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.

[GeronL]

WHAT THE....???

How come this thing gets to more than 1,000 posts before I hear about it??? That just offends me =O)

[Sabertooth]

Eris?

Closer to home. Probably not the same dopple.

Seriously, about LP: if you don't like what's said over there, why not do something about it over there?

What sense does it make to watch that site, and what they're talking about that's going on over here, only to complain about it... over here?

We're well past "who started it," and deeply into Death Spiral.

[Sir Gawain]

I'll donate $1000 to FR if I can pick one festering pile of maure that is like a 4 year old vomit stain on this site.

[Sir Gawain]

oops...and have them banned.

[Texasforever]

There was something strange in your stool that night too

Do you want to check? Tpaine in the 3+ years I have been on FR I have never seen you post anything other than insults and put-downs. You have nothing to contribute to this site beyond serving as an example of what you don't want your kid to grow into. You are never happy, you are never positive and you sure as hell are never an asset. I told you once a long time ago that I held you in utter contempt and all I would do when you engaged me would be to ridicule you. You are a waste of space.

[nopardons]

I wouldn't go over there.....why should I? To do battle with trash,who are so obsessed with FR And Jim and Me and a few others,that instead of talking about anything else, they have to childishly post insults about me?

The ONLY problem arises, when they come over here and attempt to do the same thing.Otherwise,who cares? :-)

[nunya bidness]

Second!

[Texasforever]

I don't care what the post over there I do care what they post over here.

[Tamzee]

I did notice some cowgirl,cowboy putdowns that are worth remembering!

Oh, crumbs, those are my very favorites... how did I miss them??? ;-)

[nopardons]

Exceopt to those, for whom delsuion is fact, and real facts don't count. :-)

[tpaine]

You got these FReep creeps pegged kiddo. Keep up the good work.

The goupie in an endless search for a group. Sad.

How dumb of you tex.. I'm one of FR's original group bashers.. I've never met a groupie fanatic I couldn't pity.
Like you..

[Sir Gawain]

Where have I heard that before?

What were you doing driving around in the ghetto? Viva la Raza!

[GeronL]

exactly. How big is too big??

Are we there yet???

Are we there yet??

[Trinity_Tx]

Jim and anyone else who can is welcome to check out my freepmail box. I am happy to show all of them (including the -4- of yours) to anyone. They are exactly as I represented.

They would have to restore the entire thread, along with your particular pulled posts to judge the rest of your post.

[Sabertooth]

Saber,you were really reachin' for the comparison to bitchin' about the NYT,ABCCBSNBC compared to going to discussion sites and cross posting ,insulting one site and posters on another.I hate that.

This is a general observation, Meg, and not directed at you, personally:

I freely confess that I have chuckled on occasion at the irony after folks here have swarmed this or that poster, gotten them banned, told them "Go post at LP," only to suddenly complain when said banned posters come unleashed at LP and start tormenting their old nemeses here.

What did they expect?

Freepers create Anti-Freepers.

[MEG33]

I came late,too...;(

[MEG33]

I am not speaking of banned posters.I mean the ones who post on both sites....and trash either site on the other.

[GeronL]

Ain't no way I am digging through 1000+ posts

If anyone wants to give me tips on some of the best posts though....

[GeronL]

LP???

Isn't that where the conspiracy weirdo's end up??

[nopardons]

Someone, much earlier on,called you out, for doing what you are doing now.

Obviously, you have some sort of a reputation here.

Continue with this, and far more people are going to know what you're all about;instead of taking you at face value, when first they meet you on a thread, as I so foolishly did.