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"As a mod, you should know better..."

  • 07-12-2007 6:31pm
    #1
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭


    I don't know if this has been discussed before, but it's something that really gets my goat, and has cropped up quite a bit lately - I'm sure I'm not the only one who's bloody sick to my duodenum of plebs moaning about something the mod of Discworld (for example) or whatever said on some completely unrelated forum.

    I've no idea whether this is possible in the current vbb code, but if so, I wanted to see what people thought of removing 'Mod' tags from all mods except in the forums that they moderate? The 'Mod' tag just makes people a target for the usual anti-mod muppetry ('one rule for them, another for us', 'a mod shouldn't say things like that', etc etc). I don't post much anymore, so I'm not a victim of it myself, but it still does my head in to see it.
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  • #2
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    wtf has truckle done now?


  • #3
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I can still keep my 3 mod stars though right?

    Only I lost one this week in the wash and I don't want to lose the rest...


  • #4
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,351 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    There was some discussion about that in the mod forum the other day. Have a look here


  • #5
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    I think it comes from smaller forums where there's a few mods for the whole board, not per section.


    I think people may have to just learn how it works, really. It's a good idea, but as some people have said, it is a way of navigating boards for them.


  • #6
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Removing the mod tag will only stop the people that don't know you are a mod from saying that you should know better.

    If the user knows that the mod is a mod then they will have the same argument. So it wouldn't actually help the situation that much, just cover it up slightly.


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  • #7
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,662 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    If someone acts the muppet, then they're a muppet regardless of whether they have a mod tag or not.


  • #8
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I think people will whinge no mattter what. Alot of people dont even look at the tag and non-mods have been mistaken for mods plenty of times.

    I know I have looked at a poster on a forum they dont mod and seen the forum listed under their name and gone there. I might not have known the forum existed otherwise - its like adverting for the forum.


  • #9
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    6th wrote: »
    I think people will whinge no mattter what. Alot of people dont even look at the tag and non-mods have been mistaken for mods plenty of times.

    Interesting point.... Has anyone ever mistaken you for a mod, 6th?


  • #10
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,662 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    He walked right into that! :p


  • #11
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    monkeyfudge wrote: »
    Interesting point.... Has anyone ever mistaken you for a mod, 6th?

    Yes, specifically I was mistaken for Beruthial, I didnt want to correct the guy and a beautiful night was shared.


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  • #12
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    6th wrote: »
    Yes, specifically I was mistaken for Beruthial, I didnt want to correct the guy and a beautiful night was shared.

    so you were the one who broke into her house and stole her clothes....


  • #13
    Vexorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    6th wrote: »
    Yes, specifically I was mistaken for Beruthial, I didnt want to correct the guy and a beautiful night was shared.

    I should ban you for making the tea I was drinking come out my nose, its stings you know. However in the spirit of nepotism, I would not do that to a mod or someone mistaken for a mod, which is just as good if not better than being a mod.


  • #14
    daveirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,483 ✭✭✭✭daveirl


    This post has been deleted.


  • #15
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Vexorg wrote: »
    I should ban you for making the tea I was drinking come out my nose, its stings you know. However in the spirit of nepotism, I would not do that to a mod or someone mistaken for a mod, which is just as good if not better than being a mod.


    Um... ?


  • #16
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    giving positions of authority to friends or relatives.


  • #17
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    I'm more than just a tad disturbed by you 6th and not in a good way.

    Cake,
    You can't please all of the people all of the time. No matter what we do, there will always be whingers.

    Vex,
    Any chance we can just site ban whingers from now on?
    It really would make life easier for the rest of us.
    Go on, you know you want to!


  • #18
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    I know what it means mord, But i though it only applied to family.


  • #19
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    meaning is a relative term...


  • #20
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Anti wrote: »
    I know what it means mord, But i though it only applied to family.

    Daddy Cloud
    Uncle Tom
    Cousin Vex
    Brother Eck
    Regi the black sheep


  • #21
    regi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,280 ✭✭✭regi


    :(


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  • #22
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    regi wrote: »
    :(

    Don't be sad. The black sheep of the family is always the most interesting :D


  • #23
    daiixi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭daiixi


    mods need to buy daiixi christmas presents (value over EUR300) in order to keep their modships for the new year.


  • #24
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    I'm more than just a tad disturbed by you 6th and not in a good way.


    Just wait til you realise how all the elastic in your underwear got stretched....


  • #25
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    6th wrote: »
    Yes, specifically I was mistaken for Beruthial, I didnt want to correct the guy and a beautiful night was shared.

    Aah. I'm so glad Pighead finally got some :D


  • #26
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    nipplenuts wrote: »
    Aah. I'm so glad Pighead finally got some :D

    LOL!! :D

    psi
    I just threw all my jocks in the bin *shudder*


  • #27
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    I just threw all my jocks in the bin *shudder*

    I think 6th prefers it when you call them négligée.


  • #28
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    psi wrote: »
    so you were the one who broke into her house and stole her clothes....

    The upstairs bathroom window was open ...... it was practically an invitation >_>
    Vexorg wrote: »
    I should ban you for making the tea I was drinking come out my nose, its stings you know. However in the spirit of nepotism, I would not do that to a mod or someone mistaken for a mod, which is just as good if not better than being a mod.
    Mordeth wrote: »
    giving positions of authority to friends or relatives.

    I am actually Vexorg's great grandson returned from the distant future.
    Beruthiel wrote: »
    I'm more than just a tad disturbed by you 6th and not in a good way.

    I'm disturbed by the things I found in your bedside locker!
    psi wrote: »
    Just wait til you realise how all the elastic in your underwear got stretched....

    Runs off to start an "Am I fat" thread in PI :(
    nipplenuts wrote: »
    Aah. I'm so glad Pighead finally got some :D

    Got & Gave.
    Beruthiel wrote: »
    LOL!! :D

    psi
    I just threw all my jocks in the bin *shudder*

    I know but next time please dont put the leftovers in on top of them, drycleaners arent cheap.
    psi wrote: »
    I think 6th prefers it when you call them négligée.

    Strangely I am not as classy as you might think.


  • #29
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Ok now everyone back on topic .... shit, did I just backseat mod again?

    Infraction +1 :(


  • #30
    Sizzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    Cake Fiend wrote: »
    I'm sure I'm not the only one who's bloody sick to my duodenum of plebs moaning about something the mod of Discworld (for example) or whatever said on some completely unrelated forum.
    Who gives a hoop what forum its on?


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  • #31
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    I do. All offensive or difficult topics are to be started in Ah. Moving them all to their proper forums gives terry and karoma something to do during the day


  • #32
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Cake Fiend wrote: »
    "As a mod, you should know better..."
    Sounds like they want a one day site-wide ban?


  • #33
    togster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭togster


    Nah some mods are tards and some users are, its the law of the land dont you know....


  • #34
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Mordeth wrote: »
    I do. All offensive or difficult topics are to be started in Ah. Moving them all to their proper forums gives terry and karoma something to do during the day
    I can't speak for Karoma, but he's right about me.


  • #35
    pretty-in-pink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭pretty-in-pink


    You could apply the same logic to reg'd users and people with high post counts. Some people are just going to moan, no matter what. The modship badge just gives them a target. If you didn't have that, they would target something else.


  • #36
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    Just do what you did with Yore Ma in AH and infract / ban anyone who starts a thread / post with "As a mod you should know better":D That will give them a valid reason to complain :D


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  • #37
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Slow Motion wrote: »
    Just do what you did with Yore Ma in AH and infract / ban anyone who starts a thread / post with "As a mod you should know better":D That will give them a valid reason to complain :D

    Cakefiend started this thread. Do you expect us to ban him? He's a mod for gods sake, we can't be at that, we lose our ban bonus if we do.


  • #38
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Cakefiend started this thread. Do you expect us to ban him? He's a mod for gods sake, we can't be at that, we lose our ban bonus if we do.

    Well ! As a mod he/she/it should know better !:D

    OT What are you doing up so early ?


  • #39
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    I don't think it's stupid to certain extent. I've seen moderators that I've felt are way out of line on a constant basis and what more can you say except - he really should know better? A mod is going to be someone, ideally, who's been around boards.ie a considerable length of time and fully understands both the way it works and it's limits. And therefore should have some level of cop on when it comes to blatant trolling - not to mention as a valued mod to the site you shouldn't be of that mindset anyway - yet you do see it, again, on a constant basis from certain mods (not naming any names).

    Maybe it's just me but I fail to see the problem with people quoting said famous line, I'd certainly expect a mod to 'know better' in many of the situations often brought up. And while we're here, there is an excessive tendency for certain mods to predictably rise to the complaint with little more then harassment regardless of the validity of the claim. Some mods are great, most of them are. But there are mods whose contributions to feedback are almost entirely dedicated to antagonizing the original poster regardless of how valid his complaint is.


  • #40
    monkey tennis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭monkey tennis


    Pledging support for the instant ban for people using the phrase under discussion.


  • #41
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    daiixi wrote: »
    mods need to buy daiixi christmas presents (value over EUR300) in order to keep their modships for the new year.


    Sounds good to me.


    Oneway ticket to Sydney it is then.

    :p


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  • #42
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    Im thinking of banning mods from the AH forum.

    That includes myself and the mods of that forum as well.

    I think we could all do with a well deserved christmas break!


  • #43
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Do it. :)


  • #44
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    WhiteWashMan wrote: »
    Im thinking of banning mods from the AH forum.

    That includes myself and the mods of that forum as well.

    I think we could all do with a well deserved christmas break!


    :p


  • #45
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    WhiteWashMan wrote: »
    Im thinking of banning mods from the AH forum.

    That includes myself and the mods of that forum as well.

    I think we could all do with a well deserved christmas break!
    Yeah, and the_syco, Pighead and two others need to mod AH for the fun.


  • #46
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    the_syco wrote: »
    Yeah, and the_syco, Pighead and two others need to mod AH for the fun.

    Mod for a day ? Type a mile in my keyboard type of thing :D


  • #47
    Jules
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Jules


    Pighead and 6th for christmas AH mods!!!



    Oh jesus imagine the feedback!


  • #48
    pretty-in-pink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭pretty-in-pink


    Jules80 wrote: »
    Pighead and 6th for christmas AH mods!!!



    Oh jesus imagine the feedback!
    I second that, 6th & pighead for AH Christmas Mods (to make it really crazy, give them PI too)


  • #49
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,351 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    If that happened I'd never leave Feedback, it would be an absolute riot.


  • #50
    pretty-in-pink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭pretty-in-pink


    zaph wrote: »
    If that happened I'd never leave Feedback, it would be an absolute riot.
    Yeah, I can picture the LOLcats now........


  • #51
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    pretty-in-pink wrote: »
    (to make it really crazy, give them PI too)

    No.


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