Hey, mods...lighten up a little

[jra]

Do we have new rules today? I've seen more locked threads and deleted posts today than ever.

If you're getting hundreds of reports of abuse, I'd understand...but it seems that today the mods have itchy fingers.

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MODERATOR RESPONSE:

I've seen more locked threads and deleted posts today than ever.

Since you have been around a long time, and because I have not done so in a while, I thought I would give an overview of all the locked and deleted threads today. If there are any you disagree with, I am sure you will let us know. Thanks, AM

First was a vanity that was essentially an ad for another website:

An Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister

Posted on 02/06/2003 4:06 PM PST by chrisjohn316

An Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister at A Memorial by An Australian

http://www.chrisjohn316.com

He also had a few prior bans under his belt.

The next one pulled was "Rally for the Troops at the U. N. in NYC at 12 noon on 2/15/03 Thread II". It was pulled at the request of the person who posted it. "The reason for my request is that some people are concerned that the e-mail auto responder and number that I set up might be used to gather personal information. That is not the case, but seeing as I am getting concerned freepmails regarding this matter I prefer the thread be pulled. In addition, I made the mistake of taking my own initiative in helping the organization of the rally and that seems to have caused friction in [our] chapter"

The next was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837678/posts as you can see was a duplicate post, with the pull message linking it back to the original.

Next was a post called "American In Bosnia". We got a complaint from a well established freeper that it was a bogus post, and while we were looking at that the person who posted it submitted "My post is not true please delete I hope this is the right way to get it taken away."

Then came "An Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister". Guess what, same as before.

Then we had http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837882/posts which was another duplicate, linked via the pull message to the original, as you can see.

Then there was this one which also was a duplicate. It was not linked to the earlier post because there were no replies to it and the earlier post was the very previous one on the latest posts page.

Then there was "Man ticketed for having 'noisy' flag" which was pulled because it had personal information of a private individual in it.

Another duplicate linked to the original was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837974/posts here.

Another duplicate linked to the original was here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838004/posts

Another duplicate linked to the original was here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838045/posts

Now we get a sorta meaty one. "Georgia seems to be in the pits." Posted by a newbie as his first action.

The risky games of Shevardnadse cost the people of Georgia too much. Now it becomes more and more dangerous to live in Georgia. Shevardnadse is to blame for the present situation in Georgia (and not only here). He did his best to shelter Chechen bandits from Russian ‘federals’. Chechens of course didn’t waste time and just settled down in Pankisi. They used the area to store weapons and ammunition, to train terrorists and even (!) to produce poison gases. Only when Bush smelled the rat in Pankisi did our president came to senses. He only made a try to more or less bring order in Pankisi. Threats from Basaev and Udugov were fast to follow. Well, the words of Udugov from one of his interviews have just flashed through my mind. He recommended his people in Georgia to be correct and rather tough at the same time with Georgians for them (that is for us) to feel (!) the ‘power and threat’ of the Chechen fighters. Got it? Even then they felt themselves masters on our soil!!! They had the nerve to do it! And Shevardnadse swallowed it! Can WE swallow it as well?

That one has been banned before.

Another locked and linked duplicate here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838081/posts

Next was a post called "I got kicked out of DU!". Jim doesn't want posts about DU up, especially by newbies.

An ad for a book was next: "'Bible Code II' Predicts Year of End Time"

Next was "Department of Homeland Defense Web site---pitiful!"-- the person who posted it asked for it to be pulled since the website in question updated their information right after he posted it. All of four replies were lost.

A newbie posted "University Conference Focuses On 'Gay Language' " Turns out the newbie was a returning banned poster and when his account was nuked the post was pulled.

Another duplicate linked to the original: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838308/posts

A vanity titled "Should We Bomb The Vatican First???" was next. It had been pulled the day before as well.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838340/posts was another duplicate.

Then we have the Zots. All of these were posted by our daily trolls. You can click my profile for the history of the zots. But here are the links to all the zots- you can click 'history' on each one and see what the original post was, but in each case the poster was nuked because they were returning banned posters (who do this every single day):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838137/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/837975/posts

That's it. So which ones should we have lightened up on, out of curiousity?

I missed one in my scan of the report.

I pulled this one: "Rumor has IDF and CNN merging"

Hopefully why is self-obvious.

[nunya bidness]

Purge the environmentalist from the ranks and I'll be happy.

[Admin Moderator]

Shhhh, don't tell.....

[Admin Moderator]

One of the mods said once, 'if I was left in charge, there'd only be one person posting'. Part of our job is to accept other viewpoints even if it isn't ours. The main guideline we follow is, is it conservative, and does it adhere to Jim's basic guidelines.

[Mr_Magoo]

Re: posts # 117, 118, and 119.

I can reccomend a nice Dr. with a cumfy couch . . .

:-)

[TomServo]

What I want to know is why you threaten to nuke people who use the word idiot in a post.

If you're reading this, you really should've let that one go.

[nunya bidness]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. When articles that adress propety rights are juxtaposed against environmental concerns the forum is less served.

My experience has been, in the case of an article that dealt with manatees and federal regulation, arbitrary.

Say what you will but the impression is lasting.

There is an agenda from the ranks of the mods and it isn't dissemination of ideas but rather a collection of accepted principles.

You and Jim know what to do, what you do remains to be seen.

[Movemout]

These seem to be reasonable calls, one and all. I have hit the abuse button a number of times. The poster, and/or post, in question has disappeared each and every time in a timely fashion. I did bitch once about a thread being pulled that I thought was interesting. I was chastised for not bitching via FReepmail and insted trying to do it on a new thread. In hindsight, that made sense.

So, all I can say is keep up the good work. Anybody who can remember the major disruptors of earlier days will understand the importance of what you moderators accomplish.

[Cultural Jihad]

You're all just figments of JimRobs imagination

We landed on FReeper Planet ...

"Hey, Boss, this robo-dude here named John Robinson says he can distill some highly addictive web forums!"

"Yeah, Doc, I was connected to the Krell's FReep-O-Matic, and you should see my mind now!"

Secret Krell generators, the source of Zot, and the hidden retreat and hangout of the Mods:

The Creature-Mod of the Id!

[Admin Moderator]

I just read a comment posted about that very topic. Remember when Jim would leave for a couple days and it seemed as if every disruptor and liberal idiot would invade the forum? Posting the same article 10, 15 or 20 times? Now, at least, Jim can take a day off now and then and know Free Republic will be intact when he returns.

[Movemout]

Yes, I remember it quite well. The forum was useless until Jim returned. It was frustrating to no end. I know that we have added huge numbers of FReepers since then who have not experienced an effective disruptor attack and sometimes view moderation of posts as the "evil" censorship but I don't hold that view at all. Jim's solution was inspired and effective. So, once again I congratulate all of you folks who keep the forum sane. It's kind of like Wyatt Earp or Bat Masterson in Dodge City. When the cowboys came in off the trail to let off some steam they were supposed to deposit their sidearms at the Marshal's office. When they didn't, Wyatt or Bat had a choice:

they could shoot 'em dead

or they could whack 'em in the head with a pistol or blackjack and disarm them.

Nearly always, they just whacked 'em in the head. That way they could visit Dodge again and enjoy themselves having figured out the rules.

[Admin Moderator]

[Movemout]

Looks like High Plain Drifter.

[NYTexan]

you must be a prophet, Outlaw Josey Wales now on TBS @ 1:30 EST.

[Admin Moderator]

It's my favorite CE movie. Tried to find a red town pic, but no luck. Imagine Jim as Clint, and us mods as the sheriff.

[Admin Moderator]

TBS has Clint Eastwood movies on all the time. They're called the spaghetti westerns because they were filmed in Italy.

[NYTexan]

Yes, but that was when he was wearing a serape!

I think they changed location for this one.

[Movemout]

I don't have a favorite CE movie. I enjoyed almost all of them. But I do have to admit to owning a copy of the Lonesome Dove miniseries which I have watched at least six times.

[potlatch]

OK, so all Admin Moderators are listed under the same date - 9/3/01? What I meant was that I signed up 9/15/01, and that 1080 people had 'joined' in the 12 days from Sept. 3rd to Sept. 15th.

Also, when I put my curser over my name, it shows 67593 rather than 60593. Regards, potlatch

[Sam Cree]

neon tubes?

[Admin Moderator]

I am not sure what the problems here are. You gave as the URL in the 'old' style this: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ba73cca5ddc.htm

You said that came off of your bookmarks, but when I search your bookmark for that URL I do not find it. The title you gave is in your bookmarks, however.

This year's guide to Massport hacks, by the numbers
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3bc04da940c9.htm

Notice that URL is different than the one you gave before. I am not sure where that first one came from, but the system does not recognize it as being valid.

The URL in your profile though (http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3bc04da940c9.htm) was valid, and went to a page that was as I described before- pulled with a note that it was pulled due to some sort of graphic loading problem. I am not sure but I would guess that means that the image was not only not loading, but for users of a type of browser it was preventing the page from rendering. Its been so long ago that I can't be sure. But I did in fact restore that thread last night. Click here. Thanks, AM