Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself? [Threadbanned users in 1st post]

@Big Bag of Chips , any comment to add on the unbanning of one the most vexatious serial rereg trolls in CA this morning?

There's been lots of fine words here about dealing with low level trolling but action speaks many times louder..

Clearly Beasty isn't on board with any proposed change to how they are dealt with. His action this morning is a slap in the face to those who took their time to post on the topic here, and demonstrates what the moderation policy on these individuals will be from here on.

That sounds good in theory, but call me cynical - I can't see that going down well with mods if other mods from the same forum intervened and started over-ruling them.

As I've said, I've found CMods don't want to know unless you've dealt with the mod first.

So adults should be able to discuss issues with each other.

You'd wish.

But there are mods that don't do that. They don't discuss, they take the line "do as I say, not as I do", and expect nothing less than an admission of wrong behaviour and a grovelling apology, even if their action was (in the opinion of the person challenging it) unwarranted.

This is where accusations of power-tripping mods comes in.

I personally will not admit to wrong-doing or apologise for something just for the sake of it when I believe the mod was wrong in the first place.

It leaves a poster between a rock and a hard place.

I don't, currently, and I hope I never will. Now I just don't bother with the forum they mod any more.

But I am filing the information on this thread for future use, if ever its needed.

As an aside, as well as the "ignore poster" function, boards should explore getting an "ignore thread" or "ignore forum" feature, if possible, with Vanilla.

An actual ignore function would remove the likelihood of clicking into an area you don't want to visit, when you browse via "Latest Posts" or "Recent Discussions" instead of by forum.

Anyway, it was just a suggestion. Feel free to ignore.

This isn’t meant as a slight on you because you are being honest but when a poster who has been on the site since 2008 and is a C-mod on the site isn’t sure about one version of an appeals process does work say a lot really how convoluted some of the stuff on Boards is.

Regards,

P.

Has it always gone on where posters will openly gaslight you ? In the last week or so there are at least three posters who will call you a liar (happened to me just today); deny facts (when facts have been linked to) and are very uncivil!!

I’d prefer not to be one of those who constantly report seemingly minor things but it’s very annoying!!!

I think I might have to - the other day I was told to prove something that I believed would happen. It’s my belief, how can I prove that ??

But when I’m told “that is a blatant lie” and I show evidence no reply - or more gaslighting!

There does seem to be an issue when mods, C-mod and Admins in this thread alone are all giving different answers on how and where to appeal certain issues so then the question needs to be asked to those in charge how is the average poster supposed to understand the processes is if those deemed to be overseeing the moderation of the site are giving different answers.

Regards,

P.

Habit.

Pure and simple.

Its a bad habit that is hard to break.

It probably falls into a few categories for most posters, with some overlap between discussion and keeping track of things you are interested in e.g. I'd imaging Sports and Current Affairs ticks that boxes for a lot of posters. There is also the 'useful' so the technical forums. And the 'diversion'. And there's probably overlap there across those categories for hobby type interests.

So just throwing this out there…

Useful:

Bargain alerts does what it says on the tin. And the 'technical' type forums useful for asking a question about a car, or appliance or whatever. Similarly Consumer Issues in case you end up in similar situation you can get good advice \ forewarning. If the forum for your local area is active, can be useful for knowledge.

Interested Party:

For Current Affairs, threads can be a good way to keep up with latest developments but also explanations behind those developments. You get a range of inputs than often go deeper than just what you get from a news article. When it gets to the point though where it forms into two camps debating one side versus the other, rather than updating on latest developments, I tend to disengage unless especially invested in the subject matter or think my posts are bringing something to the table not being said by others. Some posters thrive on that to-and-fro though.

Diversion:

For specific interests, say TV, Film, Cycling, Music, Gigs, the forums are good ways to keep up with latest news. And if you're watching something at same pace discussing it can be half the fun.

For After Hours, some threads can be genuinely amusing but I think less so than before. The You Laugh You Lose type photos are entertaining. This AH thread is boards at its best… not many places you could you ask such a random question and be helped out by strangers in your quest.