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Moderators

  • 14-07-2012 3:13pm
    #1
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭


    What are the qualifications to be a moderator ?
    Who monitors the moderator and are they also disciplined ?
    I think some are on a power trip.I had one who disguised himself to incite and then appeared as a moderator. I got a ban so I cannot prove this.
    There are other forums more tolerant .
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  • #2
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,972 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    It's all one big conspiracy. We're all on one big power trip together. You can call us Legion, for we are many...


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    atkin wrote: »
    I had one who disguised himself to incite and then appeared as a moderator.
    Sorry, I don't really understand the "disguised himself to incite and then appeared as a moderator" part? Can you clarify?
    atkin wrote: »
    There are other forums more tolerant .
    What other forums? Other internet forums? Didn't you say in one of your threads that you had been banned from other internet forums for what we (AH) actually allowed you to say?

    Moderators are monitored by their co-mods, category mods and admins. And also by the regular users that can complain if they feel they've been treated unfairly. So it's not like you can get away with anything just because you're a mod.


  • #4
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    No I was not banned from other internet sites .
    No I do not refer to you.You assume only .


  • #5
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    It's all one big conspiracy. We're all on one big power trip together. You can call us Legion, for we are many...

    What a rant .


  • #6
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Well after the rant .What are the qualifications to be a moderator ????


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  • #7
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    atkin wrote: »
    Well after the rant .What are the qualifications to be a moderator ????

    Never to ask & wait to be invited.


  • #8
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    I once went into the mod forum by mistake and I seen them all there laughing, sucking their trousers and laughing !!


  • #9
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    I once went into the mod forum by mistake and I seen them all there laughing, sucking their trousers and laughing !!

    Somehow I have the feeling its a boys club .


  • #10
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Plenty of lady mods as well..;)


  • #11
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    KoolKid wrote: »
    Plenty of lady mods as well..;)

    Yeah but its the internet, half of em are probably men really.


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  • #12
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    Yeah but its the internet, half of em are probably men really.[/Quote]

    Ha ha ha


  • #13
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    That's what mod beers are for... Just to:p make sure.


  • #14
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    Yeah but its the internet, half of em are probably men really.
    Ah but the other half are smokin'


  • #15
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Hye are you the guys go around on them scooters
    Hey you ever get a lady mod.


  • #16
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    There are no wimmins on the internetz :eek:


  • #17
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Never to ask & wait to be invited.

    Tbh says people ask him, and he does consider them, and doesn't disqualify just for asking :D


  • #18
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Having been a moderator on a few other sites in my time I can honestly say: "Why would anyone want to do the job?"

    It is difficult, it is a thankless task and sometimes soul destroying. I applaud anyone who does the job, and I am thankful to those who do such a great job. But personally, I will probably never do it again.

    (And to all the mods who read this, thank you for your hard work)


  • #19
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Ahh R it's not that hard. The odd moments if you're on your own and stuff is flying about or on really high traffic forums, but it's a team thing. That includes folks who report stuff to keep you up to speed. That helps more than anything. I can defo see how being a cmod dealing with an entire category's problems when they come up would be a right pain in the bum, ditto for the more hands on admins, but otherwise not so much. It's not thankless either. You do get thanked, if that's what helps, but more you're helping the community get on with things without spam/twats/trolls.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #20
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    atkin wrote: »
    What are the qualifications to be a moderator ?

    There are no qualifications, it's not a job.

    People who show themselves to be level-headed, knowledgeable in their area and a good contributor tend to be asked to volunteer as a moderator. Don't ask us, we will ask you.
    atkin wrote: »
    Who monitors the moderator and are they also disciplined ?

    Moderators are held to account by their fellow moderators, Category Moderators and Admins. Likewise, Admins and CMods are held to account by each other.
    atkin wrote: »
    I think some are on a power trip.I had one who disguised himself to incite and then appeared as a moderator. I got a ban so I cannot prove this

    If you have a problem with a moderator, we have a clearly defined process for resolving such matters. Simply saying a mod is on a power trip will get you nowhere.
    atkin wrote: »
    There are other forums more tolerant .

    And I assume that by "more tolerant" you mean people can say what they want, slander, libel and disparage to their hearts content? Not going to happen here, I'm afraid.


  • #21
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    atkin wrote: »
    No I was not banned from other internet sites .
    No I do not refer to you.You assume only .

    So this was a fib then?
    Atkin wrote:
    Hi,
    I have been banned from other sites for producing this information
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79699503&postcount=1


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  • #22
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Nodin wrote: »
    So this was a fib then?


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79699503&postcount=1

    I refer to another moderator you are perfect.
    I meant other forums on this site flog me I love pain.:D


  • #23
    jonniebgood1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭jonniebgood1


    Nodin wrote: »
    So this was a fib then?
    Originally Posted by Atkin
    Hi,
    I have been banned from other sites for producing this information
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79699503&postcount=1
    Uh oh, caught with your pants down. I don't think you would be a good moderator as moderators never tell lies.
    atkin wrote: »
    I refer to another moderator you are perfect.
    I meant other forums on this site flog me I love pain.:D

    In a hole digging...


  • #24
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    jonniebgood1 wrote: »
    Uh oh, caught with your pants down. I don't think you would be a good moderator as moderators never tell lies.

    I meant other forums.I do not want to be a moderator. Thanks !!



    In a hole digging...

    Yeah in a hole digging up ****e true.


  • #25
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Nodin wrote: »
    So this was a fib then?


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79699503&postcount=1

    Not allowed to view this link.


  • #26
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    atkin wrote: »
    Not allowed to view this link.

    I assume your banned from the forum. Thats why you cant view it.

    This is what the link refers to.
    atkin wrote: »
    Hi,
    I have been banned from other sites for producing this information .

    In contradiction to this.
    atkin wrote: »
    No I was not banned from other internet sites .
    No I do not refer to you.You assume only .

    Story doesnt add up.


  • #27
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    I assume your banned from the forum. Thats why you cant view it.

    This is what the link refers to.



    In contradiction to this.



    Story doesnt add up.

    Perhaps you are bad at addition. What does not add up?
    I am tired of the silly comments I get .


  • #28
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    atkin wrote: »
    Perhaps you are bad at addition. What does not add up?
    I am tired of the silly comments I get .

    Nothing wrong with my addition.
    • You moan about being banned and claim other forums are not as strict.
    • biko says "Didnt you say you were banned from other sites for what we allowed you to post here?"
    • You say "No I was not banned from other internet sites ."
    • Then someones quotes what you did say and it was indeed what biko said it was.
    • "I have been banned from other sites for producing this information"

    I was banned, I wasnt banned, your all Nazi's, nobody is a Nazi, the holocaust never happened, I was there I seen it, where am I ? are those my feet ? What button ? Who are you ? Hey take your hands off me god dammit ! Dont you know who I am ? etc etc.


  • #29
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    Nothing wrong with my addition.
    • You moan about being banned and claim other forums are not as strict.
    • biko says "Didnt you say you were banned from other sites for what we allowed you to post here?"
    • You say "No I was not banned from other internet sites ."
    • Then someones quotes what you did say and it was indeed what biko said it was.
    • "I have been banned from other sites for producing this information"

    I was banned, I wasnt banned, your all Nazi's, nobody is a Nazi, the holocaust never happened, I was there I seen it, where am I ? are those my feet ? What button ? Who are you ? Hey take your hands off me god dammit ! Dont you know who I am ? etc etc.

    Well the content of you reply is abstract that is why you have no problem with bans and every Mod love you.

    And for the last time I WAS NOT BANNED FROM OTHER INTERNET SITES.
    You got your head in the sand.


  • #30
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    atkin wrote: »
    Well the content of you reply is abstract that is why you have no problem with bans and every Mod love you.

    And for the last time I WAS NOT BANNED FROM OTHER INTERNET SITES.
    You got your head in the sand.

    Mods dont love anyone they are a heartless bunch. But if you were not banned from other sites why did you say you were ?


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  • #31
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    atkin wrote: »
    Well the content of you reply is abstract that is why you have no problem with bans and every Mod love you.

    And for the last time I WAS NOT BANNED FROM OTHER INTERNET SITES.
    You got your head in the sand.
    You got banned from other forums HERE, then?


  • #32
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Oryx wrote: »
    You got banned from other forums HERE, then?

    The penny drops Yes .


  • #33
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    atkin wrote: »
    The penny drops Yes .
    You said that earlier, I'm just clarifying.


  • #34
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Right so you were banned from other forums on boards and your saying other forum sites are more tolerant than boards ?

    Could you not just have fcukin said that from the beginning ?


  • #35
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    Right so you were banned from other forums on boards and your saying other forum sites are more tolerant than boards ?

    Could you not just have fcukin said that from the beginning ?

    .


  • #36
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Hey is there a record for the most banned ??


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  • #37
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    atkin wrote: »
    Hey is there a record for the most banned ??
    Yup, Gordon is currently in the lead with over twenty one thousand notches on his banstick. :cool:

    And, yea, I know that's not really what you asked... ;)


  • #38
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Is there a prize ??


  • #39
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Yes. :)


  • #40
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Keep me guessing


  • #41
    Morag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    A new banstick, due to the old one breaking from becoming too notched.
    After the 10th one you get a banhammer apparently.


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  • #42
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Sharrow wrote: »
    A new banstick, due to the old one breaking from becoming too notched.
    After the 10th one you get a banhammer apparently.

    Well its something to work for .


  • #43
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    These threads should be locked earlier. The original premise was dumb and a wind up and the deluge of arch moderator in-house wisecracking is a bit embarrassing.


  • #44
    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    Steve wrote: »
    Yup, Gordon is currently in the lead with over twenty one thousand notches on his banstick. :cool:

    And, yea, I know that's not really what you asked... ;)
    Use to be a good read till Boards popped on every spammer in the worlds radar.:(

    How did Boards.ie ban 2 people?? Thought that just kept track of post of the day?


  • #45
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    RUCKING FETARD wrote: »
    How did Boards.ie ban 2 people?? Thought that just kept track of post of the day?
    It's top sekrit so I'll tell you..
    If you see a mod in the spammer thread here report a spammer and use the top sekrit code 9p'd or 9p or similar then it means they gave them a siteban using the top sekrit method of 9 infraction points.

    Basically, it's a means to stop a spambot till am admin sees it and makes it permanent - it used to show up as the mods name in banlist but, due to the recession, and the price of acsii these days, it now shows up as a boards.ie ban. :)


  • #46
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    stovelid wrote: »
    These threads should be locked earlier. The original premise was dumb and a wind up and the deluge of arch moderator in-house wisecracking is a bit embarrassing.

    Wind ups the name of the game. In all my posts looking for information very little was achieved.


  • #47
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    atkin wrote: »
    Wind ups the name of the game. In all my posts looking for information very little was achieved.
    Okay then. I'm feeling helpful. What is it that you still need to know?


  • #48
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    Oryx wrote: »
    Okay then. I'm feeling helpful. What is it that you still need to know?

    De Facto relationships ,civil partnership certificates ,same sex relationships for immigration and residence here.
    The local immigration officer looked at me in horror when I said it was coming.
    I have sent requests to INIS but may not get a reply.
    I am looking for information with regard to sponsorship of a non EU national.
    Anyone in a similar relationship ?


  • #49
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    atkin wrote: »
    De Facto relationships ,civil partnership certificates ,same sex relationships for immigration and residence here.
    The local immigration officer looked at me in horror when I said it was coming.
    I have sent requests to INIS but may not get a reply.
    Try the LGBT forums, Legal Discussion (no legal advice, query only), Weddings, Marriage & Civil Partnerships. All under the Soc category. I dont know if they will be able to help but its a start.

    And ask questions. The above quote from you is not a question, it is a statement. Which is why people dont answer or dont comprehend you.


  • #50
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    Oryx wrote: »
    Try the LGBT forums, Legal Discussion (no legal advice, query only), Weddings, Marriage & Civil Partnerships. All under the Soc category. I dont know if they will be able to help but its a start.

    And ask questions. The above quote from you is not a question, it is a statement. Which is why people dont answer or dont comprehend you.
    Unfortunately I suspect there is a level of trolling here. If atkin has/had genuine questions, s/he wouldn't have been banned from LD for a week for posting racist remarks. I would suggest shutting this thread down too!


  • #51
    atkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭atkin


    FreudianSlippers wrote: »
    Unfortunately I suspect there is a level of trolling here. If atkin has/had genuine questions, s/he wouldn't have been banned from LD for a week for posting racist remarks. I would suggest shutting this thread down too!

    I will post in Soc if you do not like the Thread.


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