Inconsistent Moderating

[Dakine10 5,452]

Check out the number one post on the popular by votes. Already been mentioned here. I think the majority of people would consider this rude.

As for being treated like kindergarteners... Even little children are taught not to be rude or swear! This is not the PC brigade in action here. Nobody is hypersensitive to comments people make... The topic is about the consistency of how comments / posts are monitored and moderated.

I personally am not hunting down moderators just want to ensure fairness in the approach. I would certainly hope nobody would turn a blind eye to "favourite posters"

The actual number one post is part of a hidden topic. It's basically the first insult in a thread that became a dog pile of insults aimed at the OP. TOS be damned in that thread.

[NikLR 13,227]

The actual number one post is part of a hidden topic. It's basically the first insult in a thread that became a dog pile of insults aimed at the OP. TOS be damned in that thread.

In a 3 year old thread before we had censors!

[Dakine10 5,452]

In a 3 year old thread before we had censors!

It was from Feb 2014, and there were censors, that's why the letter "I" was replaced with a "1" when the OP was called a derogatory name used for a female dog. It doesn't explain how 80 people gave that insult a plus one, or why the insult was allowed to remain after the thread was locked.

[NikLR 13,227]

Seriously who looks this stuff up?

FYI Ive never noticed that link and honestly couldn't care less about "popular" posts. Or post counts for that matter. Majority of our highest post count people are either mods or in the CEHST population, a place I avoid with rare exception.

Apparently we need MORE modding and they now have to figure out how to hide or delete that post too. Are we really expecting the mods to change old posts like that? Really? As my mother would say "give your head a shake."

Edited May 18, 2016 by NLR

[gpiper 77]

Actually if on a forum site the number one message on a "highest reputation" link is one that has a salutation of f#*% off it says a lot fir the website ding you think.

No one looked at the history of the post or the history behind the poster... The dump,e fact us it's in plain view!

Carry on with your "nanny state, big brother posts". In fact defend the moderators to the hilt, it's admirable but you don't deny the fact that a list with 70+ posts with content like test goes against any decency.... Regardless if the jack if moderators or rules back then.

Chill it's a simple opinion on consistency of what is getting moderated and how.... Others are now talking about the volume of posts that should be moderated. Yes I did pick up the highest post as an example and probably go cussed on that too much myself if only to make my point.

Now all that anyone wants to do is discuss that singular post rather than the bigger picture debate. Anyway think the thread has had its time in the sun as no fruitful discussion will come of this.

Let the moderators choose to interject if they wish as to how they see things currently. They might think it's all ok send nothing needs to be changed. I'd appreciate one moderators opinion at least on the consistency debate not the infamous post!

[Dakine10 5,452]

Seriously who looks this stuff up?

FYI Ive never noticed that link and honestly couldn't care less about "popular" posts. Or post counts for that matter. Majority of our highest post count people are either mods or in the CEHST population, a place I avoid with rare exception.

Apparently we need MORE modding and they now have to figure out how to hide or delete that post too. Are we really expecting the mods to change old posts like that? Really? As my mother would say "give your head a shake."

The thread I'm referring to can't be looked up by regular members. It's hidden now (thanks GandD). As it pertains to the subject at hand, benign posts are deleted for being off topic, something not even explicitly addressed by the TOS, while an ugly insult was allowed to sit there in a locked topic for all to see for a year and even promoted by a link on the front page of the forums.

[Dakine10 5,452]

1. No one has pointed out yet that this example is nearly 3 years old, the thread was started by a new member in his first and only post on the site (often signifying a troll), and the thread was locked in 3.5 hours.

Perhaps joining a forum and being told to "eff you" in response to the first question you ask may be another reason that it was the first and only post on the site.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Perhaps joining a forum and being told to "eff you" in response to the first question you ask may be another reason that it was the first and only post on the site.

Or it could be that they admitted to being involved in immigration fraud and got blasted for it.

Just maybe.

Edited to say, I assume you are talking about the thread we can all see.

Edited May 18, 2016 by N-o-l-a

[Dakine10 5,452]

Or it could be that they admitted to being involved in immigration fraud and got blasted for it.

Just maybe.

Edited to say, I assume you are talking about the thread we can all see.

Well yeah he admitted to fraudulent activity. If he didn't already know that, he got told that in the first response. As far as the TOS goes, I'm still not sure where the "eff you" fit's into all that. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[TBoneTX 45,273]

an ugly insult was allowed to sit there in a locked topic for all to see for a year

Just last week, the moderation team was given the ability to enter and edit posts directly -- replacing the previous cumbersome, often impossible method of dealing with objectionable material that's posted early in a long thread. This ability will enable the removal of questionable content from posts that might otherwise contain worthy points.

1. it's a simple opinion on consistency of what is getting moderated and how....

2. Anyway think the thread has had its time in the sun

1. Every member continues to have the ability to hit the "Report" button beneath any objectionable post and to state the provision in the Terms of Service that's conceivably being violated. You'd be surprised at the number of times when more than one moderator weighs in on a report before action is taken.

2. Yes, and the sun shone fruitfully. Adhere to the Terms of Service, report violations, and be assured that consistency and "tempering justice with mercy" go on behind the scenes all the time. Thread is now closed at OP's indication.