Would Boards be better off without mods or are you that easily offended....

Sgt Pepper 64

Would Boards be better off without mods or are you that easily offended by anonymous strangers?

cnocbui

Yes and no

The Backwards Man

There's enough shìte to wade through here as it is without no mods to clean up the most of it.

I'm not easily offended, I just have no desire to look at dung when I don't have to.

The_Valeyard

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Would Boards be better off without mods or are you that easily offended by anonymous strangers?

Ah now, go into certain forums and the mods are the most easily offended by strangers.

Skylinehead

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Ah now, go into certain forums and the mods are the most easily offended by strangers.

I don't know you. Banned.

Bellerstring

Like the Chrimbo forum....

OldGoat

Same ****e, different day.

TheOven

Without mods you get places like 4chan.

Mods can a,so ruin a website but some level of moderation is required if a website is to succeed.

The_Kew_Tour

Its strange when you read people bitch and moan about mods, but still are regular here.

Rubberchikken

am i ever offended - never.
am i bored on occasion - yes.
will i stop reading - undecided:)

The Backwards Man

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Its strange when you read people bitch and moan about mods, but still are regular here.

Usually after being reprimanded somewhere as well, the boards equivalent of the teenage strop.

cnocbui

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Its strange when you read people bitch and moan about mods, but still are regular here.

I gave up posting in a certain forum because the mod was a complete DH. So I don't think you have a point.

Vic_08

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Would Boards be better off without mods or are you that easily offended by anonymous strangers?

No, forums without moderation are ruined by spammers, trolls and mentally unhinged idiots who out shout everyone else.

There are lots of good mods on boards, but there are also a number of rubbish ones that destroy specific forums, from ones so afraid of big business they piss themselves at the hint of anyone doing something illegal to pathetic little boys more interested in their tiny bit of power and enforcing rules than helping the forums flow.

Riddle101

You must have some form of control over places like these, otherwise it becomes lawless and people do whatever they want. Just like in real life. Where would we be without the police to keep law and order.

FortySeven

Riddle101 wrote: »

You must have some form of control over places like these, otherwise it becomes lawless and people do whatever they want. Just like in real life. Where would we be without the police to keep law and order.

Tallaght?

Sgt Pepper 64

Riddle101 wrote: »

You must have some form of control over places like these, otherwise it becomes lawless and people do whatever they want. Just like in real life. Where would we be without the police to keep law and order.

but doesn't that go against the "open to all internet" philosophy?

RobertKK

An adult forum does need a moderator(s) as there are enough stupid people who think only of themselves and are not considerate of others, it is not about being offended, it is about decency.
Having mods brings decency to a forum.

seamus

Gotta love stacked questions. "So, do you beat your wife regularly, or are you just gay?"

MeatTwoVeg

Mods are simply a reflection of the Generation Snowflake ideals and principles which have become prevalent throughout society.

Simply offending another poster with your point of view can become grounds for a banning.

Chips Lovell

If you'd like Boards to be more like the comments beneath a YouTube video, then no mods is a heck of a good idea.

Advbrd

MeatTwoVeg wrote: »

Mods are simply a reflection of the Generation Snowflake ideals and principles which have become prevalent throughout society.

Simply offending another poster with your point of view can become grounds for a banning.

Agreed, quite ridiculous when a mod wades into a rather humorous bit of banter and goes all atomic snowflake.

Lofty123

MeatTwoVeg wrote: »

Mods are simply a reflection of the Generation Snowflake ideals and principles which have become prevalent throughout society.

Simply offending another poster with your point of view can become grounds for a banning.

I have to say I am very offended at being typecast as part of "Generation Snowflake" ...

Allinall

MeatTwoVeg wrote: »

Mods are simply a reflection of the Generation Snowflake ideals and principles .....,.

That's just victim blaming.

Sgt Pepper 64

What has offence got to do with it? I thought it was about standards.

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

but doesn't that go against the "open to all internet" philosophy?

Not sure what this means I am afraid.

Advbrd

Allinall wrote: »

That's just victim blaming.

You have just triggered a few mods.

Chips Lovell

Advbrd wrote: »

You have just triggered a few mods.

We prefer the term "fellated".

scdublin

For spam and back and forth arguments that completely derail a thread, I think they're needed. But sometimes I've seen people being banned or threads being closed when I didn't think what was said was offensive. I guess it's subjective.

jimgoose

No. Online forums have plenty tendency to turn into primate excrement-flinging circuses with moderation, never mind without.

Mortpourvelo

MeatTwoVeg wrote: »

Mods are simply a reflection of the Generation Snowflake ideals and principles which have become prevalent throughout society.

Simply offending another poster with your point of view can become grounds for a banning.

And there are mods with a personal agenda.

Try posting about cyclists breaking the law in the "Commuting" forum - you got no chance!

Butters1979

Moderators are fine as long as their neutral. But when certain moderators take a particular side in a thread and suddenly there's some very selective moderating, that's when it's a problem.

Maximus Alexander

~~ <=======3

aaronjumper

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

~~ <=======3

:eek:
*Faints*

midnight city

No it would end up like the youtube comment section

beach_walker

This site's approach to moderation is one of the key reasons as to why boards.ie is doing so spectacularly well.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm not easily offended, I just have no desire to look at dung when I don't have to.

:eek: I know you do have a few scoops on board.. but have you seen the threads you start in AH on Monday nights?!?

The Wolverine

I don't like the modding here at times but they are needed to a certain extent to be fair.

The problem is when you get ones with bias a great example being mod in the politics forum years ago who banned anyone that made even the tiniest critique of Fianna Fail and was ages before he was actually sacked to make it worse despite the carry on.

There's a lot like him around but a lot more subtle on various issues.

Makes it tough on the few that are neutral as they get hassle unfairly.

Galwayguy35

We should be allowed to attack the poster as well as the post.

I think moderation is becoming increasingly antiquated, and so are websites that don't change in response.

People are getting used to regulating content for themselves.

Imagine Twitter with moderators. I can't even recall everreporting a tweet on there.

It's increasingly frustrating to open a mildly offensive thread on boards.ie, to see that it has been closed with a 'hilarious' mod comment.

That type of activity has an expiry date on the modern internet. It can't last, as we're probably already seeing.

Your Face

Its fine.
Usually the people that complain are the ones who don't understand how the site works.

Your Face

Your Face wrote: »

Its fine.
Usually the people that complain are the ones who don't understand how the site works.

Or newbies. Everyone else is obviously pretty ok with it if they are still here. I'm here 11 years and have no real complaints

Widdershins

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I think moderation is becoming increasingly antiquated, and so are websites that don't change in response.

People are getting used to regulating content for themselves.

Imagine Twitter with moderators. I can't even recall everreporting a tweet on there.

It's increasingly frustrating to open a mildly offensive thread on boards.ie, to see that it has been closed with a 'hilarious' mod comment.

That type of activity has an expiry date on the modern internet. It can't last, as we're probably already seeing.

Yes I agree with that. Sometimes I think a thread has potential and I scroll down to add my comment and ..there's the hilarious mod comment, and it's been closed
It's the slightly controversial or insensitive ones I mean, not anything truly vile

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Everyone else is obviously pretty ok with it if they are still here.

But everybody isn't still here.

It doesn't bother me, because I don't tend to get in trouble either way. What bothers me is that probably is one factor affecting the site's falling traffic.

It won't be much consolation to say "everybody is ok with it if they're here" if there's only a few dozen of us here in a couple of years.

I'm not saying moderation is the only factor, but it probably is one of them. People aren't used to being edited and curtailed, dare I say babysat, anymore.

Rented Mule

As someone who once modified for a professional sports team's message boards, you have no idea how much ****e gets through on a given day.

Boards would be (even more) unreadable within a few days.

rangler1

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I think moderation is becoming increasingly antiquated, and so are websites that don't change in response.

People are getting used to regulating content for themselves.

Imagine Twitter with moderators. I can't even recall everreporting a tweet on there.

It's increasingly frustrating to open a mildly offensive thread on boards.ie, to see that it has been closed with a 'hilarious' mod comment.

That type of activity has an expiry date on the modern internet. It can't last, as we're probably already seeing.

most people use their own name on twitter, unlikely to be as quick to troll I'd say

Fleawuss

Look at politics.ie. Sweet Jesus...it goes a bit like
"You're a fcuking shinner shill .... no you're a blueshirt cnut ... listen to the fcuking fianna fail gombeen gobshyte..." etc.

Mods move things along.

SterlingArcher

Frankly to me mods are a strange breed. Like Street sweepers that are happy picking up dog**** for free.

it would be interesting if people had to justify reporting posts. And had punishments for reporting posts solely because they disagree with them or were Lil offended babies.

The day I report a post I want a week ban.

Ken.

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Frankly to me mods are a strange breed. Like Street sweepers that are happy picking up dog**** for free.

it would be interesting if people had to justify reporting posts. And had punishments for reporting posts solely because they disagree with them or were Lil offended babies.

The day I report a post I want a week ban.

Are you 100% sure about that?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I used a message board when I was a teenager that wasn't just not moderated, the admins actively encouraged flaming. It was survival of the fittest, and got boring very quickly. New users were scared off and the regular users eventually stopped abusing each other save for one or two posters that was just tiresome to watch, so that was lame.

As much as I'd like to go mad now and again and fell people exactly what I think, I think all round it's a better system. My only gripe would be inconsistent moderation and how admin seem to choose some topics to "protect".

SterlingArcher

ken wrote: »

Are you 100% sure about that?

Which part? I myself have never been in trouble ever with mods so I have no need to worry about their poop scoop.

Do you mean am I sure about being banned for a week if I ever report a post? Yeah you take that quote zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket. I now give you the power to impeach me.

padd b1975

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Ah now, go into certain forums and the mods are the most easily offended by strangers.

A&A?

KERSPLAT!

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Which part? I myself have never been in trouble ever with mods so I have no need to worry about their poop scoop.

Do you mean am I sure about being banned for a week if I ever report a post? Yeah you take that quote zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket. I now give you the power to impeach me.

Have you never reported a post?