this one hits, you won’t be able to just log off this forum to escape it.
I’m not saying this to threaten or scare, but I’m calling it now so when it happens, you will realize that I wasn’t misrepresenting myself and forgiveness + repentance is available to you.
Craig,
Do you believe that in the future attendence
of religious service on Sunday will be mandated by law?
This is all just more evidence that men yearn for the mines. Too long have their hands been left idle and prone to malfeasance.
cn, in your experience, how important is the yaw?
I will honestly admit Craig’s musings did inspire me to reread The Hollow Men by T S Eliot if only because it reminds me of the profundity I imagine Craig wishes to mimic.
There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars ♥
so it's the most important, got it
I will honestly admit Craig’s musings did inspire me to reread The Hollow Men by T S Eliot if only because it reminds me of the profundity I imagine Craig wishes to mimic.
There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars ♥
Odd - you always struck me as the sort of person who carries a small paperback copy of Catcher in the Rye with her at all times.
10 points for the reference. Rickroll and Luckbox probably got it straight away, because they are both fonts of usesless factoids.
i mean, you never know when you'll want to just do something important and then sit down and read your copy of salinger as you soak it all in
I think this meme serves the conversation well. People who believe all the animals were literally loaded on a wooden boat etc on the left, those that mock Christianity in the middle, people who respect and value what Christianity has and does bring to society on the right (Religious or not)
We just had the trans thread locked. Exactly. If you don't think the trans issues and wokeness are tied to atheism, you're straight up clueless
Tying this conversation back to moderation. It's quite obvious D2 gets a ton of room because of who he decides to troll, sht post, etc. If he was merely calling out stupidity, he surely would've been posting in the trans thread a lot more than he does mocking Christianity. It's amazing to see a degenerate, nihilistic, man-child mock religion. Like bro, it might all be fake but at least a majority of them have a family, sense of meaning, above average morals, etc. Hurr durr but I'm so big brained I have no spouse or kids, watch porn, do drugs by myself, sht post the forums relentlessly and haven't been to jail in a really long time.
Ok you win bro. You're doing great. Glad your atheism shows you're super smart and superior. Hard not to be condescending in your shoes
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Speaking of genius, did I just fail to post the image?
Odd - you always struck me as the sort of person who carries a small paperback copy of Catcher in the Rye with her at all times.
10 points for the reference. Rickroll and Luckbox probably got it straight away, because they are both fonts of usesless factoids.
You’re in the wrong era. I carry copies of Hardy and Tennyson.
And I don’t buy paperbacks. I buy second hand cloth bound books. I’m not a ****ing plebeian.
I think this meme serves the conversation well. People who believe all the animals were literally loaded on a wooden boat etc on the left, those that mock Christianity in the middle, people who respect and value what Christianity has and does bring to society on the right (Religious or not)
We just had the trans thread locked. Exactly. If you don't think the trans issues and wokeness are tied to atheism, you're straight up clueless
Tying this conversation back to moderation. It's quite obvious D2
Lol. Feel better, bro? I'm glad that my existence gives your life meaning, if only as a foil.
Sure, give me a temp for that. The place will just be more boring for a day or two.
In mitigation, your honour: I made a point to say "sister" and not "mother", because I am a nice guy like that.
