Moderating the culture of abuse

@Very-Rusty

Yes, but the other was removed a day or two later. Of course I had been complaining about those posts for a while before I decided to do the same.

Timeline.

Offensive shav posts. I report them. I start two threads about it. I decide to post like shave. A day or two later I get my posts removed. I question why my posts are removed but shav's remain. A day or two later 's posts are removed.

@eladar said
@Very-Rusty

Yes, but the other was removed a day or two later. Of course I had been complaining about those posts for a while before I decided to do the same.

Timeline.

Offensive shav posts. I report them. I start two threads about it. I decide to post like shave. A day or two later I get my posts removed. I question why my posts are removed but shav's remain. A day or two later 's posts are removed.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Your own posts were removed more quickly as they were 'alerted' by subscribers who have the option to 'alert' a particular post in a given thread. (An exclamation icon next to the thumbs down icon). Sending site feedback seems to be a much slower way to get the mods attention/action. (Something I experienced myself when I was a non-sub).

This in mind, your timelin ...[text shortened]... eate threads, retaliate in kind, but - report, show patience and restraint, send follow up feedback.

@eladar said
@Very-Rusty

Yes, but the other was removed a day or two later. Of course I had been complaining about those posts for a while before I decided to do the same.

Timeline.

Offensive shav posts. I report them. I start two threads about it. I decide to post like shave. A day or two later I get my posts removed. I question why my posts are removed but shav's remain. A day or two later 's posts are removed.

@very-rusty said
eladar,

We've all had posts removed, or I should say most of us anyway. Sometimes it takes a little longer to get removed, as goad pointed out weekends can be slow in moderation.

What Shav says, is almost normal by now for everyone! 😉

-VR

If you find a post offensive you need to alert it (which is a subscriber-only feature unfortunately).

Unfortunately, I cant go through all the forums myself and read every single post so need help with pointing to a particular thread (this help comes from the alert moderator feature)

If your alerts are going through "send feedback" then that goes straight to site admin and the forum moderation team aren't part of that.

@forum-moderator said
If you find a post offensive you need to alert it (which is a subscriber-only feature unfortunately).

Unfortunately, I cant go through all the forums myself and read every single post so need help with pointing to a particular thread (this help comes from the alert moderator feature)

If your alerts are going through "send feedback" then that goes straight to site admin and the forum moderation team aren't part of that.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Any reason why 'alerts' are a subscriber-only feature?

Surely we need to be looking out for our non-subscribers, especially if we are wanting them to become subscribers in the future. There of course need to be incentives to subscribe (being able to play in tournaments etc) but I would have thought certain features, like being able to report abuse, is a feature that should be readily available to everybody.

@forum-moderator said
If you find a post offensive you need to alert it (which is a subscriber-only feature unfortunately).

Unfortunately, I cant go through all the forums myself and read every single post so need help with pointing to a particular thread (this help comes from the alert moderator feature)

If your alerts are going through "send feedback" then that goes straight to site admin and the forum moderation team aren't part of that.

@eladar said
So what you are saying is that the site is designed so that you can say anything you want to a non subscriber.

I kind of feel like that wife in the Far Side comic who is adjusting the fake thermostat the husband installed.

@Very-Rusty

Seems to me that stopping people from posting a message just to put someone down is a good start.

@eladar said
@Very-Rusty

Seems to me that stopping people from posting a message just to put someone down is a good start.

@eladar said


Seems to me that stopping people from posting a message just to put someone down is a good start.

@moonbus

You pit words in my mouth, I said simply to. Look at many of Suzi's posts and you will see what I am talking about. Just say something derogatory and nothing more.

@eladar said
@moonbus

You pit words in my mouth, I said simply to. Look at many of Suzi's posts and you will see what I am talking about. Just say something derogatory and nothing more.