We need more Mod staff

[Moosetroop11]

I still have a screenshot of my first bonk if anyone wants it. You know... for memory purposes.

Post it all over unmod. Who knows if you'll get the chance later? :p


And yeah Cerebus, that's basically what they were. They popped up the minute you did anything on charas so you couldn't avoid them.

[Cerebus]

Ah, yeah, now I remember hearing about it. Well... reading.

Aslo... why is the "Mod Activity Log File" not working? Trying to hide it, uh?
Nah, seriously, I guess the link's just broken...

[Ben]

the log file, im assuming, is down on account of the server change. Every now and again we'll run into something that falls under a similar category.

[Archem]

And yeah, really, guys, lay off the sex jokes on Phayre. Just because she's female doesn't mean she's fair game.

It's supposed to be playful harassment, but it does seem to be getting old. Or are you just saying that because you don't get that kind of attention?








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Ok, no more then.

[Ben]

It was playfull harassment at one point. And now its a bunch of akward and wierd.
I dunno, Im 27. I find teenage flirtation to be uncomfortable at best.

If nothing else, knock it off for old man gemini's sake.
whippersnappers.

Wait no. Cut it out for Phayres sake. Its disrespectfull, and futile. because we all know there is no girls on the internet.

Im thinking before anything gets out of hand, Im going to announce that Harassment of this nature wont even get a warning from me. Ill just lay down a 3 day Ban. Especially since TWO of our contributing femal members have already professed a displease in these comments.

Yeah. Dont be creeps. Bans will follow.


EDIT: Unless of course this stance is decided agaqinst by my superiors.

[Cerebus]

Now that's strict. I support this!

Also... any plan on restoring the Mod Activity Log File? Or is it even possible?

[Ben]

That one is out of my hands.

Just for the record, I'm not trying to be strict town USA.
I'm thinking that as far as that sort of thing goes, now that this has been brought to everyone's attention, there is no need to issue an Official warning about this. Now that a couple of the ladies here have stated that it makes them uncomfortable, I don't think there is any need for that sort of talk to continue. I'm not going to let some idiot alienate our contributing female members.

However, that being said, the female members DO have to take into consideration, that this IS the internet, and Sometimes these things happen. That doesn't make it right, but it happens.

Id appreciate if you wouldn't say things like "Now that's strict. I support this!". Erm wait...Not so much that. I appreciate that people have some concerns regarding staff policy...And We do appreciate having these concerns voiced, and brought to our attention. But I'm getting the Impression that you want to spearhead some kind of mass staff reform around here. I think there are more constructive ways of going about accomlishing this general sense of focus that the forum is lacking. You seem to be trying to instigate some sort of staff contempt among people, which I don't understand. The last few months, the active staff have all been trying to increase forum activity and participation...And in doing so we may have overlooked other duties that required attention... But to try and sew the seeds of contempt with Little remarks like

 "Aslo... why is the "Mod Activity Log File" not working? Trying to hide it, uh?
Nah, seriously, I guess the link's just broken..." seems counterproductive. That is not to say that I don't respect the goal you are trying to accomplish. But it does seem that you favor some sort of apartheid between members and staff, which from what i've understood, was a policy we have been trying to avoid. Obviously we are now in a position where staff needs to re-asses our policies to reflect what members want..And we are doing that. None of the staff have come out saying we think that these are poor ideas, and none of them have come out and said GTFO

In a forum with stricter Mods, this sort of discussion wouldn't have happened. We would have told you not to question the policies regarding Moderation.
There's a bit of Irony there. I guess we need to find the happy Medium.

PS; Apologies if I sounded Condescending with this Post, as that certainly wasn't my intent. I'm just trying to be as honest and blunt as I can be in my situation.
No offense Cerebus

[ZeroKirbyX]

Man, I don't know why people want tougher moderation, just watch yourselves. Ever been to pokecharms? I was there for maybe two weeks and, while I hate to use the term "Nazi mods" due to the sheer faggotry of it, the distinction and elitism between members and moderators was amazing. I saw people banned because they would say "Man, I love Yu-Gi-Oh!" when speaking about a Yugi sprite because it wasn't about the sprite. Twas rediculous.

Summary: Everyone shut up.

[Cerebus]

No offense taken. It's all good. I spoke my mind, you spoke yours.

But that line :
"Aslo... why is the "Mod Activity Log File" not working? Trying to hide it, uh?
Nah, seriously, I guess the link's just broken..."
I was joking, of course I know staffs weren't trying to hide it. Maybe it was misplaced. If so, I apologies.

And..:
"You seem to be trying to instigate some sort of staff contempt among people, which I don't understand."
I'm not sure I understand this correctly... do you means that it looks like I'm trying to give Staff a bad name amongst members, or something like that? If so, well, it wasn't my intention and I apologies.

Last :
"Id appreciate if you wouldn't say things like "Now that's strict. I support this!".
Ahem, sorry. I guess it was just another misplaced comment. Heh...

Man, I don't know why people want tougher moderation, just watch yourselves.

Because I do watch myself, some others don't. If these others watch themselves, then it's fine.

[Ben]

Sweet. Glad we understand eachother. Sorry if I misunderstood the points you were making

[Cerebus]

We have Active Mods. Not a lot, around 3 to 5, I think, which should be enough, but there was still spam, meaning Mods weren't strict enough. So I'd still prefer stricter Mods. I won't say no to more active Mods for Boards such as AoA, because Midnight isn't there, and replacing innactive Mods too. SMB and all deserve a place in the forum, yes, but not as Mods, in my opinion.

[Dragonium]

SMB, Carmen and Stuff need some kind of Award or Title like "Forum Legend" or something, but they shouldn't be mods. It gets confusing.

[Archem]

That's a good idea. Keep the memories of them alive while not letting the unaware think that they're still all-important demi-gods or something.

[Phayre]

Deleting posts is not cool. PErhaps a system where a mod would warn/redirect back to topic a couple times, and if it didn't get back on topic or branch into a new topic, the thread would be locked. I know it's harsh, but things would be easier to navigate and it would be easier to figure out what you wanted.

[coasterkrazy]

Deleting posts is not cool. PErhaps a system where a mod would warn/redirect back to topic a couple times, and if it didn't get back on topic or branch into a new topic, the thread would be locked. I know it's harsh, but things would be easier to navigate and it would be easier to figure out what you wanted.

The thing I don't understand about this is WHY does it have to be a mod that has to redirect the topic? Why can't anyone redirect the topic? Years back I once tried to tell two people fighting to stop because it was ruining the thread and I was interested in the thread, and I got from some mod (probably not a mod anymore), "Yes, coasterkrazy, that's true but don't be a minimod." I'm sorry, but what exactly is the problem with a member of the community trying to help other members of the community by saying the same thing that mods can say? I mean, I always figured mods were chosen as people who could logically make good decisions about locking/deleting topics and deleting/editing posts when needed. I never understood why it meant only they could tell people to stop spamming, flaming or fighting. To me, a thread owner is the highest priority in his or her thread, and mods are there to assist that person should extreme action need to be taken (banning, locking, deleting, etc). As for deleting posts not being cool, I completely agree. I like the idea of moving forward rather than having to revert to that method.