Originally posted by graphicgr8s Yeah I mentioned that about Peter's thread. I think he should give himself an infraction.
That must be your funniest post ever! Gave me a big laugh and made my irritation go away. Thanks!
Originally posted by séamuis no. its in my opinion, that a majority of the mods are over stepping their bounds, and using their own opinion on where something should be placed to decide. this is problematic when a topic could technically fit into a number of specific sub-forums. worse still, they automatically assume that based on their own opinion, that you were in the wrong and deserve to be reprimanded. I am friends with several of the mods, but I will not be afraid to admit that this is quickly becoming a problem. a problem that a growing number of members are having complaints about. its un-needed moderation for the sake of moderating something. I mean lets be serious... people are becoming afraid to post, for fear of having their post moved and being reprimanded. thats ridiculous at best. nobody should be afraid to post something because they have something that could fit into more than one sub-forum. makes one wonder how the forum ever functioned before? god forbid something was posted with a topic fitting in multiple sub-forums! it must have caused mass hysteria.
This is analogue to sorting slides or negatives. You have only one original, so you can only sort it in one place, which is sometimes a tough choice.
But on digital picture web-bases such as flickr, pbase etc one can have the same picture in multiple sets/folders/collections.
Maybe one could have a similar technical solution here? Just like with photos, posts may truly fit in more than one place...and why not let them do that? I don't know if the software could handle that, but it would be great.
Originally posted by lithos Agree with séamuis. It's going to some of the mods' heads. No, this topic doesn't really fit in neatly anywhere, but I thought the "News" was a good place for it. It's the "original poster is too stupid to know what his/her post is about," that gets me.
Were you given any notice, Douglas? Anyone talk to you about this thread being moved? Did you know where it was moved too, or did you have to find out yourself?
I always thought mods should be there for serious cleanups (a thread about, say, a movie in the film forum, for example,) but always informing the OP. Were there any non-mods who had objections to the thread's original location?
No warning (despite that the message notifying me about the infraction informed me that I was supposed to get a warning). Then, and this is interresting, the moderator said that I should have posted in "everything else", but that my post would be moved to "general talk". Perhaps that was part of the punnishment? Does it make sense? Not to me!
I haven't heard that anyone complained.
If I was a moderator, I'll look for sexism, rasism, verbal insults etc. That is what should be important. Perhaps Adam would have to instruct me specifically not to infract people for being unscientific when they post and claim that climate change is a lie
But I'm happy someone else does the mod job for me.
Originally posted by Gooshin burn the admins!
burn them at the stake!
Hold it Gooshin, I don't want to start a revolution or rise a mob.
Originally posted by m8o At risk of this post being removed for being sooo off topic... well, I have 9 points left :ugh:... Lol, just happened to me too. And like Douglas I made it be known that I knew this news was only loosely related to this forum, but still related none the less.
The success of this board over the last few years is a double edge sword, calling for firmer moderation than a few years ago. But in this regard, when people start making their opinion known by not re-donating, I think the message will be heard loud and clear by Adam.
Well, I want you to know that justice has now been served thanks to the supreme court.
I'm a guiltless man again! No more infarct, sorry, fracture, sorry, infraction.
As a bonus I have learned a new English word. Hope I can remember it.
Live and let live!