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Mr Squiggle topic for Tess
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Johnson#26
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I guess we'll just leave it up here until Tess decides to delete it. If you'd reported the thread, as we request you and everyone else do, it gets dealt with fairly quickly...you'll notice it no longer exists in VPT. another poster did the right thing a lo and behold, it gets sorted. I'm working on the assumption you prefer to publicly 'report' threads Tess, for whatever reason. Prove me wrong by deleting your first post. If you can't, edit it to nothing. I'll then delete this thread. Report my post to let me know.
Once again, I'll state that:
If you report the thread, we get emails about it, and can then go and investigate. Posting a complaint either her or in the original thread does not mean we know of your complaint.
Once again, I'll state that:
If you report the thread, we get emails about it, and can then go and investigate. Posting a complaint either her or in the original thread does not mean we know of your complaint.
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Dale61
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Re: Mr Squiggle topic for Tess
No they're not!Steve wrote: like you?? lol, time you dropped this complex you have about OUR moderators Tess, whether you think them fair or not, they are, and they are a whole lot fairer then you'll find on any other BB,
The mods on any other BB treat ALL their members equally, and don't favour some over others.
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David
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so, Dale, you're saying that the mods on other bulletin boards aren't human?
It is inevitable that, no matter how objective a person tries to be, they will not be able to be perfect all the time. I believe that the mods here do the best job possible (and don't forget that it's not a paid job).
It is inevitable that, no matter how objective a person tries to be, they will not be able to be perfect all the time. I believe that the mods here do the best job possible (and don't forget that it's not a paid job).
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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Re: Mr Squiggle topic for Tess
Get off it Dale.Dale61 wrote:
The mods on any other BB treat ALL their members equally, and don't favour some over others.
The problem with all the people that whinge about mods is that they all have a persecution complex. Get over it. Didn't you say you wouldn't post here again?
You all think it is so easy being a mod, pity you are all completely and utterly wrong.
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Dale62
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Re: Mr Squiggle topic for Tess
Too true. The way they've picked on you in this thread is disgraceful, to say nothing of what they've done to Tess.Dale61 wrote:No they're not!
The mods on any other BB treat ALL their members equally, and don't favour some over others.
Going one better
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Reporting the post simply alerts us to it quicker. Whetether it's deleted, edited, and cards isssued is down to the discretion of the mods. sometimes a card isn't deemed to be warranted, sometimes it may be issued on the spot. sometimes, a mod may seek the opinion of other mods before deciding upon a course of action. Reporting a post doesn't automatically mean the author is carded and post deleted.
You've chosen not to report the post Tess, you've chosen to repost it in this thread. Like I said in my original post in this thread, reporting it alerts us and we'll take the action we deem appropriate. You may or may not agree with the course of action we choose, but that's your prerogative.
Again, these actions don't happen immediately. I was away this weekend, and I know of one other mod in the same boat. We do alert each other to absences so the rest of us can make an extra effort to fill the void so to speak, but we ain't on here 24/7.
There's times other mods, or the rest of the group take a particular course of action I'm not entirely in agreement with, as I'm sure there's times my actions aren't agreed with by other mods, but, I respect the right they have to do it. Sometimes threads/posts get reinstated, we ain't infallible. We just call it as we see it at the time.
If you can't deal with that, well, I don't know what to do. I made the point the only, repeat, only ways you can get consistent moderating is to
1. Allow everything
or
2. Delete everything.
We exist somewhere in between. If you think we play favourites, again, there's really nothing else I can say to convince you otherwise. We don't, but if in your opinion we do, well, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Now, I notice you haven't edited your original post in this thread, so I'm concluding you're quite happy to leave it up. Fine by me, but the mods do expect members to follow the guidelines and report posts, then give us time to deal with it. By all means, use the feedback forum to communicate with the mods, but I can't help thinking that if you'd reported the post as per protocol, it'd disappeared. Whether you agree with our decisions is again up to you, so in answer to your question as to why no cards were issued, you'd just have to assume we didn't deem it appropriate in this case, or the matter is still under discussion.
As far as the incident you refer to above, the edit was minor, the changers were noted in the mod forum and not one mod disagreed with my course of action.
You've chosen not to report the post Tess, you've chosen to repost it in this thread. Like I said in my original post in this thread, reporting it alerts us and we'll take the action we deem appropriate. You may or may not agree with the course of action we choose, but that's your prerogative.
Again, these actions don't happen immediately. I was away this weekend, and I know of one other mod in the same boat. We do alert each other to absences so the rest of us can make an extra effort to fill the void so to speak, but we ain't on here 24/7.
There's times other mods, or the rest of the group take a particular course of action I'm not entirely in agreement with, as I'm sure there's times my actions aren't agreed with by other mods, but, I respect the right they have to do it. Sometimes threads/posts get reinstated, we ain't infallible. We just call it as we see it at the time.
If you can't deal with that, well, I don't know what to do. I made the point the only, repeat, only ways you can get consistent moderating is to
1. Allow everything
or
2. Delete everything.
We exist somewhere in between. If you think we play favourites, again, there's really nothing else I can say to convince you otherwise. We don't, but if in your opinion we do, well, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Now, I notice you haven't edited your original post in this thread, so I'm concluding you're quite happy to leave it up. Fine by me, but the mods do expect members to follow the guidelines and report posts, then give us time to deal with it. By all means, use the feedback forum to communicate with the mods, but I can't help thinking that if you'd reported the post as per protocol, it'd disappeared. Whether you agree with our decisions is again up to you, so in answer to your question as to why no cards were issued, you'd just have to assume we didn't deem it appropriate in this case, or the matter is still under discussion.
As far as the incident you refer to above, the edit was minor, the changers were noted in the mod forum and not one mod disagreed with my course of action.