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Anatoly

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I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

As you recently saw in my topic, people are simply not reading/ don't want to read the first post.

I clearly mentioned

Absolute seriousness, no sarcasm.

which people don't seem to follow at all, plus a joke version of the topic has been created. I need to mention that tomahawk has commented on the forums' moderation - he locks the topic: When will he delete not needed and dumb posts? I'll clarify:

Brexit is wrong and legitimacy of Israel should be reconsidered.

This post brings nothing to the discussion. 'Brexit is wrong' is a statement, where's the rest of the argumentation? Probably taskmanager told it behind the scenes.

wyoming doesn't exist and boris johnson is like adolf hitler

'Boris Johnson is like Adolf hitler'

Now, can I enter Nordic.. TOMAHAWK WHERE THE FREAKING **** OF THE HELL ARE YOU???

No, seriously, this topic have been moderated with dumb mod merges and nothing useful.

Tomahawk, I don't want to insult you in any way, but you really should be taking a look at the reports (hint: they're at /moderate.php? or probably /mod.php?).

@TaskManager: How dare you?

Anatoly

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Oh.. and I'm sure tomahawk is the only to respond to locked topics, so...

Tomahawk

Forum Mod

From: UK

Joined: 2015-02-18

Posts: 2,848

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Interesting proposal. I'll consider it.

When will he delete not needed and dumb posts?

Mods don't delete posts unless it's something like a raid. Rarely, a portion of a thread might get split off into Landfill, but that's typically for serious (i.e. drama) threads and/or organised spamming.

Absolute seriousness, no sarcasm.

You should've known better. No forum user can write that without it baiting people into funposting.

In the case of your thread, I didn't take any action because;

• The funposts were still vaguely related to the topic, and had some comedic value;

• The thread was in Off-Topic, which is slightly more relaxed about spam;

• This forum doesn't really do irl politics, so forcing people to stay absolutely on-topic just kills any discussion.

but you really should be taking a look at the reports

I've said that I read every report.

Perhaps Diff should add a feature allowing mods to reply to reports and explain why no action was taken. It might allow for more transparent moderation, and help teach users what the rules really mean.

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peace

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From: admin land

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 9,226

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Perhaps Diff should add a feature allowing mods to reply to reports and explain why no action was taken. It might allow for more transparent moderation, and help teach users what the rules really mean.

yes an checkbox wiht pm me if the report is seen and a checkbox pm me wiht an answer if you have any on why you take X action (auto checks optioon 1 aswell) so users cna kno what action is taken or mods can replay to the report it self and when a few days later i want to report an already reported post (and handled) and i click report i see what the mod did and i know ok well it doesnt really break th erules thne i guess or no wait but you forgot to look at this....

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Snowester

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From: Mars

Joined: 2017-05-31

Posts: 640

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Or............ Use common sense and know why the report didn't work... For example reporting Anatoly for double post doesn't work because apparently there was a minute difference. Yes you can see where this is going

Tomahawk

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From: UK

Joined: 2015-02-18

Posts: 2,848

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Merged Peace's thread.

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Tomahawk

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From: UK

Joined: 2015-02-18

Posts: 2,848

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

I'm gonna unlock this.

Please do not lock topics to:

1. Have a readonly discussion with a moderator;

2. Stop users from replying with criticism.

In the first case, have the discussion in a PM and then transfer it to a public thread if desired, ideally with the acknowledgement of the mod.

In the second case, criticism that amounts to harassment or flaming will be moderated accordingly. Preventing discussion to avoid criticism is not a justifiable reason for insta-locking.

This thread falls into the second case. If subsequent posters cannot Be nice., they should stay quiet.

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XxAtillaxX

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Joined: 2015-11-28

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

can someone translate OP's post to English?

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Tomahawk

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

^ See thread title, in the context of my comments on spam moderation.

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peace

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

tomahawk why merge my post?

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bunglybongle

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

>boomers created a hole in the ozone layer which has healed
>millenials have created a big pile of plastic in the ocean which cannot heal
greta thumbberg: "BOOMERS HAVE CAUSED THE END OF THE WORLD. I AM THE ONLY CHILD WHO MATTERS."

NoNK

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Joined: 2019-07-13

Posts: 922

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

We need to maintain a reasonably consistent average thread quality or the forums turn into a ****.

You're forgetting a critical point though. Threads aren't everything. We also need to maintain a reasonably average POST quality, or the forums turn into a ****.

If someone keeps replying to threads with low effort replies that don't generate conversation, it's not breaking any rules, but it turns the forum into a ****.

Anatoly

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

As you recently saw in my topic, people are simply not reading [...] the first post.

^ See thread title, in the context of my comments on spam moderation.

can someone translate OP's post to English?

Atilla, you look like a rational well-minded person. How does it come that you're the only one who doesn't understand?

Tomahawk

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From: UK

Joined: 2015-02-18

Posts: 2,848

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

We need to maintain a reasonably consistent average thread quality or the forums turn into a ****.

You're forgetting a critical point though. Threads aren't everything. We also need to maintain a reasonably average POST quality, or the forums turn into a ****.

If someone keeps replying to threads with low effort replies that don't generate conversation, it's not breaking any rules, but it turns the forum into a ****.

Half of you would be on 12 points if we shifted back to Hummerz-style moderation. I can’t justify that There’s no need to do that because forum activity isn’t high enough.

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TaskManager

Formerly maxi123

From: i really should update this

Joined: 2015-03-01

Posts: 9,465

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

We need to maintain a reasonably consistent average thread quality or the forums turn into a ****.

You're forgetting a critical point though. Threads aren't everything. We also need to maintain a reasonably average POST quality, or the forums turn into a ****.

If someone keeps replying to threads with low effort replies that don't generate conversation, it's not breaking any rules, but it turns the forum into a ****.

Half of you would be on 12 points if we shifted back to Hummerz-style moderation. I can’t justify that because forum activity isn’t high enough.

Hummerz's moderation wasn't absurdly biased however and he did a better job overall

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Anatoly

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

We need to maintain a reasonably consistent average thread quality or the forums turn into a ****.

You're forgetting a critical point though. Threads aren't everything. We also need to maintain a reasonably average POST quality, or the forums turn into a ****.

If someone keeps replying to threads with low effort replies that don't generate conversation, it's not breaking any rules, but it turns the forum into a ****.

Half of you would be on 12 points if we shifted back to Hummerz-style moderation. I can’t justify that because forum activity isn’t high enough.

Hummerz's moderation wasn't absurdly biased however and he did a better job overall

I agree here: Back when hummers moderated, even if many were banned, we had a higher serious-ity for the baseline and the quality was much more averagely. I believe we should return to hummers moderation, otherwise the forum will turn into an even more toxic, inactive, quality-less place.

#RemodHummerz

TaskManager

Formerly maxi123

From: i really should update this

Joined: 2015-03-01

Posts: 9,465

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

We need to maintain a reasonably consistent average thread quality or the forums turn into a ****.

You're forgetting a critical point though. Threads aren't everything. We also need to maintain a reasonably average POST quality, or the forums turn into a ****.

If someone keeps replying to threads with low effort replies that don't generate conversation, it's not breaking any rules, but it turns the forum into a ****.

Half of you would be on 12 points if we shifted back to Hummerz-style moderation. I can’t justify that because forum activity isn’t high enough.

Hummerz's moderation wasn't absurdly biased however and he did a better job overall

I agree here: Back when hummers moderated, even if many were banned, we had a higher serious-ity for the baseline and the quality was much more averagely. I believe we should return to hummers moderation, otherwise the forum will turn into an even more toxic, inactive, quality-less place.

#RemodHummerz

Paint me surprised.

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Kira

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

No one cares honestly

you can lock this topic as well

Anatoly

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

you can lock this topic as well

Please do not lock topics

If subsequent posters cannot Be nice., they should stay quiet.

tl;dr @Kira you need to bully me than I'm all righted to lock the topic.

Kira

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Joined: 2019-04-22

Posts: 1,346

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

you can lock this topic as well

Please do not lock topics

If subsequent posters cannot Be nice., they should stay quiet.

tl;dr @Kira you need to bully me than I'm all righted to lock the topic.

tldr <snip - rude>

no one is bullying you

Norwee

Formerly NorwegianboyEE

From: Norway

Joined: 2015-03-16

Posts: 3,773

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Don’t be silly lol. Nobody is bullying you. YOU GOT THAT?
DO YOU WANT ME TO BEAT YOU UP NERD?
NOBODY IS BULLYING YOU!

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Tomahawk

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From: UK

Joined: 2015-02-18

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Stay on topic.

The topic, if you're interested, is about forum moderation.

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Kanta Parana

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From: Brazil

Joined: 2018-06-15

Posts: 14

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

>boomers created a hole in the ozone layer which has healed
>millenials have created a big pile of plastic in the ocean which cannot heal
greta thumbberg: "BOOMERS HAVE CAUSED THE END OF THE WORLD. I AM THE ONLY CHILD WHO MATTERS."

Chile, how can you designate "boomers" and "millenials" as the sole cause for plastic in the ocean and a "hole in the ozone layer which has healed". That's not how it works, people don't suddenly throw plastic in the ocean when they're 20 to 45 years old and then make a hole in the ozone layer from 60 to 80 years old. Do you even know what "a hole in the ozone layer" means? I bet you don't, you sputtermouthed fool. Here's a test, if you live in the US, take a BREATH. Feel how dry and light it is? That's because most the trees here were cut down to make room for farmland and oil fracking and cities-- in addition, the air is polluted by methane gas, carbon monoxide gas, nasty **** gas in general- there's no damn oxygen. You're a damn oxygen deprived joker, my abandoned chile! Yes, ideally it wouldn't be some white girl from sweden who's broadcasted all over the media- the people that SHOULD be broadcasted are the indigenous people who are fighting corporations illegally trying to destroy the amazon rainforest, indigenous people fighting pipelines and continued attempts at genocide in the US, the native americans who have been fighting this system of genocide, oppression, and replacement of the original interconnectedness and pure life energy that was once here with abomination, clog, and general unhealthiness FAR longer than "boomers" have even been alive. These processes have been ongoing for the last 500 years (colonization), and sped up around 150 years ago with the oncoming of the industrial revolution, it's no wonder they decided to murder all the buffalo suddenly 150 years ago, it was the horrid debut of the modern world, and they needed a big splash of blood to open up the curtains and start this hellshow. Now, chile... Close your eyes, stop eating information with them (the garbage lies you consume on the internet are disguised as "humor," thats how they trick the youth, they can't see past that), and just sit still and feel the pain of the earth with your goddamn heart if it hasn't already shrivelled up and been replaced by a cold contraction of the throat you call "laughter". Stop playing alive and realize you are a dead carcass, LONG dead and cast away, chile, and maybe you can rebuild yourself and come back to life one day, come back from that great ocean you've seem to find yourself stranded out in, if you reconnect with your true self.

**Dictionary for "People Who Don't Know Slang":

chile

noun

-child

ie: Voodoo Chile, a famous song by Jimi Hendrix.
ie2: "come eat cho grub this instant, chile!"
ie3: "where on turtle island is your head, chile? less go searchin, momma."

Norwee

Formerly NorwegianboyEE

From: Norway

Joined: 2015-03-16

Posts: 3,773

Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Truly another banger from the king of melodramatically presented TRUTH™

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mrjawapa

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Re: I believe OPs should be able to set the baseline of their topic.

Unpopular opinion: jimothy is a good mod

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