Moderators editing posts

[Callum.]

Recently I've seen an increase in this. I know it's just an edit, but edits are normally one step closer to becoming s mods which bad mods shouldn't become. I don't really mind them, but it just really puts me off posts and makes my own look really bad, when it isn't. Alot are for say, making a topic semi relevent to the thread in the thread and posting your opinion on something that happened prior to the edit.

Like people are getting edited for replying to a post that was before theirs. Yes the one before may have been off topic, but when that user has made a reply to the post, it's no longer as he/she is replying to something in the thread.

Just my 2 cents.

Just adding another bit -

This is meant to be a discussion board right? Well when you are limited to what you have to say, it's pretty hard to do that. Rather than making a new thread, you prefer to talk about it in the one that is to do with what you are replying in. So say you said "I got a new car the BMW blah blah" then someone said they liked another model and someone else said the same etc, they're sometimes classed as offtopic?

[The Professor]

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

Moderators are assigned to their forums by Elkaa based (I believe) on which forum they're likely to have most knowledge about based on their past posts, as well as the forums they're most active in anyway. For example, I used to use the Runescape forum a lot and occasionally ventured off into console/PC games, so I was assigned the games forum.

Based on that, a mod generally has background knowledge on the subject and can make edits accordingly. Unfortunately, "General" covers a wide area so the mods there have the hardest jobs in that respect, so they have to do their jobs as best they can.

[kk.]

@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.

well you should

nah, i knwo what your all saying but their should be rule changes to make them much more leniant to off topic posting and other things. Definitely not the rules about bullying but some need loosening really

[Mr.Sam]

Ok, the rick rolling mets idea came from 4chan, I did mention 4chan in the first post and a discussion started from that meaning the posts (well most of them) were not off topic as the rick rolling mets came from 4chan and 4 chan had already been posted about in the thread.


People do not have to stick the the initial topic other wise threads would be boring.

threads go like this:

topic about global warming - > points about crops being destroyed -> point about farmers -> most food being sourced internationally -> etc etc

the topic doesn't go:

rick roll -> rick roll -> rick roll

the topics branch off from other posts - that topic happened to go:

rick roll at the mets game -> 4chan (which started the rock roll mets saga and was posted about in the first post) -> people posting about all the unneeded mod edits - > thread died

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.

[Mrs.McCall]

But it wasn't a thread about 4chan!

It's like having a thread saying "Youtube took part in a student demonstration against the treatment of Tibetans" and then everyone talking about how slow Youtube is recently..

[Callum.]

But it wasn't a thread about 4chan!

It's like having a thread saying "Youtube took part in a student demonstration against the treatment of Tibetans" and then everyone talking about how slow Youtube is recently..

But I feel that should be allowed. Why make a new thread when it when you could easily discuss with other people who ovbiously watch youtube as the thread is sort of about it.

[:....:mike:....:]

This thread angers me in that it happens so much. People are completely stupid when it comes to judgment. I hate specific moderators on this forum, the ones who think they know right from wrong. I believe all moderators who make more then 3 mistakes should be booted without hesitation. I do not like it when moderators find the time to harass people on a daily basis such as editing perfectly fine posts. In a matter of time all posts will have edits in red from mods/smods etc. and it will be just as bad as X's overriding rooms.

[Decode]

Can you provide links to any posts that have been edited where posters are not replying directly to the topic?
As you should be allowed to reply to other people's posts in a thread without having to directly post about the topic.

Go to the oral on friday thread (education forum), there is lots in there.

[GommeInc]

But it wasn't a thread about 4chan!

It's like having a thread saying "Youtube took part in a student demonstration against the treatment of Tibetans" and then everyone talking about how slow Youtube is recently..

It doesn't have to be about 4Chan, a thread can and will branch off into other discussions, which is what a forum is all about. You can only restrict people to following exact rules like in the Debates forum(s). There is a even a rule which allows you to make unrelated posts to the thread title, but you can make comments that are related to posts in that thread.

[Mrs.McCall]

But I feel that should be allowed. Why make a new thread when it when you could easily discuss with other people who ovbiously watch youtube as the thread is sort of about it.

I can see why you may feel this should be allowed and I'm not disputing that but under the current rules, my example would be off topic. The conversation about 4chan had no direct relevance to the actual rick roll, it was a brand new conversation about the site itself and therefore, was off-topic to the actual thread itself.

I can see why this is annoying but I have to moderate under current rules rather than what people think the rules should be.