If you don’t want a set of rules, how would you feel about a public discussion over a non-binding code of conduct that some posters might agree on as the basis they will operate from in flagging posts? And if some of them want to play forum cop and aggressively flag posts that violate that code, at least we will know where they are coming from and what will trigger their flagging.
Personally I think there are enough flagging wars and hostility in the forum without making flaggers public. I’ve never flagged a post but if I did I would much prefer to do so anonymously with some of the more volatile posters on the site.
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Jeez man, who’d have thought getting a little post flagged would get people so heated.
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This is a politics forum with a billion messages a day during the most stressed period of its existence and the biggest modding problem is a post being flagged once in a while.
I think we’re doing fine.
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I don’t think it’s possible for a set of rules, binding or not, to make for fewer arguments about forum behavior. So, mods or flaggers doing what they feel like, having actions documented (not that flaggers can’t be anonymous) where the actions are reversible by the community (someone complain and then have a vote) I think is pretty clearly the best policy.
And if there are rules, I think as vague as possible is best. Specific rules are just worked around. “Attack the post, not the poster”? Ok, “That’s the stupidest fucking post I’ve ever read.” Either we respect each other or we don’t. Either we’re expected to be kind or we’re not. But, we don’t all respect each other, so there’s that.
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i mean
yeah i’m grunching what the fuck is wrong with this motherfucker
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o wait he didn’t get love or attention at home duh
Holy fuck I feel awkward even posting that as a metajoke.
Why should this be a containable offence on a politics forum?
It’s obvious there’s a schism between the capitalism-dollar lovers and people who want radical change.
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There’s no way in a million years Sabo would ever say something as grossly offensive as the post in question.
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It sound good but it’s near impossible to enforce. People always find ways around civility rules. And anyway, if someone’s being a total hypercritical PoS why cant you point it out as you might irl?
When we’ve had bust ups with a poster it’s bound to colour our views of what should happen to them.
People have their own style of posting, and I find his generally benign and amusing, especially compared to the malignant posters here.
People are saying they want rules but no one seems prepared to commit to establishing the framework for them, since JT - they want someone else to do the donkey work.
Those must all have been pretty minor because I don’t remember any of them - even the one I was allegedly involved in. Yours with Sabo was pretty bad.
This forum is splitting into two factions, as I said. There are those, the majority, who might be chanting WAAF and other juvenile tosh but only want to see marginal changes in the US, and those who think it’s structurally broken and needs rebuilding from the ground up.
This mod argument here embodies that split, and that’s why modding has become topical again.
Personally I’d like to see them all sacked and replaced, sorry, I mean resign voluntarily and be replaced by popular consent. Some of them don’t even appear to do anything but are saddos who like the status of “Being a mod”, the same as they did on 22, and they are all from the same capitalist-dollar wing that has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, which is not how it should be here.
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People should be strongly inclined not to give a shit that their post got hidden and the community should gently mock people making a stink about it until they stop complaining or go away. I guess what I’m saying is that a Faith No More revival is long overdue.
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Viva la revolución!
What do you think the mods should be doing that they aren’t doing now? What things are the mods doing that you think they should stop doing? Which non-dollar-capitalist posters should become mods?
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Really? I’m not getting that vibe at all. Most of them don’t appear to do much because there largely isn’t a lot for them to actually do, afaict. Which is a good thing.
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Sounds like a cushy gig. How’s the pay?
Fuckin’ right mate innit
The supposed split between camps here is way overblown and the mods are doing a good job.
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