About Moderation

[otatop]

@anon10387340

@otatop

I undeleted the post to compare and see if it was “Captain adjacent” or another reason

I believe there have been multiple gimmicks insta permed?

[otatop]

But in all seriousness, the accounts I’ve deleted or banned are logged so it’s not something that requires speculation.

ETA: Actually that’s not true, I did delete an account called Clarification without logging it because I didn’t want to quote their post.

[MrWookie]

I Believe - The Book of Mormon - Andrew Rannells - Tony Awards 2011

[BusinessGenius]

Cher - Believe [Official Music Video]

[hokie]

@goofyballer

It was not denied. There was a vote on it, it passed, and then the people who wanted it gave up, presumably because it was a charade and they didn’t actually expect people to give them what they wanted. The dog caught the car

@Trolly

Was it ever put up for a vote? I remember jmakin proposing a vote and then getting yelled at by the captains.

@forechecker

Thanks, that does differ from what I remember, but I wasn’t very aware of the forum wars dynamic back then.

Unless I’m missing something, this is the only remaining thread on the topic. It got shut down at the end after cassette proposed accepting the results of the vote. I thought there was a second thread on it but couldn’t find it.

RFC: Proposed New Subforum

Animosity in this forum has clearly been on the rise for some time. I liked this place a lot better when it was more horizontally moderated and would like to open a new subforum with that style of moderation. Anyone can see that the moderation philosophy has shifted from more horizontal to much, much more vertical as time goes on. So, just like OOT and The Lounge had separate moderators and posting guidelines, our new subforum would have separate moderators and posting guidelines. Were we to o…

[clovis8]

Serious question

Why don’t we just make one sub forum and remove all modding? It was already agreed to and seems like a reasonable test case. Worst case we can remove it. Anyone who doesn’t like it can silence it.

I don’t see a downside. Am I missing it?

[ripdog]

[MrWookie]

They literally already have it. They have it! It’s plain as day to anyone paying attention that this isn’t really about a heartfelt desire to have an unmoderated forum. It’s about the desire to hurl insults at their forum enemies without repercussions. That is the only thing they aren’t being allowed to do here, and it’s the only thing they can’t do at their cool kids club where they’ve excluded their enemies.

[MrWookie]

Hurling insults is the only thing that draws moderation. As such, the only thing added by removing moderation is insults.

[goreo]

I didn’t read the covid thread that much, but I don’t think Churchill was hurling insults at people, and was repeatedly banned for what were seen as not properly sourced anti-vax posts

[clovis8]

Let’s assume this is all true. What harm comes from us making one sub forum?

[MrWookie]

WOW THAT’S A TOTALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY DIFFERENT THING! Cassette acktshually wants more explicit insults instead of just more insults. How about you report my post and get me banned, because that’s basically a personal attack.

[goreo]

It could Foster an environment in which insults are hurled at one another that carries over into the rest of the form

[clovis8]

Fair but isn’t that already happening. Seems like trying it makes sense. Worst case it gets shut down.

[MrWookie]

Would you like to hang out at a place where a bunch of people hurl insults at you to their hearts’ content, and you have no recourse?

[clovis8]

Going there is voluntary though.

[CaffeineNeeded]

@MaxCut

I don’t believe you are sincerely someone who “wants to talk about baseball and see pictures of my kid’s halloween costume and commiserate about the weather in London with a bunch of captains” so you can stop your charade.

I don’t believe that’s what happens either, as you so delightfully showed everyone with your hotlink. Solid work.

[MrWookie]

Basically no one has the discipline to be talked about and not look to see what’s up. But how about you ask them what they can’t get in their clubhouse or here in the status quo?

[BusinessGenius]

Oh yeah? Well I don’t believe that you don’t believe!

[goreo]

@clovis8

Fair but isn’t that already happening

Link?