Moderation in spam...

[Immenseman]

Don't move this to complaints because I created it to gain an insight into how others feel about the moderation within the spam forum.

Personally, I think it's non-existent or very poor. This week there have been numerous arguments which I know General Management and I would hope the Moderation Department are fully aware of. However, negative sanctions haven't been handed out like they normally would be purely due to the excessive amounts of rule breaking. That's a very lazy mentality to have but throughout this week this lazy attitude has been evident.

I'm not creating this at a dig in anyone in particular it's just I think that the moderation in the spam forum needs to be looked at. I imagine it has always been one of the forums where the most amount of rule breaking occurs so surely the super moderators should help out the moderators if there is an excessive amount of rule breaking.

OK, admittedly threads have been closed and I assume infractions have been given out. The amount of time it has taken for threads to be closed has been bordering on ridiculous. As soon as there is an argument the thread should be closed... there is a thread which is like 17 pages with a lot of arguing in which has calmed now but was never closed yet I know for a fact moderators have viewed the thread.

Creating threads doesn't do anything but makes me think it was done in a time-cutting exercise which is a poor decision to make. Getting to the root of the problem is the only way to rid it not just try and paper the cracks which is the option that has been taken.

I wouldn't even know who a super moderator is and it never used to be like that. The only two I can think of off the top of my head are Jess and Yoshimitsui where previously I would be able to recite at least 4 or so.

[Samishlol]

I havent noticed this aswell which is abit stupid. The Moderators do need to step up yes. Maybe if they had MOD- next to their name it would be easy to spot them? Because I don't even know who the moderators are let alone that.

The administrators & super moderators are the same colour too.

[Immenseman]

I don't think they need that. I know they're busy and I respect this. However, super moderators specifically are key players in a decent community feel and when you don't even know who are super moderators because they never post or whatever then it isn't all that great.

[Pyroka]

Well they're not that busy, seeing as they have time to pick up the pieces and infract whoever they feel like, just to make it look like they've handled the situation 'efficiently'.

Jesus christ, I'm going to be temporarily banned just because the Moderators are slow and can't do their jobs, moderating the forum as a whole, properly. Bloody silly.

[Immenseman]

Yeah, but that always seems to be their poor excuse "we're busy" then bloody resign and let someone worth-while do your job and they'll make a better deal out of it also. I wouldn't care it's just stupid when threads are produced about bullying when they're not even doing anything to prevent it. It's like someone at college moaning that their grades are poor when they haven't revised.

[GommeInc]

I havent noticed this aswell which is abit stupid. The Moderators do need to step up yes. Maybe if they had MOD- next to their name it would be easy to spot them? Because I don't even know who the moderators are let alone that.

The administrators & super moderators are the same colour too.

Ewww no, people use this forum to get away from Habbo

Moderators are easy to spot, the coloured names and user title kinda give them away. I can't say I've noticed that many bad things in the Spam section, it just looks like Spam to me, but there's no harm in stepping up moderation

[FlyingJesus]

As I mentioned in the spam thread about it, I think one of the big problems currently is that staff members are getting involved (sometimes up to management level) and normal moderators can't deal with those people. I agree that smods need to be a bit more in the limelight though, the only one I actually see posting ever is Yoshi, the others seem set in only posting to one area if at all. Not sure if Wayne is away on holiday or something and apologies to him if I'm calling him out and he is, but seriously...
Last Activity: 06-02-2009 11:36 AM

[Immenseman]

Yeah Tom. Like I replied I can only think of me and Leah which is a minority. I know Garion reported all my posts like he should do but yet he is a moderator so why wasn't he handing out negative sanctions to other people in the threads he was reporting mine to, it's beyond me. Just because two staff members have been involved it doesn't mean they are they only ones who should be punished which is what has happened.

[clarissa !!]

i think spam just needs a lot more moderators really

[FlyingJesus]

I'm gonna stop posting in the spam thread because it's getting complicated but just to recap my reply there, I see a lot of radio staff acting up around the forum (not just in spam) and I'm not sure what happened last night really as I wasn't around, just looks like the normal female dominance fight to me.
Not to pick on you as I agree it's wrong to only discipline staff after a problem, but you are the ones, especially as managers, who are supposed to be setting an example. Even I managed to stay away from bullying for a while when I was manager.. or at least keep it to off the forum.