About Moderation (old original thread)

[Rivaldo]

Just demonstrates how pretentious ideas of reimagining society are, when disagreement over some covid data is this paralyzing lol

[anon10396289]

My two warnings to CW were me acting as a moderator, right?

[Bigoldnit]

Lol, so you didn’t click a button next to the flag, but you banned the user who reported the post and you think that not clicking the button means you didn’t take an action?

Cool, cool, cool…

[DrChesspain]

@anon10396289

I didn’t resolve that flag. A mod can take action against me for the post that was reported. I let CW know that the discussion was over and my warning was clear and not to respond further. He choose to respond further, reporting the post. That was clearly trolling so I gave him a 1 day ban.

Did you even stop to think that he was reporting your post so that another mod could address your threat to him?

The answer is either:
“No, I guess I didn’t think of it. Fuck.”
“Yes, I consider this trolling.”

[anon10396289]

If CW made the exact same post as he wrote in the report post reason in the covid thread I would have also banned him. Would that have been objectionable? If not, why does using the post report button to send me that message change anything?

[Trolly]

@anon84698652

pounce to use him as a scapegoat.

lol

[DrChesspain]

@anon84698652

Go f*** yourself All you’re here for is to make this place s***** congratulations you won

I like it better when you use big words like “obnoxiously divisive.”

[anon10387340]

@DrChesspain

so that another mod could address your threat to him

lol

[anon10396289]

My threat to him? I threatened to moderate him if he didn’t change the way he was posting. I’m a moderator!

[MimosaDef]

Nice stars. So civil!

[sumey]

Lol in a thread full of melodrama this one is outstanding.

[Bigoldnit]

@anon10396289

why does using the post report button to send me that message change anything?

Because there was an actual RFC (approved by over 90% of the voters) that specifically talks about the process for resolving flags. And an interpretation of the rule in a way that doesn’t allow a mod to resolve the flag but allows that same mod to ban a user for the same report seems wrong, imo.

Anyway, like I said before, I’m probably too invested in this dumb little rule b/c I proposed it, so if y’all just wanna squad up and play Calvinball up in here, carry on

[Trolly]

I hope you’ll stick around for a bit.

[otatop]

@anon10396289

I let CW know that the discussion was over and my warning was clear and not to respond further.

Log of Key Moderator Actions

Warned @anon38180840 to stop telling jal to ignore him, stop responding to him, etc. There are excellent tools for users to mute or ignore other users. You don’t get to dictate who responds to your posts, however.

YoU dOn’T gEt To DiCtAtE wHo ReSpOnDs To YoUr PoStS, hOwEvEr.

[ripdog]

[anon29622970]

Can I get someone who doesn’t have strong feelings on either side of this to give me a brief summary of wtf you’re all up in arms about?

[d2_e4]

@anon29622970

Can I get someone who doesn’t have strong feelings on either side of this to give me a brief summary of wtf you’re all up in arms about?

This.

[Tilted]

It’s not just this. Keeds actions since he became a mods had been obvious bad faith. I don’t have the time or commitment to put it all on paper right now. But it’s my honest opinion.

Edit: feel free to disagree or think I’m on some stupid fucking side, but I’m not.

[anon29622970]

I was skeptical about modding Keeed but voted for it anyway, and I have actually thought he’s been doing a good job overall. I also think you’ve done a good job in your time as a mod on this site. A few notes from what I can see.

1. Keeed was probably a bit out of line with the ban he issued.

2. I’m all for a good mod wars from time to time, as anyone will know from my time being a mod at 2+2. However, I never reversed another mod’s ban, even if I disagreed with it. And I think it’s a mistake to do so without discussion.

3. Keeed probably didn’t react the best to the ban being reversed either.

A lot of the issues on this site, including this circumstance, seem to come from an inability to admit when we’re wrong or may have become overheated in arguing a topic. It is often helpful to step away for a few minutes to cool off.

This is also a part of why I like rotating mods, because it gives a similar cooling off period to having to deal with issues on a forum.

[anon10387340]

@Tilted

feel free to disagree or think I’m on some stupid fucking side, but I’m not

That’s why you were bragging with the cool kids club (AKA the other side) about all the bans you were going to hand out to me and others (wink, wink) before you were even officially modded. So ya, I’ll disagree.