I knew it was you guys all along.
;-)
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: First was a vanity that was essentially an ad for another website: 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 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. 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'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, AMAn Important Message from the Australian Prime Minister
He also had a few prior bans under his belt.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.
I pulled this one: "Rumor has IDF and CNN merging"
Hopefully why is self-obvious.
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!
May have been mentioned, but the poster is not a newbie.
In fact is more venerable than ChuckHam
If not, I just figured out another route he might try in pursuit of his Shadow Mod apprenticeship: Sidebar Moderator
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.
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.
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.
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