Moderators Responsibilities

seisdedos wrote:

CanuckBob wrote:You can call em anything you want in the Octagon. Knob, chump, butt nugget, ass breath, etc....makes no difference to me.

BTW....all that "knob" stuff was culled out of the general section too.

Oh yeah? When? After pedro brought it up?

Nope, day after they were posted. Where have you been?

CanuckBob wrote:

Nope, day after they were posted. Where have you been?

Not here.

Lady Otter Latté wrote:The rules seem to be simple with consequences clearly spelt out. Don´t know why anyone is having a problem understanding or following them. It ain´t rocket science.

You must have this board confused with TOB. Ambiguity here is dealt with differently. A 6 year old with a learning disability could easily figure that out.

You just keep on feeling persecuted and misunderstood. Far be it from anyone to interfere with the private pity party you have going on in your head.

Lady Otter Latté wrote:You just keep on feeling persecuted and misunderstood. Far be it from anyone to interfere with the private pity party you have going on in your head.

What's your problem?

I didn't appreciate my post being edited. If it was outside the rules, then delete it. Got no problem with that. That's all there is to the matter. The crap you posted above is just some weird crap inside of your head.

Seis, ALL the stuff we post is just the stuff from inside our heads. Some of it is weird and some of it is crap. Just because someone else does not like it does not make it either of those things. However, when you keep going on and on about something that has been addressed in several different ways by several different people, and you can neither accept their replies nor let go of your grudge, THAT is weird. Goodnight, sir.

Lady Otter Latté wrote:Seis, ALL the stuff we post is just the stuff from inside our heads. Some of it is weird and some of it is crap. Just because someone else does not like it does not make it either of those things. However, when you keep going on and on about something that has been addressed in several different ways by several different people, and you can neither accept their replies nor let go of your grudge, THAT is weird. Goodnight, sir.

You're the one with the grudge sweetie. The truth shall set you free.

It already has "sweetie."

CanuckBob wrote:

seisdedos wrote:I noticed that the mods are now editing the posts of members. That is worse than deletion, IMO.

Yep, if you post crap (IE.personal attack) outside the Octagon, the crap will be culled off if the post is otherwise usefull, or it will be deleted entirely if it is total crap. I guess yours was only partial crap........go read the rules.

Perhaps it would be best if you down graded your title to, "Administrator."

Seis got his internet installed at his new place. hooray... or maybe not

Maybe each web board should do a Moderator JOB DESCRIPTION to lay out what is expected and basic guidelines. It might be helpful.

It would be helpful if there were some universal guidelines. But even then there would be gray areas and it becomes a judgement call, dilemma dilemma. Well, moderating isn't much fun but at least it pays well, so there ya go.

Officials in most blood sports do not participate.... just sayin'.

RoofBob wrote: Well, moderating isn't much fun but at least it pays well, so there ya go.

Yeah....like being at the mercy of donations of brownies by kind and charitable souls/members.

Yikes, in what blood sports do officals not participate? And thanks for the reminder; The perks of power can be sweet.

RoofBob wrote:Yikes, in what blood sports do officals not participate? And thanks for the reminder; The perks of power can be sweet.

Cock throwing, Goose pulling, Fox tossing, Beaver baiting.

I maintain a low profile--there are SO many kooks here at Lakeside and I do NOT want to attract attention and get slammed, gossiped about, etc. And even us low profile people can have that happen. Myself, I maintain that I in a satellite hovering over Denver. If you know who I am and where I live, please keep quiet. I do like a quiet life.

That being said, I LOVE the diatribes from people like, uh, the guy who lives over south of Danza del Sol. And others! Please keep those off-the-wall comments coming from Jack Daniels. We who are more cautious salute you!

I suggest that the moderators look at the stats. 1387 members and about 25 regular posters. Why? Fear. Who in the hell wants to post anything when the gang of 25 will ridicule them until they post no more? This webboard needs better moderating and the Octagon has got to go before someone is killed from posting on the Octagon. Talk about anger. So many have it here and it is allowed to be presented undisguised. If you want proof of what I am saying, watch the following responses when the gang of 25 surrounds me with insults, and more, and we all know who they are. Would be fun to find someone who agrees with me and it is a damn shame that the gang of 25 is allowed to rule this webboard and scare over 1300 other members away. Your choice, moderators.

lol

And the first of the gang of 25 has just shared her wisdom with us. See what I mean?

Hernan Santiago wrote:I suggest that the moderators look at the stats. 1387 members and about 25 regular posters. Why? Fear. Who in the hell wants to post anything when the gang of 25 will ridicule them until they post no more? This webboard needs better moderating and the Octagon has got to go before someone is killed from posting on the Octagon. Talk about anger. So many have it here and it is allowed to be presented undisguised. If you want proof of what I am saying, watch the following responses when the gang of 25 surrounds me with insults, and more, and we all know who they are. Would be fun to find someone who agrees with me and it is a damn shame that the gang of 25 is allowed to rule this webboard and scare over 1300 other members away. Your choice, moderators.

O.k, first question, who are the gang of 25? You can PM me, I am interested. Otherwise I think you might be overstating the fear factor. Come to think of it: If there is anyone who agrees with Hernan and are afraid to post please PM me and I swear to God I will not reveal your screen name to anyone.

Thanks Bob, no reason not to post this on the board. These are the folks that post virtually everyday, often with nothing to offer and have formed a special little club that carries on conversations with each other and never give a response to the OP. You know who they are and they shut out others from posting, as when one dares to do so, they are ignored or attacked. I hope that anyone who agrees with me has the guts to post it on this thread and does not have to resort to a PM to you, as it will only reinforce the gang of 25 rule on this board, which I hope for the sake of the future of this board that both Bob's clamp down on those who are undermining the value of this board and helping to destroy it. The gang of 25 just love the lack of moderation. Wonder why?

Hernan,did you ever post here under a different name?

There really isn't any reason not to post your views Hernan they are as valid as anyone else's. Briefly, my POV is that on most boards the percentage of regular posters v.s members is about the same. And it's my view that when someone, anyone, posts something outlandish they get blowback. We do have members who never say anything controversial and they are not attacked. Then we have members who say stupid things and they get jumped because what they say is a lie, a distortion (and they know it) or are just trying to get some attention. The regulars are fed up with them and swat them when they post garbage. Just for fun, let's closely watch for the next few days and see who jumps or doesn't jump who for what.

As far as there being a gang of 25, I disagree but please don't let that slow you down. Go ahead and PM me their screen names. Thanks

I understand exactly what he is saying. I post anyway. Yea I get sick of them too.

Are you applying for a moderator job, Hernan? I would be interested in knowing the total number of members vs the number of "regular" posters on TOB so we can use that as a crossbar. I'm betting our percentage of "regular" posters vs members is higher.

This is my calculation:

If we have 1387 members with 25 "regular" posters as you say then our percentage is 1.8%. (You may need to define "regular")

TOB has approx. 11,480 members so at 1.8% they would need 206 "regular" posters. I doubt they even have half that many "regular" contributors.

Now I am not a member on TOB and rarely look at it however if you want to confirm/deny my numbers I would love to know.