Interesting moderation.

[SteveColes]

If you look at the the 3 posts in a row that were deleted in DaveO's Off Topic forum re-open thread, Before I made a change in the reasons, the reason for all three were the same. "..quit stirring the pot" I read Jeff's first post and indeed, he was clearly trying to push the limit. It could have started something.

FredP's reply had to be deleted becuase it refered to a post that was deleted. his post would not have made sense just sitting by itself. On reading the content of Fred'spost,There really wasn't anything else wrong with it that I could see. It looked to me like it was a joking non political reply. All he said was that you true a train past my house with that much money, I'm going to steal it or some such.

I began to wonder why Dave put the reason he did on fred's post. Then it dawned on me that he probably used inline moderation and did them all at one time. In that case, there is only one place to put in the reason and I suspect Dave used the word he wanted to address to Jeff.

If I were Fred, I would have felt the deletion of his post was "Heavy Handed", but he had been told his post no longer had any context since the post he responded to was deleted and this was a housekeeping operation, he would have felt a bit better about it.

So bottom line, we MUST be very careful that the explaination for a moderation action matches the offense. If necessary, becuase the field is not very long, a seperate PM should be sent explaining the action in the context of the person involved.

FYI, I sent a PM to Fred. In addition, I will be sending a PM of another tone to jeff..

 

[DaveO]

Yes you are right I should have delete each post separately, and then provided a reason for each deletion. But it was late and I was fed up. I feel bad that poor Mathew caught caught up in Jeff's rebel rousing and probably got his first moderation action. I PM with Fred shortly after doing that, and explained my reasons. I haven't heard from Mathew yet.
Franky I don't think that we need to walk on egg shells around the members. There is a policy and if they aren't following we reserve the right to edit, delete, modify, or close any post or thread. Those posts were clearly in poor taste/with poor intention and not all relevant to the thread topic. Mainly it was Jeff starting trouble, but the others should have just let his post sit there like the big zit it was.
Most of the anxiety being felt by the staff right is due to "should we or shouldn't we do this action", and what will folks think if we do. There are times that I don't really care what folks think. I just get tired of it. Let's go back to the place that didn't have daily moderation issues. It's not been a lot of fun lately:kamahlitu


Dave

 

[toolman]

I was starting to like the site with out the OT forum. everyone was talking woodworking. :rolf: oh well!

 

[Bas]

There are times that I don't really care what folks think.

Dave, those are words of wisdom. Part of being a moderator is being unpopular. You can't make all of the people happy all of the time. The important part is to not stress over it.

 

[TracyP]

Let's go back to the place that didn't have daily moderation issues. It's not been a lot of fun lately:kamahlitu

I totally agree:notworthy::notworthy:. But we are not the most popular part of the site because we have an authority over the actions of the members. And children don't like authority:dontknow::dontknow::nah:.

 

[sapwood]

Sorry about the lack of fun Dave. And I agree with the comment about not walking on egg shells. Despite the frustration, you are doing a great job!

Currently there isn't a Moderator listed for the Off Topic forum. I will be happy to resume duty there unless the staff has other ideas.

Steve,
Nice job on the PM to Jeff :icon_thum

Roger

 

[TracyP]

Sorry about the lack of fun Dave. And I agree with the comment about not walking on egg shells. Despite the frustration, you are doing a great job!

Currently there isn't a Moderator listed for the Off Topic forum. I will be happy to resume duty there unless the staff has other ideas.

Steve,
Nice job on the PM to Jeff :icon_thum

Roger

May I place you there sir?

 

[sapwood]

May I place you there sir?

Yes.
I'm going to look for my tinfoil hat now :mrgreen:

Roger

 

[TracyP]

Yes.
I'm going to look for my tinfoil hat now :mrgreen:

Roger

Hope you found the hat, I will add some help for you tonight. ptt49er get your hat out:rotflm:.

 

[ptt49er]

I don't have a tin foil hat, but I do have a hard hat and safety glasses. Bring it on ;-)

 

[MikeH]

I don't have a tin foil hat, but I do have a hard hat and safety glasses. Bring it on ;-)

I just have a hard head! Ask my wife. :rotflm: