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Get Yer Ya-Yas Out [FR Moderating Gripe Thread]
Posted on 03/15/2004 11:01:45 AM PST by I Am Not A Mod
Edited on 03/15/2004 11:03:07 AM PST by Lead Moderator.
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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.
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To: Howlin
a lengthy discussion involving maybe about 1300 or 1400 + posts regarding freemasonry --- alot of good debate on what is for some a very hot button issue.
the thread itself is referenced & linked in a previous post somewhere
721
posted on
03/15/2004 8:28:20 PM PST
by
PresbyRev
(Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?)
To: Luis Gonzalez; nopardons
The hoi polloi is lighting their torches ...And I thought hoi polloi was that purple stuff Hawaiians ate.
722
posted on
03/15/2004 8:28:48 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(I believe in God as much as any man. It's some of his ground crew that scares the hell out of me.)
Comment #723 Removed by Moderator
To: uglybiker
What the hell is an "anti-mason"?
724
posted on
03/15/2004 8:29:13 PM PST
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Unless the world is made safe for Democracy, Democracy won't be safe in the world.)
To: little jeremiah; breakem
Big sigh. I don't know. We keep at least two of all kinds around.
To: uglybiker
You were on the same side and you all are trashing her on this thread? Did I miss something?
726
posted on
03/15/2004 8:30:13 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Let's see if he copies that!)
To: Howlin
ROTFLOL!
We sure did and are STILL friends. :-)
To: Jim Robinson
Noah, is that you?
728
posted on
03/15/2004 8:30:38 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Let's see if he copies that!)
To: Jim Robinson
"Big sigh. I don't know."hehehe...that was funny.
Subtle, but funny.
729
posted on
03/15/2004 8:31:08 PM PST
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Unless the world is made safe for Democracy, Democracy won't be safe in the world.)
To: dalereed
Did that make you feel all better?
730
posted on
03/15/2004 8:31:14 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Let's see if he copies that!)
To: dalereed
SAY WHUT???
Guess I'll need to check the msg to see what brought that on!
Sheesh.
731
posted on
03/15/2004 8:31:34 PM PST
by
Quix
(Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
To: dalereed
Why is does nopardon's kindness expressed to me, draw such ire, from you?
732
posted on
03/15/2004 8:31:59 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Much of your pain is self-chosen. --- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Texasforever
Where'd you go?
733
posted on
03/15/2004 8:32:15 PM PST
by
onyx
(Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
734
posted on
03/15/2004 8:32:22 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(I believe in God as much as any man. It's some of his ground crew that scares the hell out of me.)
To: uglybiker
And I thought hoi polloi was that purple stuff Hawaiians ate.LOL! You're thinking of poi.
To: onyx
They've left now. Since the new fad here at FR seems to be to attack people by name behind their backs, have you noticed that whenever THAT particular poster get up agains the wall, it always has to go to bed?
;-)
736
posted on
03/15/2004 8:33:02 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Let's see if he copies that!)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Yes, I am. :-)
To: onyx
Only ones who care now are the banned losers at LP busy publishing selected posts. So basically it's the same old stuff?
738
posted on
03/15/2004 8:33:16 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: gatorbait; Lead Moderator
You bring up something that I've been wantin to bring up myself, cept I already asked two favors already, lol.
But Oh well... now or never, huh?
I wish we could find a way to remove nasty posts without deleting them from the person's posting history. It allows them to spew their stuff, then it or the whole thread gets pulled (which itself is my answer to those who keep saying "ignore it"), and they are not held accountable.
e.g. Someone posts a blatantly racist remark, it gets pulled...
Then the next time the subject comes up and they chime in with something ambiguous, those who remember the racism treat them appropriately, yet the poster claims to have made an innocent observation.
Maybe when a person gets a post pulled for being nasty or racist, there could at least be a note on their history page that says they had a post pulled, and why.
739
posted on
03/15/2004 8:33:33 PM PST
by
Trinity_Tx
(Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believin as we already do)
To: Howlin
What's bed?
740
posted on
03/15/2004 8:33:55 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Much of your pain is self-chosen. --- Kahlil Gibran)
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