(Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself?) Any update?

Most positive thing for me was rediscovering that post about boards etiquette and having a nice reminisce about what it used to be like here and what behaviour was and wasn't tolerated before.

You understand the nature of mods being volunteers? No volunteer should have to be kept to time scales like that.

Personally, I'd scrap the DRP.

I didn't quote this yesterday as I wasn't going to rise to it, however you're replying to a poster who quoted one of my posts so I'm going to assume the body of your post references me. If that's not the case I'm open to correction.

You accuse me of being a narcissist and then go on to question my mental health.

You are supposed to set an example as a moderator, yet here you are accusing me of gaslighting you and making spurious accusations about me as a person and my mental health.

I have held my hands up on this thread and admitted I haven't always behaved perfectly, I've outlined how I propose to reduce the amount of petty disagreements I end up involved in and for that you and others piled on with abuse a cod psychology.

You're telling people how awful I am but you can't even acknowledge your own poor behaviour.

Context doesn’t matter when it comes to warnings though does it? Maybe there is differences among mods on how they approach warnings and messages but I’d hope a sweeping statement like that would be flagged as uncivil in a non feedback thread. Because a a reader without the context I see a moderator telling a user that they are broadly disingenuous. (Maybe they are).

if I was a non signed in member reading that from a moderator I’d certainly think twice about signing up to the site.

Again, just my thoughts (I could just be a clown also).

And I think I speak for many here when I say - it’s refreshing to see moderators like you engaging here and discussing the site issues. We have had some big controversial issues in the country lately and I have seen mods sit back a bit and let conversation and debate happen on the site - so thank you for that!

You are a moderator. Harsh comments that (potentially) overstep the site rules shouldn't come from you.

You patently and obviously show distain for this poster with your posts. You attack the poster, not the post.

Your posts would have received sanctions if they were made by others and directed towards people who's views you agree with.

I can see why he would be frustrated.

Hey Chris - do redit moderators get anything at all from moderating?

I for one have no idea why the boards mods do it as they get absolutely nothing.

Before I proposed they get free ad credit for adverts.ie / done deal but I’m not even sure now if those sites are owned by the same entity anymore. (if they are this is something I’d like to see or similar)

"Stuff like Israel-Palestine, Ukraine, and refugees I don't touch."

Hmmmm….. but you review moderation of such threads ..

And have fairly strong opinions, which you are entitled to have, on them. Look at your signature again and comments on this thread re abusive terms like orcs etc

Conflict of interest??

Back to the old "free speech" mantra.

There is, of course, free speech.

There are also consequential actions as a result of that free speech.

People don't think the second one applies to them.

In a place where there are not enough Mods already, people want to be able to pick and choose who moderates them?

The DRP sucks up a lot of Mod time - can that be streamlined in any to do away with time sinks? Maybe limit how many DRP's a person can start?