Get Yer Ya-Yas Out [FR Moderating Gripe Thread]

[I Am Not A Mod]

LM here.

It's been a while since we had a thread along these lines.

I can tell from comments I am seeing in threads, on abuse reports, and in Freepmail that some people are unhappy with various policies and their implementations by the staff here.

I've seen allegations that certain factions are picked on. I've seen allegations that the moderators have killed activism. I've heard rumors that we killed Kenny, and even that we killed the radio star. I see certain personality conflicts acting up, and know that one (or both) sides in it feel that we aren't doing what we should.

So let's open this can of worms.

This thread is for making your grievances heard. If you think something stinks or is wrong, make your case here. Back it up with facts. Let the audience at large weigh in on your evidence.

I'll read the thread. Jim will too in all likelihood. So will the other moderators. Depending upon how well you make your point, and depending on if you can convince Jim, me, the other moderators, and/or the world, maybe you can change things. And if you don't, then it might make you feel better to have vented, so it won't make this thread a total loss.

I'm not going to reply to this thread for quite a while. Rather, I am going to sit back and watch to try and get a feel for the general tenor. I encourage those who are both happy and unhappy with things to particpate in this thread.

Let's rock.

[KneelBeforeZod]

if its a topic most freepers will agree to/be annoyed with/etc, the "do not change headlines" rule seems to be ignored

[GeronL]

You know what we need on FR???

Besides rant threads like these??

We need:

FReepers
Court

[MEG33]

Biker bar..that's where TLB copies our threads for comment and rants.

[Texasforever]

Saber, I came on this thread simply because Nopardons was getting trashed. I do not believe in the abuse button but I sure as hell believe in smacking crap right back into the faces of those slinging it. Now if you don't like it then tell it to someone who cares. You ride that damn fence so much you can’t it has grown to your butt.

[Fledermaus]

Why would they be obsessed to do so?

Based on that description, do they have celebrity sighting threads too?

[GeronL]

TLBShow?? Is that where he hangs out?? He must miss FR terribly.

[Jim Robinson]

I have no doubt about that. DaleReed is a fine man and a great conservative patriot. And you were invited to leave if you wanted to continue your anti-FReeping on FR. It's not welcome here. Thanks all the same.

[Sabertooth]

Now stop playing nanny.

Everytime you make that complaint, you're guilty of it.

Obviously you care about what's said at LP, because you talk about it.

If your beef is that their taking shots at folks here from over there, then by all means, don't complain about what's happening there from over here, or you're doing the exact same thing, and feeding whatever you think the problem is.

You want to slay that dragon over there?

Do it. Over there.

Why are you so tough over here, but won't go over there?

[Texasforever]

Dalreed was NOT trashed. He did call Nopardons a POS. Now who got trashed again?

[Willie Green]

A poster starts an activsm thread where he's encouraging people to take action and speak out against the liberal biased media and Democrat lying and you come in and splat a big old Democrat talking point propaganda turd smack dab into the middle of the thread.

The thread specificly addressed the issue of domestic job creation.
I expressed my opinion on the issue, backed up with links to articles that supported my position.
As a conservative, there is absolutely no way on God's Green Earth that I would ever support Kerry or any other Democrat for the presidency.
But I also think it extremely sad that the Administration's policies are so pathetic and indefensible that you have to resort to a lame rebuttle about "Democrat talking point propaganda turds".

What it boils down to is that neither Kerry nor Bush have viable policies to stimulate domestic business, industries and resultant domestic job creation.

[nopardons]

dale and I used to be friends. He came on here, out of the blue and posted something dreadful to me, for no reason.

Being a vet,an "old timer" here, and being at the MfJ, in no way excuses what he said. He wasn't " swarmed";he was replied to;replied to civilly, unlike his posts.

You don't know me, nor what I have done, or do. I am VERY patriotic too.

You, yes YOU should be ashamed of yourself and this post. You were " called " to stand up for him and so you did. Were you also asked to insult innocent people too?

[GeronL]

It is INEVITABLE, IMMINENT even for there to become a FReepers Court. Some day those who cannot get along will air their gripes before the FReeper judge. We'll all be able to read the thread too.

Maybe a feature where some posters can be kept off the same thread?? Nah... to keep some people from posting to each other??

That sounds possible...

[Sabertooth]

I do not believe in the abuse button but I sure as hell believe in smacking crap right back into the faces of those slinging it.

Sure you do.

Go do it then.

Now if you don't like it then tell it to someone who cares. You ride that damn fence so much you can’t it has grown to your butt.

There ya go. See?

You can talk tough... over here.

If you think you've got fight in you, take the fight to them. If all you've got is your pissing and moaning over here, then that's all you've got.

[Texasforever]

Sure you do.

IN all my time here I have used abuse one time. Admin you have my permission to verify.

[GeronL]

Gee, this thread does not look like fun does it?

[Jim Robinson]

LOL. Right. And your "conservative" points are straight out of the democrat union manual. Oops, that's right. You're a Buchananite Union kinda guy. Union protectionism is your thing. So what else is new?

[nopardons]

What " dalereed thread"? Is it something over on LP?

dale came here, posted something vile to me, out of the blue.

And now, in public, you are threatening me? Is that what you're saying? I guess it isn't enough for you, to stalk me, from thread to thread, whenever you see that I have posted to one, and bait and flame me out of the blue,looking for a flame war or to just make your bones with other LPers, or whatever. Now, you've thrown down a gauntlet? How very grownup..........NOT.

[Sabertooth]

IN all my time here I have used abuse one time. Admin you have my permission to verify.

OK, let me make the emphasis clear:

I do not believe in the abuse button but I sure as hell believe in smacking crap right back into the faces of those slinging it.

Sure you do.

Go do it then.

[nopardons]

Panicking? Maybe that's what you are doing, since Jim can read the mail you sent to me, anytime he wants to, as well as my reply. I would be more than happy to have him do so, as a matter of fact. :-)

[MEG33]

I am probably the closest thing to angelic as one could possibly imagine(WELL?!!)...but there is one poster who makes me so mad trashing the military that I was constantly needing rolaids .I quit posting on the same threads(I fell off the wagon once).There are plenty of vets and military families to answer his bile.