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Do mods get easy "likes"

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    #32
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    darced wrote: »
    Its only natural anyway as you get modded for chatting sense.

    In the majority of cases, people get jumped on merely for being twats.


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    #33
    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    I don't see the problem of mods thanking mods in the case of feedback or the likes. Logically when you thank a post it means you either agree with it or are genuinely thankful for it.

    Mods thanking mods for making response they agree with would cut down on a lot of the same thing. how many times can you say (for example): you can't insult someone since it's against the rules?


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    #34
    groucho marx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭groucho marx


    Only from lick arses, Internet licks the worst kind


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    #35
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    Grayditch wrote: »
    It's gas when two posters are arguing and the mod steps in giving out to them, and they both thank it.

    I'd say that's just acknowledgement


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    #36
    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I'd say that's just acknowledgement

    Actually I wonder if that's what OP is on about now that I think about it.
    I'd wager a lot of the posts in the charter for here have upwards of 20 thanks. I remember one time someone (I think it was one of the AH mods or else Gordon) made a sticky. Basically saying "thank this if you've read it". It was either to do with reinforcing the rules or something or the other.

    If that's what the OP is on about I'd agree but it's not really "being thanked cause they're being a mod" and more of a sort of... necessity thing.


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    #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Grayditch wrote: »
    It's gas when two posters are arguing and the mod steps in giving out to them, and they both thank it.

    Yeah, it's kinda like "I'm the better person here"


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    #38
    Tokyo
    Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yeah, it's kinda like "I'm the better person here"

    Or "we've read the warning, thanks for the heads up"


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    #39
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    A mod is a human being just like the rest of us (i think) so I'll thank anything they say that I agree with or whatever.


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    #40
    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,718 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    anncoates wrote: »
    That said, I do cringe badly when mods convene on a thread from time to time and make arch jokes together about modding.

    Don't ever visit the Feedback forum, it's even worse over there to the point of belittling some posters.


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
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    mike_ie wrote: »
    Or "we've read the warning, thanks for the heads up"

    Think it could be a bit of both


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    #42
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,934 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Mod's and b00bs get likes

    Which reminds me, where are those mod b00bs again????


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    #43
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I'd say that's just acknowledgement

    I know, but it just looks like two chastised children thanking Daddy.


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    #44
    Cheese Wagstaff
    Registered Users Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Cheese Wagstaff


    Can you picture it Father can you? Him just ready to 'do the business'.


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    #45
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,419 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Don't ever visit the Feedback forum, it's even worse over there to the point of belittling some posters.

    It's turned into a "notice me I want to be a mod "forum.


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    #46
    Galway K9
    Registered Users Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Galway K9


    Taco Chips wrote: »
    I think removing 'likes' from AH, maybe not other forums would dramatically increase the quality of postings here. The amount of inane 'one liners', Father Ted references and sheer gibberish sometimes is really frustrating. It's like wading through heaps of crap to read only a handful of worthwhile contributions to each thread.

    If you say that to me again , I'll put your head through the wall.


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    #47
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Galway K9 wrote: »
    If you say that to me again , I'll put your head through the wall.

    Careful now.


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    #48
    Tokyo
    Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Don't ever visit the Feedback forum, it's even worse over there to the point of belittling some posters.
    kneemos wrote: »
    It's turned into a "notice me I want to be a mod "forum.

    Should probably start a feedback thread on it I suppose....


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    #49
    Cheese Wagstaff
    Registered Users Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Cheese Wagstaff


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Careful now.

    I know...the Poseidon Adventure! Gene Hackman plays a priest in that!


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    #50
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,419 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    mike_ie wrote: »
    Should probably start a feedback thread on it I suppose....

    Might.


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    #51
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,090 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    We sure do, roll in boys. Get the free no-ban passes.


    But seriously, some groups of people thank each other more often and it wouldn't just be mods or non mods when it happens.


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    #52
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    Sometimes when I get an infraction, I thank the on thread warning in the hope that the infraction will be reversed. Never happens. :-(

    Yes I've noticed it. Bit cringey.


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    #53
    fran17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭fran17


    Specialun wrote: »
    I often see mods posts comments, often very similar to other posts but yet their posts have way more likes that orignal

    Do folk brown-nose by just liking any gibberish by a mod..do mods get easier likes coz their the gaffers around the village..

    Yes,yes they do.Some people will thank anything.Its also used as a way for groups to attempt to belittle other posters and there opinions.


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    #54
    Gandalph
    Registered Users Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭Gandalph


    The two mods with the least amount of thanks each week should have to fight to the death in the Colosseum.

    Just a simple suggestion.


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    #55
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Gandalph wrote: »
    The two mods with the least amount of thanks each week should have to fight to the death in the Colosseum.

    Just a simple suggestion.
    Poor Mustard mods :(


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    #56
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Eh lads just one thing, when did boards become facebook? Gway with yer feckin "likes" They're thanks ffs :P


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    #57
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,641 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I've been using this site for years before 'thanks' existed.

    I've been using this site for years after 'thanks' existed.

    People say it's brought in X,Y, Z.. but you know what? That **** has always been there.

    It hasn't changed anything. The only thing it's allowed is for you to quickly skim through a thread and see which posts have the most thanks.

    That's it. Really. The site wasn't better before, it wasn't better after. It's pretty much exactly the same.


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    #58
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Specialun wrote: »
    I often see mods posts comments, often very similar to other posts but yet their posts have way more likes that orignal

    Do folk brown-nose by just liking any gibberish by a mod..do mods get easier likes coz their the gaffers around the village..

    So little to be worried about


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    #59
    harrymagina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 126 ✭✭harrymagina


    Funny that when there is a new mod announced people are congratulating them
    Its like congratulating someone on taking a dump.


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    #60
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    As a person who's been on lots of forums for different things and for different lengths of time I'd say that lots of people lick Arse when it comes to mods and that mods are a bunch of knob jockeys on each and every forum. They talk down to other users like a teacher with a cane would to a 2nd class student. They bust out the dictionary for their usually short and non humorous replies to users and a lot of them are people who are probably quite smart but have terrible social skills. Yeah I f*cking said it.


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    #61
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Sometimes when I get an infraction, I thank the on thread warning in the hope that the infraction will be reversed. Never happens. :-(

    Yes I've noticed it. Bit cringey.

    Attention seeker! When did you get an infraction?! :pac:

    I would agree that mods tend to thank each other's posts but apart from supporting on-thread mod actions, I think that a lot of that is just that many of us have met each other and know each other IRL.


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