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Hey, mods...lighten up a little

Posted on 02/07/2003 12:06:53 PM PST by jra

Edited on 02/07/2003 6:57:16 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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.


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.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: adminsrule; duplicatethread; dusrupters; newbieposts; postingrules; strikeupthebanned; thisaccountbanned; trollintrollin; zots
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To: Admin Moderator
I've got some extra wal-mart bags if you need 'em.
61 posted on 02/07/2003 4:01:28 PM PST by TomServo
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To: Jim Robinson; All
Oh-Ho! Lookie here! A Zot! in a thread explaining Zots!
62 posted on 02/07/2003 4:18:04 PM PST by FreedomPoster (This space intentionally blank)
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To: Admin Moderator; Dog Gone
Fifty Awful Things About The Moderators

Thanks for the link.
I was aware of some of the rumors, of course,
but didn't realize the total depth and complexity.
I suppose that means that Dog Gone can't be a Shadow Mod next year,
probably too much paperwork involved for him to get a security clearance.
Oh well, it was just an idea.
Thanks again!

63 posted on 02/07/2003 4:30:47 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
Yeah, it looks a little complicated for me, and I'm not sure I'm quite devious enough. Still, thanks for the recommendation, Willie.
64 posted on 02/07/2003 4:34:19 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: PhiKapMom
"You guys are doing a great job! "

dido!
65 posted on 02/07/2003 4:39:09 PM PST by ezo4
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To: ChuckHam
What's your problem, newbie?

May have been mentioned, but the poster is not a newbie.

In fact is more venerable than ChuckHam

66 posted on 02/07/2003 4:43:16 PM PST by don-o
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To: Dog Gone
Cheer up, I'm sure they must offer "devious training" for new hires.
You just gotta be old enough before you can put in an application.
67 posted on 02/07/2003 4:45:38 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Admin Moderator; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; hellinahandcart; Poohbah
Fifty Awful Things About The Moderators

I knew it was you guys all along.

;-)

68 posted on 02/07/2003 4:53:01 PM PST by dighton
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To: dighton
The Illuminati tremble where we dare tread.
69 posted on 02/07/2003 5:03:03 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Willie Green; Dog Gone
Is Dog Gone a Shadow Moderator? Maybe, maybe not, but then, he wouldn't know it unless we chose to let him know. Maybe we've told him, maybe not. If he admits it or not, it does not matter, because he is what he is, and only the some of the Illimimods know for sure.
70 posted on 02/07/2003 5:31:28 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator; Dog Gone
Is Dog Gone a Shadow Moderator? Maybe, maybe not, but then, he wouldn't know it unless we chose to let him know.

If not, I just figured out another route he might try in pursuit of his Shadow Mod apprenticeship: Sidebar Moderator

71 posted on 02/07/2003 5:37:22 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Admin Moderator

I yam what I yam

72 posted on 02/07/2003 5:41:13 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Willie Green
I should definitely get my training wheels as a Sidebar Moderator, although I haven't seen one in months and suspect they've all been banned by the cruel and inhumane Admin Moderators in order to prevent a coup.
73 posted on 02/07/2003 5:50:12 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: lilylangtree

The Story

Zot (a.k.a. Zachary T. Paleozogt) is a hero from the "far-flung future of 1965" where all the old hopeful versions of the "future" imagined throughout the 19th and 20th Century somehow came true. Every gadget and convenience from Jules Verne to George Lucas is alive and well on Zot's world.

When Zot travels to our Earth, he meets the more cynical Jenny and discovers a less hopeful, but no less interesting world. The relationship between the two characters -- and the two worlds -- would become the lynch pin of the series for much of its 36 issue run.

Zot had a huge cast of characters on both worlds, and dealt with every theme imaginable, including technology, escapism, sexuality, youth, intolerance, disillusionment, and always, always, the Future.

74 posted on 02/07/2003 5:55:36 PM PST by katnip
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To: Admin Moderator
Nuke them trolls glowin, then shoot em after dark.
75 posted on 02/07/2003 5:57:45 PM PST by cynicom
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To: Dog Gone
although I haven't seen one in months and suspect they've all been banned by the cruel and inhumane Admin Moderators in order to prevent a coup.

Yeah, I remember when the Admin Mods moved them to "Chat" last year some time.
But if you read their homepage, it looks like JimRob rescued them and gave them some additional powers (although they still can't ZOT!)
Anyway, click here and you'll see a Sidebar Mod posted a couple replies just yesterday.
They may not be as powerful and devious as Admin Mods, but I think they usually work more clandestinely in the background. It's a way to get your feet wet, anyway.

76 posted on 02/07/2003 6:05:17 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
Well, maybe it's more sinister than that. Perhaps the Sidebar Moderators are simply laying low, looking weak, impotent, posting occasionally, and like forgotten stepchildren, but secretly undermining every attempt of the Admin Moderators to ban MurryMom. Hmmmm.
77 posted on 02/07/2003 6:12:35 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone; Admin Moderator
Uh-oh...
I just read the Sidebar Mod's homepage more closely...
Looks like there's also somebody called Lead Moderator
who has never posted anything at all!
This is starting to get spooky!
78 posted on 02/07/2003 6:12:59 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
Hmmm, maybe he only posts in that sneaky white font.
79 posted on 02/07/2003 6:18:29 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
Hmmm, maybe he only posts in that sneaky white font.

I dunno.
But I wouldn't go around poking my nose anywhere to find out.
The title sounds too ominous to me.
If Admin Mods can ZOT! there's no telling what a "Lead" Moderator is capable of.
Makes me shudder just thinking about it.

80 posted on 02/07/2003 6:27:54 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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