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Worrying revelation about Boards

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    #32
    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    And you're an ex-mod you say?
    Demodded were you? :p:D

    LOL nope stood down, couldn't justify the time I was spending on boards modding (plus got married, had a kid!).


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    #33
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Damn, I thought this was going to be an expose of some sort of cunning plot to rule the interwebz..or that they were going broke and people had come for the telly. BORING.


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    #34
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    Do the mods know that the cat mods have a secret forum?


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    #35
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,417 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Yes

    To discuss moderation issues like how to use moderation tools, to look for support and queries.

    You sound like a hostage being forced to read s script.


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    #36
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,873 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    The Peanut wrote: »
    Do the mods know that the cat mods have a secret forum?

    Do the Cat Mods know the Admins have a secret forum?! :eek:


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    #37
    daviecronin
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭daviecronin


    I'm sure half these mods have a vendetta against me because of my young age and they're jealous ya know


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    #38
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    mike_ie wrote: »
    * adds truffle5 to "the list".
    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    Lol

    We don't care enough about the minions in our ivory towers.

    As if.
    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    * wanders off to start a thread
    An File wrote: »
    Motion seconded!
    faceman wrote: »
    It's all true OP. There's also a secret mod forum called "Heaven & Hell" where mods decide who goes where in the afterlife.

    Drives the A&A mods mad though.
    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    It was hardly a secret that there was a mods forum in fairness

    7 mods have posted in less than 15 mins... Prepare for a site crash


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    #39
    Roastlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 29 ✭Roastlamb


    I think they have their own forum just about me.

    Thread One. "When will this fukcer stop reregging". :D


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    #40
    Soft Falling Rain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭Soft Falling Rain


    The only thing the mod forum is guilty of is the same thing every private forum is guilty of. You've been fed false info op. ;)


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    #41
    conorh91
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    truffle5 wrote: »
    a bit like how Stalin erased his murdered rivals from photographs and pretended they never existed.
    Yeah that's a fair comparison…:confused:


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    #42
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,737 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    leeroybrown wrote: »
    ...and they all sit in black leather chairs stroking white cats.

    My cat is broken :/


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    #43
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,913 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    First rule of the mod forum is you do not talk about the mod forum.
    Second rule of the mod forum is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE MOD FORUM!


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    #44
    The Purveyor of Truth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭The Purveyor of Truth


    In before the cringey sarcasm.


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    #45
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,053 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Toots wrote: »
    First rule of the mod forum is you do not talk about the mod forum.
    Second rule of the mod forum is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE MOD FORUM!

    oh well...

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #46
    Gongoozler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭Gongoozler


    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    The only thing the mod forum is guilty of is the same thing every private forum is guilty of.

    Which is...? I remember there was a thread in feedback not too recently about posters talking about other posters in private forums.


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    #47
    truffle5
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 75 ✭✭truffle5


    Soft Falling Rain wrote: »
    The only thing the mod forum is guilty of is the same thing every private forum is guilty of. You've been fed false info op.

    At least now we know that a private mod forum exists. The lack of transparency is worrying however. Some people can allow their biases to affect their judgement when moderating emotive threads.


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    #48
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,913 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    oh well...

    oh crap.....I'm next.....


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    #49
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    The best part about the mod forum is REDACTED

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #50
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Toots wrote: »
    First rule of the mod forum is you do not talk about the mod forum.
    Second rule of the mod forum is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE MOD FORUM!

    3rd rule: If someone posts "Y**e M@" their Boards life is over
    4th rule: Only two mods to a ban hammer fight
    5th rule: One ban hammer fight at a time
    6th rule: No life, no relationships
    7th rule: Mods will ban as long as they have no life
    8th rule: If this is your first day of modding, you have to ban peasants.


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    #51
    myshirt
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    Worrying revelation about boards... it's not free.

    You pay for it using your personal data, browsing history, and god knows what...

    Boards have more information on you than the CIA, MI5, Tesco.
    They know you better than your own mother.
    They know what you had for breakfast.
    They saw you knocking one out before you didn't wash your hands and went to the dinner table regardless.


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    #52
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,873 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    truffle5 wrote: »
    Fair enough. I never claimed that user CDfm's accusation was true and I even floated the idea that he could be lying. At least now we know that a private mod forum exists. The lack of transparency is worrying however. Some people can allow their biases to affect their judgement when moderating emotive threads.

    Lack of transparency? LOL. You obviously missed out on the ACT thing a few years ago.


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    #53
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    truffle5 wrote: »
    At least now we know that a private mod forum exists.

    How else would they communicate??? They do have lives outside of Boards.ie you know...or so I've been told :P


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    #54
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Chucken wrote: »
    How else would they communicate??? They do have lives outside of Boards.ie you know...or so I've been told :P

    You've been told wrong I'm afraid.


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    #55
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,294 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    truffle5 wrote: »
    At least now we know that a private mod forum exists. The lack of transparency is worrying however. Some people can allow their biases to affect their judgement when moderating emotive threads.


    As regards lack of transparency, the existence of mod, CMod and admin forums is hardly news to the vast majority of Boards members. It may be to you, but to be fair you only signed up 3 weeks ago. As has already been stated, the forums are used to discuss site issues, share information on various modding tools, decide on new mods, review potential legal issues that could affect the site, and hundreds of other things that a) don't concern the vast majority of people on the site; and b) would probably be of little interest to them anyway. There are also a large number of private non-mod forums on Boards, should we be worried about the lack of transparency from them too?


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    #56
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    you would need to be very naive to think that it is not true.


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    #57
    Shakespeare's Sister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭Shakespeare's Sister


    John Mason wrote: »
    you would need to be very naive to think that it is not true.
    Well not the scheming to ban people. People get banned due to their own behaviour, nobody needs to scheme to have them banned.
    But talking about really troublesome users - yeh I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case. Not exactly unreasonable either, IMO.


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    #58
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    O.p. should be banned for saying 'le'


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    #59
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Macavity. wrote: »
    How do you know?

    :D


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    #60
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,053 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Macavity. wrote: »
    How do you know?

    Because Zaph is an admin!

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #61
    DrGreenthumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭DrGreenthumb


    this has all the ingredients of a classic thread, conspiricy mixed with here say mixed with truth and admission that the area exists,


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