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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: skyman8081 on 27 June 2005, 08:01

Title: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: skyman8081 on 27 June 2005, 08:01: If a thread is violating the rules, tell a mod, in private, about it.

Don't tell a mod to bin a thread, ask them to look at it and decide.

For a mod it's annoying as piss to see a thread cluttered up with a thousand posts saying "bin" or "lock this" Let the mods make up their own damn minds!

I had to get that off my chest, the frustration came from elsewhere, but applies here.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Refalm on 27 June 2005, 10:33: We also have something called "Report post".

Looks like this (http://www.microsuck.com/forums/images/buttons/report.gif)

Next time y'all see somethin', click on it ;)
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 27 June 2005, 12:28: One vote for bin. :D
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Annorax on 27 June 2005, 12:51: Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
One vote for bin. :D

One vote for asspiss...err, bin. Yeah, that's it. :)
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Calum on 27 June 2005, 20:42: i agree with skyman on this ocassion.

not that i give a toss, i'm not a moderator, but even for users it's a waste of space to see posts containing nothing except "bin this".
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 27 June 2005, 22:11: Just for the record, I also agree with skyman, just in case anyone coulndn't tell my previous post was a joke.

Let's bin all "1 vote for bin" posts.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: KernelPanic on 28 June 2005, 00:30: Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
Just for the record, I also agree with skyman, just in case anyone coulndn't tell my previous post was a joke.

Let's bin all "1 vote for bin" posts.

Does telling a bad joke twice make it any funnier?
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Kintaro on 28 June 2005, 02:10: How about we just ban "1 vote for bin" post's posters.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: MrX on 28 June 2005, 18:43: 1 bin for vote
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: xyle_one on 29 June 2005, 02:00: Isn't this thread just an example of backseat modding anyways? If it was an issue, a mod or admin would have made the thread. Unless you are a mod, in which case I'll just shut the fuck up.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Kintaro on 1 July 2005, 07:02: disappointment

n 1: a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: letdown] 2: an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: dashing hopes]
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Annorax on 1 July 2005, 20:37: Quote from: xyle_one
Isn't this thread just an example of backseat modding anyways? If it was an issue, a mod or admin would have made the thread. Unless you are a mod, in which case I'll just shut the fuck up.

Would it make you feel better if I said that he took the words out of my mouth? Not that he did, but just for argument's sake...
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: xyle_one on 2 July 2005, 03:47: It loses its strength and becomes a parody of itself if he isn't a mod.

"Dont backseat mod, even though that is what I am doing now."

Seems silly to me.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: skyman8081 on 2 July 2005, 18:49: Except I'm a former mod, and now no longer supject to the evil Nation Socialist mod-rules.

See the VIP under my name?
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Refalm on 2 July 2005, 23:22: Quote from: skyman8081
Except I'm a former mod, and now no longer supject to the evil Nation Socialist mod-rules.

You never complained to me about it once.

The only two members who actually gave good suggestions aren't moderators (one is actually a "normal" member).
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Laukev7 on 3 July 2005, 15:07: OK, for the last time. I want to make this clear, so I am copying this from the Moderator boards. Here are the guidelines by which I am abiding:

Quote from: bedouin
Here's the basic rule which I will begin enforcing soon. Do not bin or delete any posts unless they are spam (attempts to sell products, get rich quick schemes, whatever) or floods (GNAA-type posts, garbage text, etc). Nothing is to be deleted except 'noise.' If you don't like it, go start your own forum; there's plenty of free open-source blog and forum software out there to choose from.

Quote from: bedouin
Spam = Free iPod BS, penis enlargement, site plugs, etc etc.

Flooding = Random text posted, or GNAA type stuff.

The best analogy I can give you is a radio one. If I turn to a country station it may well be garbage to me, but it's still music, and it's still much different than the noise or static I'd hear in between stations. Basically, noise gets binned; anything in between stays, regardless of how much it might suck (in your eyes).

Outright hate speech might also be something to bin. Illegal activities should be binned too, just for site safety.

Now, is there ANYTHING in those rules that could conceivably warrant the binning of Kintaro's post about Mr.X?
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: KernelPanic on 3 July 2005, 19:27: Sometimes I really like you guys, most other times I wanna kill you all.

Guess where i'm at now?
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 3 July 2005, 19:37: Laukev7,
I'd say a bitch thread containg nothing but pointless hateful personal abuse towards another member belongs in this category.

Quote
The Dead Thread Zone
If a thread appears to be going nowhere, or is intentionally pointless, it will end up here.

Anyway, what's with the U turn? you always used to bin bitch threads.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Refalm on 3 July 2005, 20:38: Can someone bin this already?

And next time, post this kind of bullshit in the private section.
Title: Re: Don't tell the mods how to do their jobs.
Post by: Laukev7 on 3 July 2005, 20:57: Oh, alright.