Moderators editing posts

[Thetan]

Yes, this is exactly what I mean.
They're fine because they're provoked by previous posts in the thread.

Not only that, but 4chan had everything to do with the subject, as they were the prime suspects of the incident.

[The Professor]

lol, thats alright, i just thought i would share with everyone in my laughter at when you realised you did something wrong

Well thankyou, that makes me feel great

I asked for it really

Serious point time! It isn't hard to have a laugh with the moderators, and if they do edit something which was a joke but looked like an insult, or something along those lines, just PM the moderator politely and explain to them, they'll probably remove the edit and go a bright shade of red

[Tristan]

Not only that, but 4chan had everything to do with the subject, as they were the prime suspects of the incident.

Yeah.
Gomme, absolutely right, which is what I've been saying.

So I believe that this has been cleared up...

[Thetan]

Well thankyou, that makes me feel great

I asked for it really

Serious point time! It isn't hard to have a laugh with the moderators, and if they do edit something which was a joke but looked like an insult, or something along those lines, just PM the moderator politely and explain to them, they'll probably remove the edit and go a bright shade of red

Well, the problem is they probably don't have the time to. All I am saying, is if you are a newbie to the internetz, and you are a moderator on a forum, and you have no clue what someone is talking about, leave it to the pros.

[Catzsy]

Moderators editing posts for being offtopic is really annoying, if the posts relate to anywhere in the thread they are not off topic, as seen in this thread from like post 11 down.

4chan was talked about in the first post and they are simply replying to the thread.

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=474909

Yes I agree that's fine because that's contributing to the thread but quite often somebody will come along and just start a conversation which doesn't contribute to the spirit or theme of the thread. This can be just as annoying to people who do contribute and find the thread spammed up. The test is - does it contribute constructively to the thread? That's always been my understanding.


Thetan that is very true - I sure a thread by you the other day 'entititled' 'NewFag' I thought was the heck is that but found it be a new version of noob I think but it was a bit beyond me.

[Mr.Sam]

the subject has come up before, and after that moderators seemed to pay more attention to whether posts were on topic or not, but I don't think the moderator guide has been updated - there have been lots of new moderators and they seem to stick to the guide totally and if they see something that doesn't go with the initial thread topic they will class as off topic.

I think that the moderators have to stop using the guide to every detail and just use it as basic knowledge and make their own decisions based on the thread contents - not just the topic.

Of course moderators can not be knowledgeable in every subject that is covered but they should read through the thread and make an educated guess - perhaps even link the thread to another moderator/smod or even post in the moderator chat section for other moderators to provide feedback before editing.

Yes, this is exactly what I mean.
They're fine because they're provoked by previous posts in the thread.

[kk.]

Well thankyou, that makes me feel great

I asked for it really

Serious point time! It isn't hard to have a laugh with the moderators, and if they do edit something which was a joke but looked like an insult, or something along those lines, just PM the moderator politely and explain to them, they'll probably remove the edit and go a bright shade of red

like you did

many moderators dont read or follow the thread and dont look at all the posts... probably dont know that many people on here on each others' MSN and are just having a mess around as your meant to.

[The Professor]

Well, the problem is they probably don't have the time to. All I am saying, is if you are a newbie to the internetz, and you are a moderator on a forum, and you have no clue what someone is talking about, leave it to the pros.

If you PM an smod or Elkaa, they might not have the time because they have a shedload to do, but the mod who made the edit will probably be more than happy to help you and correct their error.

Again, "leave it to the pros." Please stop being patronising, considering people complain that staff act like they're higher than people, being patronising to the staff is a bit backwards and equally as wrong.

@kk: Like I say, if a mod does edit thinking its a genuine insult, drop them a PM and correct them, they won't bite your head off! We aren't mind readers, we don't know the contents of every msn convo you've ever had with anyone.

What people seem unable to grasp is we're trying to work with you, not against you. If you make our lives awkward by causing a fuss when one of us makes a mistake, you start to get the divide between mods and everyone else.

[Thetan]

Yes I agree that's fine because that's contributing to the thread but quite often somebody will come along and just start a conversation which doesn't contribute to the spirit or theme of the thread. This can be just as annoying to people who do contribute and find the thread spammed up. The test is - does it contribute constructively to the thread? That's always been my understanding.


Thetan that is very true - I sure a thread by you the other day 'entititled' 'NewFag' I thought was the heck is that but found it be a new version of noob I think but it was a bit beyond me.

Actually, its someone who is new to 4chan and/or posts memes endlessly and is generally unfunny.

And to Professor-alex: What I mean by "Pro", I mean like a pro at the topic, who will understand the subject, and will know whether someone is posting offtopic

[Mrs.McCall]

The thread about the Rick Roll was not a thread about 4chan, thus it was taking the thread into a different topic and therefore it was off-topic.

The thread then went into a series of posts unrelated to the actual rick rolling.

There was probably a little bit of over-editing but that thread did become an argument about how good or bad 4chan was and that, in my opinion, made all the threads pointless/off-topic. Nobody actually mentioned the rick roll for the other two pages apart from one person who stated it was on the news!

I think the thread became unrelated and thus off topic.