Do mods get easy "likes"

kneemos · 02-01-2015 10:15am

Iris Witty Sediment wrote: »

As a person who's been on lots of forums for different things and for different lengths of time I'd say that lots of people lick Arse when it comes to mods and that mods are a bunch of knob jockeys on each and every forum. They talk down to other users like a teacher with a cane would to a 2nd class student. They bust out the dictionary for their usually short and non humorous replies to users and a lot of them are people who are probably quite smart but have terrible social skills. Yeah I f*cking said it.

You get used to it after a while,but the "talking down"to people is quite shocking at first.

Timberrrrrrrr · 02-01-2015 10:17am

anncoates wrote: »

I'm not a mod and I get millions.

Liar liar pants on fire :eek:

Total Thanks
Thanked 26,781 Times in 6,473 Posts

Fat Christy · 02-01-2015 11:46am

The Mustard wrote: »

Attention seeker! When did you get an infraction?! :pac:

I would agree that mods tend to thank each other's posts but apart from supporting on-thread mod actions, I think that a lot of that is just that many of us have met each other and know each other IRL.

It was a grave injustice.

It's more so ordinary users flocking to thank mod posts. I dont see why posters feel the need to thank on thread warnings, seriously? Or other simple posts by mods. I just don't get it. You'll always be mere plebeians to me.

I just read the last line! Ye cliquey fcukers! I feel so left out.

Tokyo · 02-01-2015 11:53am

Fat Christy wrote: »

It was a grave injustice.

It's more so ordinary users flocking to thank mod posts. I dont see why posters feel the need to thank on thread warnings, seriously? Or other simple posts by mods. I just don't get it. You'll always be mere plebeians to me.

Depends on the warning I suppose. Some people will thank anything for sure, but in my experience, many posters thank mod warnings because:

they reported the post and are thanking the mod for actioning it.
they are the person being reported, and are acknowledging the warning.
the post being warned was a particularly douchey comment and they are letting the OP know that most people in the thread don't agree with it.

The thanks system has its flaws, much like Facebook's 'like' system, but in many forums it's representative of supporting a particular course of action, rather than posting the same thing over and over again, and it's a hell of a lot better than twenty or thirty "+1" posts cluttering up a thread.

Grayditch · 02-01-2015 12:43pm

I've seen some mod warning speeches so overbaked with self righteousness that even the sheep don't thank it. Those are always gas too.

TheBeardedLady · 02-01-2015 12:51pm

Imagine concerning yourself with this kind of bollocks. Good god.

Macavity. · 02-01-2015 1:01pm

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Imagine concerning yourself with this kind of bollocks. Good god.

It's very concerning and worrying.

TheBeardedLady · 02-01-2015 1:15pm

Macavity. wrote: »

It's very concerning and worrying.

Oh is indeed. Very worrisome.

Buona Fortuna · 02-01-2015 2:34pm

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Imagine concerning yourself with this kind of bollocks. Good god.

Maybe she is.

I see I've got over 1600 Thanks.

I had set my heart on the Soup Maker but at this rate I don't think I can even afford the small casserole.

I suppose the Mods get all the best prizes.

Sauve · 02-01-2015 2:48pm

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Imagine concerning yourself with this kind of bollocks. Good god.

I haven't slept in weeks. My thanks-ticker is slowing down and I can't figure it out

Tokyo · 02-01-2015 2:49pm

Sauve wrote: »

I haven't slept in weeks. My thanks-ticker is slowing down and I can't figure it out

T'is to be expected at your age, sure.... :pac:

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 2:55pm

fran17 wrote: »

Yes,yes they do.Some people will thank anything.Its also used as a way for groups to attempt to belittle other posters and there opinions.

I also think that when a poster has been asked by a mod not to post in a thread again, the poster shouldn't be allowed to thank other posts as well from that point on.

Timberrrrrrrr · 02-01-2015 2:55pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

I also think that when a poster has been asked by a mod not to post in a thread again, the poster shouldn't be allowed to thank other posts as well.

Why not?

Tokyo · 02-01-2015 2:56pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

I also think that when a poster has been asked by a mod not to post in a thread again, the poster shouldn't be allowed to thank other posts as well.

So you think that moderators are going to go through every thanks at the bottom of every post just to make sure it hasn't been thanked by a particular poster?!

They've been asked not to contribute - they haven't been told that they can't read the thread and agree/disagree with it.

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 2:57pm

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Why not?

Because they are still contributing to the debate, it goes against the spirit of the mod instruction.

Timberrrrrrrr · 02-01-2015 2:59pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Because they are still contributing to the debate, it goes against the spirit of the mod instruction.

You consider likes to be a contribution to a debate?

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 3:01pm

mike_ie wrote: »

So you think that moderators are going to go through every thanks at the bottom of every post just to make sure it hasn't been thanked by a particular poster?!

They've been asked not to contribute - they haven't been told that they can't read the thread and agree/disagree with it.

That's the thing though, they haven't been asked not to contribute - they've been told not to post.
Thanking a post is a contribution.

Perhaps a changing to mod's wording of this would solve this subtle way of staying active in a thread where a poster is no longer welcome?

Timberrrrrrrr · 02-01-2015 3:02pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

That's the thing though, they haven't been asked not to contribute - they've been told not to post.
Thanking a post is a contribution.

Perhaps a changing to mod's wording of this would solve this subtle way of staying active in a thread where a poster is no longer welcome?

Thanking isn't posting though!

Tombi! · 02-01-2015 3:04pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Because they are still contributing to the debate, it goes against the spirit of the mod instruction.

So? Let's take a really popular topic in AH: dole threads!
Person A says "sure everyone on the dole is a pack of lying, thieving scumbags", Person B says "I don't like how a lot of people on the dole seem to be happy to diddle the welfare and claim more than they should. It's not all of them but still enough that i don't like it".

Person A gets told not to post again. Person B continues to post, debating their position. Person A agrees with them so they thank the posts. Person B might not agree with Person A but it shouldn't give anyone the right not to agree.

You can voice your opinion, just don't be a dick. So thanking posts that aren't being a dick but that you agree with/support isn't against the rules.

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 3:04pm

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

You consider likes to be a contribution to a debate?

Yes I do.

Not the most important, but a contribution all the same.

Tombi! · 02-01-2015 3:06pm

It's the poster's post/attitude that aren't welcome, though.
I've seen it both ways: don't post/don't contribute.
In either case, they're not really breaking rules. The direction not to post is to make sure they don't have a chance to break the rules.

Timberrrrrrrr · 02-01-2015 3:07pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Yes I do.

Not the most important, but a contribution all the same.

So you think mods should waste hours every day checking the thanks in case someone who is banned from posting has liked a post? You should DEFINITELY take this to feedback and see what the mods think of it.

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 3:08pm

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Thanking isn't posting though!

Never said it was.

Tombi! · 02-01-2015 3:09pm

Supporting a side is taking part in it. Even if it's a minor way that more than likely won't ever make a difference.

But wanting that to be against the rules is a way, way overboard.

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 3:12pm

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So you think mods should waste hours every day checking the thanks in case someone who is banned from posting has liked a post? You should DEFINITELY take this to feedback and see what the mods think of it.

I think the warning should be changed to 'Don't contribute to this thread again'

It saves a lot more mod time than your suggestion and stops another way of abusing the thanks system dead in it's tracks.

Timberrrrrrrr · 02-01-2015 3:15pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

I think the warning should be changed to 'Don't contribute to this thread again'

It saves a lot more mod time than your suggestion and stops another way of abusing the thanks system dead in it's tracks.

But unless a mod spends hours checking the thanks then how will they know if a "contribution" has been made?

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 3:22pm

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

But unless a mod spends hours checking the thanks then how will they know if a "contribution" has been made?

Same way as they always do.

A combination of reading the threads and reported posts.

Tombi! · 02-01-2015 3:24pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Same way as they always do.

A combination of reading the threads and reported posts.

I need to know. In what way is a user thanking a post being a problem to the thread?

Tokyo · 02-01-2015 3:24pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Same way as they always do.

A combination of reading the threads and reported posts.

The day I have to read through a couple hundred 'thanks' per thread to try and enforce the rules is the day I hand back my mod status, and I'd be surprised if most moderators didn't feel the same. Whether a disruptive poster adds a thanks or two to a thread makes very little difference - whether (s)he continues to add disruptive posts, does.

padd b1975 · 02-01-2015 3:27pm

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

I need to know. In what way is a user thanking a post being a problem to the thread?

You've never noticed a circle jerk of posters in all your time here??

Do mods get easy "likes"

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