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  • #1022
    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,922 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    We do not discuss actions taken against other posters. I did not see the post you are referencing above. I saw the post you were warned for. I assumed you were referring to the post you replied to. Your reply was uncivil. It was attacking the poster. As per the forum rules your warning comes with a ban.

    "Take you to task" - reprimand or criticize someone severely for a fault or mistake.

    The poster pulled you up on what they felt were faults or mistakes in your post. I wouldn't say it was even that severe. They argued the points of your post. You played the man, not the ball.

    You rightly received a warning. That you don't agree with it is largely irrelevant.



  • #1023
    For Petes Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 892 ✭✭✭For Petes Sake


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123552340#Comment_123552340

    And who is that poster to tell me I've made a 'fault or a mistake' that I deserve to be 'taken to task' on? Why do they get to make that call just because they have a different opinion to me?

    Either way, one word smart-hole posts like 'ok' are fine and yet genuine efforts to explain and expand on a point are a waste of everyone's time.

    Got it. I'll apply that bollocks logic in future as means to 'improving the quality' of my posts.

    You let timewasters and trolls off with murder because without them your business model goes to pot.

    EDIT: And to follow on from this, I have a conversation with the moderator who banned me, who has clearly made no effort whatsoever to read any of my messages, and his response is 'I'm done explaining simple concepts to you'.

    Honestly, on what planet does anybody get away with talking to another person like that?

    Is it any wonder trolls can do whatever they want when Mods respond to others with contempt like that?

    You'll all do nothing, of course.



  • #1024
    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,922 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    And who is that poster to tell me I've made a 'fault or a mistake' that I deserve to be 'taken to task' on? Why do they get to make that call just because they have a different opinion to me?

    What are you on about?!

    It's an open discussion forum. You posted something. Anybody who wants to is entitled to tell you they disagree with you or you're wrong or they have a different opinion to you. Anybody who wants is entitled to comment on your post so long as they stay within the forum rules.

    That poster stayed within the forum rules. You didn't.

    Now, I'm also done explaining simple concepts to you. If after 3 or 4 replies you don't get it then you're not going to get it and I'm not going to waste any more time explaining. You are skating very close to a siteban for uncivil posting in this forum too.



  • #1025
    For Petes Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 892 ✭✭✭For Petes Sake


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123555591#Comment_123555591

    Ok



  • #1026
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭con747


    How can a Mod thank their own post? In the below thread the OP thanked their own post #1.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123562327#Comment_123562327

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  • #1027
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 18,939 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123562370#Comment_123562370

    It's boards Vanilla glitch, that if you click on the thanks to view the thanks you can inevitably thank your own post

    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



  • #1028
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,282 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Not on this thread at all, but I really don't have the ego to go thanking myself or even looking who might have.



  • #1029
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 18,939 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123562678#Comment_123562678

    I think he just used your post to link to the thread, not aimed at you

    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



  • #1030
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,830 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Out of curiosity, how are mods picked? Who decides?

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #1031
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,170 ✭✭✭This is it


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123575891#Comment_123575891

    Battle Royale.



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  • #1032
    Ten of Swords
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,507 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123575891#Comment_123575891

    Amp test

    Moderator: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender, Vegan & Vegetarian

    Category Moderator: Social & Fun



  • #1033
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 18,939 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123576095#Comment_123576095

    Can confirm.. evidence below..

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    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



  • #1034
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,410 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I do have a question.

    I'd PM the mod, but I can't see any mod name, at least on mobile, for who to ask.

    This thread opened in After Hours:

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058418652/are-you-common-sense-or-cheerleader

    I'm curious to know why this was closed?

    If it was outside the bounds of AH - then maybe move it to CA? I can see that, yes, there was a bit of bickering, but nothing too outrageous IMO and tbh I felt like maybe it was actually getting back on track in terms of people getting back to discussing the central crux of the thread topic - which is an interesting one in my view: do you stick to your political "side" no matter what. Maybe that's more of a politics conversation, but then move it - why close it completely?

    I occasionally get the sense that thread closure is used more and more as a tool of moderation.



  • #1035
    maik3n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭maik3n


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123615510#Comment_123615510

    We must be reading a different thread, lol.
    There was more than just a bit of bickering in there. The OP seemed to have a bit of a meltdown and started attacking posters directly, over nonsense. In fairness, you did try and steer it back on track but the damage was already done.



  • #1036
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,410 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123615801#Comment_123615801

    Okay, I accept that there was more than "a bit" if I'm being scrupulously honest: the OP did seem to want to have a go directly in the responses to people who disagreed with them…but also, by the context of a fractious thread on boards, it wasn't the most bitter or gone completely to the dogs either. I felt that there was still a possibility to have a discussion there and the OP apologised for missing someone's drift.

    Look, maybe it wasn't going to be one for the ages and it could have gone sideways again, but I thought there was some potential for a discussion there.

    From a user perspective what frustrates me then is to see something closed with no information about why, or who closed it.

    I think at the very least if a moderator closes a thread there should be at least a sentence to explain why. Just as an explanatory courtesy.



  • #1037
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123615868#Comment_123615868

    I was on that thread and a fair few posts had to be deleted by a mod already before it was closed and the OP was on the verge of out and out trolling IMO with some comments. I agree though maybe it could have been given time to settle down before closing it without explanation like so many threads.

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  • #1038
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,830 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123615510#Comment_123615510

    I think @Sephiroth_dude is AH mod and might help answer

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #1039
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 8,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123615510#Comment_123615510

    If you look at the first post you should be able to see who closed the thread. In this case, it looks like it was Ten of Swords.

    Other AH mods are @Kimbot @Gremlinertia and @JupiterKid

    IMG_8112.jpeg


  • #1040
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123616178#Comment_123616178

    Can something better not be put in place though? That doesn't say who closed the thread unless you know to read in between the lines, which now I do know how to!

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  • #1041
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 8,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    I was just trying to help 😉



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  • #1042
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123616211#Comment_123616211

    I know!

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  • #1043
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Generally when I close a thread I put a new post on the thread after I close it with a message as to why I closed it:

    e.g: "[MOD] Thread closed as the topic is more applicable to X Section" etc.



  • #1044
    Leg End Reject
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 21,625 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    All forum bans in CA, except permanent bans, are now lifted and moderation will be limited only to anything illegal, abusive/threatening behavior or matters before the courts.

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #1045
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 43,565 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622105#Comment_123622105

    And may god have mercy on your soul....



  • #1046
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,733 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    In the latest rules for CA there is nothing in it prohibiting trolling. Or going completely off topic. Or dumping memes. For example.

    Is attack the post not the poster still a thing?

    Back seat moderation or discussing moderation on thread?

    It would be good to get clarity on whether there are general site rules still in force on CA and if so what they are.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #1047
    Ha Long Bay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,779 ✭✭✭✭Ha Long Bay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622691#Comment_123622691

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058368026/new-rules-charter-for-the-ca-forum-updated-10-07-2025

    Appears not.

    "FROM 10/07/2025"

    All forum bans in CA, except permanent bans, are now lifted and moderation will be limited only to anything illegal, abusive/threatening behaviour or matters before the courts."



  • #1048
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,796 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622691#Comment_123622691

    Is attack the post not the poster still a thing? Back seat moderation or discussing moderation on thread?

    I'd say if it crosses the line into abusive/threatening it'll be actioned, other than that I'd say it's up to the mod what they action or not, I wouldn't be questioning them on thread just in case. Could be a case of permanent ban, no appeal, all bets are off at this stage I think



  • #1049
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,209 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Locking the stable door springs to mind.... 😉😀

    Not your ornery onager



  • #1050
    hometruths
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭hometruths


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622691#Comment_123622691

    Presumably don't be a dick still applies. That should cover most obvious trolls etc



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  • #1051
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,733 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623024#Comment_123623024

    The 'terms' do say "don't treat others with disrespect" so being a dick would seem to fall under that.

    So it would be good to get clarity on whether these apply in CA.

    We expect you to act responsibly in posting Material on Boards.ie. You agree, through use of this service, NOT to use boards.ie to:

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