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.

[Lead Moderator]

Not at all. Post #49 was a joke- a link to the logoff function with text saying "Already posted here". :-) It's a good gag, but tends to tick people off lol

[narby]

I gotta real beef. Just a teeny one, but a beef.

When I do a search, I've got to launch the search .... Wait a minute .... Wait a minute.

Just went and looked, and you've got a "By Title (score)" and "By Title (date)" in the first scan option list.

Nevermind........

[Fiddlstix]

I Like Cheese J

[Coop]

Wanna cut down on the trolls? Require all new sign-ups to donate $5 to FR before replying/posting.

Or better yet, make 'em donate it to Dubya's re-election campaign! LOL

[HairOfTheDog]

I know.... they will kill me for even bringin' it up. I am negotiatin' though.... ;~D

[cyborg]

Did you check the smokey backroom? :D

[Pan_Yans Wife]

But where do the non-smokers congregate?

[Redbob]

No complaints from me.
My comments have been censored once or thrice when they were felt to be a little over the top; I disagreed, but hey! this isn't my place - I'm just a guest here.
So, no complaints from me.

[Lead Moderator]

"I suggest you put those serious posts back"

If you find articles you think would be of interest on that topic, and you don't see them here, check to see if they were recently posted and if not then post them. That is how things end up on the latest posts page.

Thanks, LM

[Admin Moderator]

The mods share a single FR page which lists every Abuse Report which is submitted. We act on them in the order they come in and I can't remember any that someone hasn't at least looked at.

We frequently get reports on articles which someone feels needs to be excerpted, when in fact they do not. So, no action is taken. The New York Times is a typical example. Currently there is no legal reason to excerpt stories from them, but we probably get 2 or 3 reports a day requesting it.

Thanks

[metesky]

You lied to me!
You are too a Mod!
I feel so...so used.

I'm going to take a shower.

[LisaMalia]

Can't we all just get along?!

I figured I'd get slammed for asking to treat each other with respect. Oh well.

[cyborg]

good point :)

[Admin Moderator]

49 was removed because someone posted a link which would have logged you off from FreeRepublic. Would you rather we left it?

[jpsb]

"However in the 2-3 years that I have been here I have not found that to be true and I certainly do not hold the popular opinions that are found at this site. I haven't even gotten so much as a warning from anyone. "

Me either, I have certainly rowed upstream here many times and I bash Bush over domestic policies all the time. Not one comment pulled, and never a warming. All you have to do is keep your language clean, no nasty personal attacts and no rasist posts. It's easy and fun to blow the bots away, just obey a few simple, common sense rules.

[Mr. Silverback]

I've heard rumors that we killed Kenny,

Don't beat yourself up. Everybody's killed him once or twice. Heck, I killed him off in a Grudge Match post once, and had Groundskeeper Willy from the Simpson's dispose of the body.

and even that we killed the radio star.

No, that was video, I'm sure of it.

[sergeantdave]

My rug has cracker crumbs on it and needs to be vacuumed and I'm out of vacuum bags and it's snowing out and I don't feel like driving to the store to buy vacuum bags.

[VRWCmember]

I wasn't slamming you, I was making a joke.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

What's a vacuum?

[Mr. Silverback]

What about the Dingell-Norwood Bill?

LOL! What a great post!