Title says it. Who has sign off? Can't just be individual mods?
echoing what miamee said - for two reasons, it's not sensible to have mods who aren't active in the forums they moderate. for one, things which will need to be acted on will take longer to be acted on; a mod active in that forum is far more likely to see it happening in real time and nip it in the bud. also, they're more likely to know who the users are who are likely to be deliberately stirring.
secondly, context would be key in many forums. for example, people could be saying things about rugby which would sail right over my head, things which if you know the context, are inflammatory; but i have no clue about that and that would make modding much harder.
Happened in one of the property threads too. A mod started pretending he knew everything about the law on the subject and it was pointed out by a fair few people how wrong he was, with proof. His comments actually were really stupid tbh, but he wasnt about to be wrong. It must have been terribly embarrassing for him. Thread deleted.
no way this happened, you haven't used the correct channels to let me know about it, so it couldn't have happened, there's just no way something like this could happen if you aren't reporting through a system that nobody takes responsibility for.
Why are you saying mods are doing this stuff, and being supported by cmods and admins, when clearly this simply didn't happen
move along now
I'm going to look into this particular instance. Bear with me.
Another issue is that there isn't a post at the end to say WHY it was closed and WHO closed it. I'm sure i'll be told that mods/admins are far too busy to do that.
I never reported it. I doubt anyone did. It was just funny. Couldnt be bothered reporting it. Much like crimes in Dublin - just wasting your own time reporting them.
One person reported it; the mod who was upset their ridiculous thread was being ridiculed. Then one of their mates in the heirarchy did them a solid and closed the thread no questions asked, no explanations, not even the courtesy of a note to let the "normal" users what was going on.
No doubt we'll get some absolutely mental mental gymnastics from the "admin" looking into it to tell us that everything was done correctly, nothing to see here, it was done for the good of everyone don't you know. Now stfu and go away, case closed.
What this proves, for once and for all in my mind, is that no matter how many times Beasty, Mike or anyone else in charge pretends, mods are not never were and never will be "just normal users" in forums they don't mod. They can and will call in favours and get differential treatment to everyone else
Maybe you could give me a chance to actually look into it before starting with the dramatics?
The outcome here is pre-determined my man, no admin is going to say any mod did something wrong, never mind a cmod. And certainly not say that mods get treated preferentially in forums they do not mod.
Also can we stop poster's that use phopes/ism's please!?
Try to shut down conversation and interesting thoughts. Usual few.
what is a phope?
Worse than a phobe.
Maybe there needs to be a “Deleted Threads” threat, so to speak, so that admins/nods can post, eg:
“Weather prediction tomorrow Dublin” already well covered by another thread, and as such deleted. #modname
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I’d have to agree with you, I think certain moderators get their buddies to intervene in threads in which they are posting in, particularly if they are loosing the argument. I was issued with a “do not post” instruction a few months back for so called “attacking the poster” not the post, which is fair enough, but when certain posters then seem to get away with attacking all manner of posters with no warnings or threadban, you have to wonder.
Also, what is to stop moderators setting up second accounts with a different username and then posting in the very thread they are supposed to be moderating.
Hi @awec
Just wondering, since your post on the 30th August (today being the 3rd of October) if you've had a chance to look into this particular issue, and what, if anything, have you found?
You've asked that people bear with you, that implies that there is an expectation that you would come back to this thread and update the users with anything you've found out.
Yes, I did. Sorry, I forgot to come back here.
I am satisfied as to the reason as for its closure, and more importantly I am satisfied that the OP of the thread being a mod had no bearing on it being closed.
Didn't realise you were doing it to satisfy yourself?
I wasn't.
I checked into this allegation:
Then one of their mates in the heirarchy did them a solid and closed the thread no questions asked, no explanations, not even the courtesy of a note to let the "normal" users what was going on.
And this allegation:
They can and will call in favours and get differential treatment to everyone else
I am satisfied that nobody did anyone a solid, and nobody did anyone a favour, and the OP of the thread being a mod was completely irrelevant.
Did anyone honestly expect anything else? Nothing is going to change,so best to just drop it,do not feed their egos
That's a fairly pathetic response, and not unusual.
Same as it ever was.
"forgot"
I get that you want me to say that the mod in question did their mate a favour and closed the thread to avoid any embarrassment because you convinced yourself this is what happened, but that's not what happened and I deal in facts here.
If you don't believe me, that's up to you. If you think I'm covering up something here, again that's up to you, personally I'm bemused as to why you think I'd bother my arse over something so trivial that I would have had no issue undoing if I thought a mod did a favour for another mod.
Nobody did anyone a favour, nobody did anyone a solid. I'm sorry to disappoint.
When I flagged a mod for making a defamatory statement it was I that got a warning. The mod was not posting in their mod expertise field. This mod in question seems to have an attitude problem, and with over 35,000 posts maybe they do know a lot.
I try not to delete threads when I can help it. Posts either for that matter as it’s become evident in recent months most posters feel that’s mods “editing” the forum.
I’ll delete posts if they are seriously out of line or whatever & threads if it’s a re reg just trolling, as Beasty said it just gives them oxygen to keep it going til the admins deal with them.
I don’t think there’s any way at all mods can moderate 100% objectively. Some things do require some level of opinion on whether or not to action, usually considered in the context of the thread or forum itself rather than how they personally feel.
At least that’s what I’d like to think.
Where's my proper toastie thread?
I don’t know.
Deleted? If so why? After hours thread. Aren't you a mod?
Presumably because it would have been a duplicate of this thread, basically
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058260643/toasted-sandwiches-and-i-mean-proper-toasted-sandwiches/p1
No. Mine was a different thread. Please investigate.
Edit: please don't talk down to me...basically.
I’m not sure what you want me to investigate. One thread about toasted sandwiches is more than sufficient if you ask me. I didn’t delete your thread but I can completely understand why it was.
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