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.

[Texasforever]

Tpaine I see you are hallucinating again. Time for bed there old boy.

[nopardons]

BLUSH

Pay it no mind. I just wish you could remember who treated you so dastardly.Perhaps that person got banned. I take it, there hasn't been a repeat of this long ago harassment.

[onyx]

LOL-LOL-LOL
Heretofore, I "thought" tpaine could read
and comprehend written word.
My error.

[nopardons]

I think so too, :-)

[onyx]

I haven't had this much fun since the hogs ate my little brother.





EEEEEEEEEEW.

[Texasforever]

Tpaine is convinced that under every pile of Horse dung there is a pony. That is why he steps in it so much.

[ladyinred]

nopardons has class ShadowDancer. She is a lady, and one I respect greatly. Perhaps you might try to get to know her better?

[Embedded Freeper]

poltroon.
Heh heh. Good word for that situation.
Hi gem, still trying to keep from chickening out.

[onyx]

Hi gem, still trying to keep from chickening out.





Smiling.
Thank you.
Good to *see* you.
I've not forgotten. :)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Hi, Hemlock! You gonna clean up your mouth and stay for awhile, or crawl back to your hole?

[Texasforever]

Stuff a sock in it, you inbred sow. You don't even know what I look like. If you're so brave, why don't you haul your puny butt over to LP for a real debate, or are you just too chicken?

You type with a lisp too. Man you are out and proud ain't ya?

[tpaine]

Now, now, no need to be coy about slamming tex.. As you say, he thinks he's a very big boy..
And lets everyone on FR know all about about it every night after his shift is over at the JBox..

[Willie Green]

However, if there is a pattern of Willie's posts being pulled unfairly,
Willie? Which was it?

Well the only pattern that I can detect is that the moderators seldom delete my replies. I don't know what the exact stats are, but I'd guess that over my entire posting history, I'm averaging maybe 2~3 deleted replies per year. That's pretty doggone low considering the number of heated discussions I've been involved in! So overall, I have nothing to complain about.

And most of the ones that had been pulled were admittedly instances where I probably let my self-discipline slip and let loose an invective that was slightly more powerful than necessary.

But I didn't do that with the reply that you just restored. From my perspective, it was just a routine post, consistant with the positions I've expressed here since I first signed up.

Nope, I have no gripe with the mods.
They're only human and catch enough flak as it is.
But as head honcho, JimRob needs feedback on instances where mods may have overstepped his guidelines. It's up to him to decide whether it was a simple mistake, or if a particular moderator has a widespread pattern of similar mistakes.

[nopardons]

Not mine either, but a moose did eat my cheese once. Does that count?

[Texasforever]

God I hope it gets to stay this time. It is late so no one would care too much.

[Sabertooth]

Stalking one website so you can bitch about it on another website has to be about as pitiful as you can get.

Isn't Free Republic about exactly that?

Don't Freepers bitch about what's posted at the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and ABCNNBCBS?

Aren't you, right now, talking about what's posted at another site?

[Texasforever]

Damn.

[onyx]

Prowlin is ZOT.
Another LP lamb sent here for slaughter.

[ladyinred]

Exactly why is it that people feel like they can trash somebody who isn't here, defending herself, which she surely would be if somebody OTHER THAN AT THE END OF THE THREAD, had pinged her?

BTTT