poor moderation/attention to reports

[Zelda]

No idea if what aikeem is saying is true, but if it is its quite shocking tbh. I do often find it rediculous the priorities set, though personally don't feel too affected by it, I still do hear a lot of people saying what aikeem has just said and jolly hope this ain't the case for the most part as favouritism really isn't great. Won't personally pass judgement though as I don't personally have any evidence to support an arguement x

[Chris]

I've currently got an active report against a moderator in the report a staff member section for targeting. It's crazy that some moderators have time to go through closed threads and issue out pointless user notes for 'Posting off topic' to those they dislike yet haven't got time to check their reports. I too have reported someone for spamming loads of threads/bumping yet nothing has happened about it. I think a few of the Mods here are very selective in who they punish, following the book down to the letter to some users, whilst letting others get away with murder because they are friends with them or because they are also staff.

Wheres your evidence? Moderators don't ignore rule breaks just because the thread is closed, if you broke the rule then you broke the rule and should take what you get for it. Super moderators have a huge role and can't always drop what they are doing when someone reports something, plus the fact that even if you report something it is down to the moderators judgement who is dealing with the report to make that final decision on what is and isn't breaking the rules.

Mods aren't selective with who they punish. If someone breaks the rules then they are going to be contacted regardless of their friendship to the moderator or their staff position.

[myke]

I've currently got an active report against a moderator in the report a staff member section for targeting. It's crazy that some moderators have time to go through closed threads and issue out pointless user notes for 'Posting off topic' to those they dislike yet haven't got time to check their reports. I too have reported someone for spamming loads of threads/bumping yet nothing has happened about it. I think a few of the Mods here are very selective in who they punish, following the book down to the letter to some users, whilst letting others get away with murder because they are friends with them or because they are also staff.

I'd also like to point out RE: this point that a lot of the time it isn't actually the moderator doing the targeting. Most of the cases I've seen where people are being 'targeted' is in fact because somebody is nit-picking and reporting a member's posts to get them into trouble & it's just so that this one moderator deals with all of the reports.

[The Don]

Wheres your evidence? Moderators don't ignore rule breaks just because the thread is closed, if you broke the rule then you broke the rule and should take what you get for it. Super moderators have a huge role and can't always drop what they are doing when someone reports something, plus the fact that even if you report something it is down to the persons judgement who is dealing with the report to make the final decision (Within reason) on what is and isn't breaking the rules.

Mods aren't selective with who they punish. If someone breaks the rules then they are going to be contacted regardless of their friendship to the moderator or their staff position.

I'm not going to divulge into my complaint, that's why it's in the complaints section, but believe me there is sufficient evidence. A member of GM also agrees that it does appear to be targeting so obviously my claims do have some credibility.

Also, personal judgement or not, it's obvious to anyone with any ounce of common sense that bumping 6 threads which haven't been posted in for the past 10 days or so, and in some of those threads that individual has been the last person to post 2 or 3 times constitutes rule breaking.

[Chris]

I'm not going to divulge into my complaint, that's why it's in the complaints section, but believe me there is sufficient evidence. A member of GM also agrees that it does appear to be targeting so obviously my claims do have some credibility.

Also, personal judgement or not, it's obvious to anyone with any ounce of common sense that bumping 6 threads which haven't been posted in for the past 10 days or so, and in some of those threads that individual has been the last person to post 2 or 3 times constitutes rule breaking.

I never asked you to divulge any private information. I find your accusations ridiculous personally as in my view you just don't like being punished for breaking the rules.

In terms of bumping it really depends on the section and the content of the post. Posting in a thread which hasn't been posted in for 10 days is not bumping and members should be encouraged to post in as many threads as they like, theres no cap on the amount of posts someone can make and so long as the post is relevant then there shouldn't be a problem with it.

[The Don]

I never asked you to divulge any private information. I find your accusations ridiculous personally as in my view you just don't like being punished for breaking the rules.

In terms of bumping it really depends on the section and the content of the post. Posting in a thread which hasn't been posted in for 10 days is not bumping and members should be encouraged to post in as many threads as they like, theres no cap on the amount of posts someone can make and so long as the post is relevant then there shouldn't be a problem with it.

Yes you did

Wheres your evidence?

I refuse to get into a petty squabble with you. I find you ridiculous personally and in my view you just don't like people being critical of your friends.

Members should be encouraged to bump (yes it is bumping if nobody else has responded to that thread) multiple threads which they have created themselves? Pretty silly if you ask me.

[Martin]

I never asked you to divulge any private information. I find your accusations ridiculous personally as in my view you just don't like being punished for breaking the rules.

In terms of bumping it really depends on the section and the content of the post. Posting in a thread which hasn't been posted in for 10 days is not bumping and members should be encouraged to post in as many threads as they like, theres no cap on the amount of posts someone can make and so long as the post is relevant then there shouldn't be a problem with it.

It was also in the spam section that this took place in, and if a member wants to post in her own threads then I see no problem with that. It wasn't that excessive and I did get several opinions on the matter who all said that her posts were fine, so you're basically saying that there are a bunch of people with no common sense walking round. Posting 6 times in the spam section is not spamming up the forum, it hardly made a dent on my new posts, and the member only posted in her threads because she cares about discussion and making the forums active. That in my eyes is not an offense, especially in the spam forum, hell no!

In terms of targetting you, I really don't have any problems with you or any member of this forum. I don't hold grudges, infact I hardly have opinions on anybody here at all. I do my job based on the evidence I am given and the rules. I do not go round praying specific people will break the rules, you could have been anyone else and I still would have took action on those posts, you do not mean that much to me believe it or not.

As moderators one of the most important things is remaining impartial at all times. I would most certainly never target someone and I am sorry if it has come accross that way.

If you feel my decisions have been wrong then I'm sure a member of forum management will happilly reverse them if they see fit, however I use my judgement to make a decision based on the post- nothing else. I'm sure your complaint will be dealt with accordingly however and any unfair usernotes reversed

[Chris]

Yes you did

Asking for evidence is not private information if the posts are publicly available.

I refuse to get into a petty squabble with you. I find you ridiculous personally and in my view you just don't like people being critical of your friends.

Theres a difference between being critical and outright moaning every 5 minutes just because you disagree with a rule. You don't need to make a scene and a big deal out of an issue, if you have made an official complaint in the support forum then you should leave it in the support forum instead of publicly slating moderators at every opportunity you get.

Members should be encouraged to bump (yes it is bumping if nobody else has responded to that thread) multiple threads which they have created themselves? Pretty silly if you ask me.

There is no rule which states you can't bump after a certain time period, only that you cannot bump threads pointlessly.

[The Don]

@Martin;

Where have I said it’s you? Again, you’re a moderator, you should know this isn’t the place for personal complaints so I’m shocked you’re encouraging it with a post to me which would obviously receive a response.

It is bumping and it is breaking the rules. If you don’t believe me, have a look in the thread Oli posted in the spam section

~ It is not allowed to post pointless posts or threads like "aifdhgsdfhgsdo" or numerous threads which essentially "spam" the New Posts search.

Nowhere have I said or even implied that “that there are a bunch of people with no common sense walking round” which doesn’t make sense btw, you’re inferring that from your skewed interpretations

Apparently you wouldn’t take specific action, considering that thread consisted mainly of off topic posts and it was only mine and Recusions you picked up on.

You are also clearly not impartial which is shown by your refusal to apologise for giving me a false warning (which I made a thread about and a conclusion was reached by the General Manager that I didn’t break any rules) It seems extremely rude that you didn’t correct your mistake, or do you still feel that I did break the rules (in by doing so you are directly undermining Matt’s decision)

Anyway, as I said, I’m not here for an argument, hence my refusal to name you originally, you chose to cause an argument out of it I was merely giving my opinion on poor moderation which is the topic of this thread.

[myke]

I'm not going to divulge into my complaint, that's why it's in the complaints section, but believe me there is sufficient evidence. A member of GM also agrees that it does appear to be targeting so obviously my claims do have some credibility.

Also, personal judgement or not, it's obvious to anyone with any ounce of common sense that bumping 6 threads which haven't been posted in for the past 10 days or so, and in some of those threads that individual has been the last person to post 2 or 3 times constitutes rule breaking.

I'd just like to point out RE: the bold bit that this member of GM did not agree with you being targeted, they were in fact referring to the posts not being dealt with, which I have looked at and that's because the posts haven't been reported. Most moderators will just deal with the posts which are reported when in a rush, and it just so happens that your posts were reported, so it would seem to you that you're being targeted! I understand that it might seem like it but in reality, you're not being targeted by the moderator.