Moderator Visitor Message

[Inseriousity.]

I think this is one battle mods can't seem to win. Formal, less formal, nah now you're not formal enough. PM, nah PMs are too formal, VMs are better, nah VMs are too public. There are so many directions that mods are being pulled in that it's probably better if they just went back to the beginning and started again.

Personally, I think mod PMs should increase in 'formality' as the PMs go on. First rulebreaks/new members = not very formal. Second = a bit more formal but still fairly informal. Third = formal

[Hecktix]

I think this is one battle mods can't seem to win. Formal, less formal, nah now you're not formal enough. PM, nah PMs are too formal, VMs are better, nah VMs are too public. There are so many directions that mods are being pulled in that it's probably better if they just went back to the beginning and started again.

Personally, I think mod PMs should increase in 'formality' as the PMs go on. First rulebreaks/new members = not very formal. Second = a bit more formal but still fairly informal. Third = formal

That's how it should be working at the moment, it's certainly the system I put in place as Forum Manager and it is what it says in the mod guide, moderators are also instructed to be more formal for serious rule breaking and less formal for say a pointless post.

The system of using a visitor message to alert a member of a thread being moved is mainly to show the member that there's nothing wrong in posting in the wrong place, as a lot of people when they recieve PMs think it is a punishment when really it's just a moderator being helpful.

[Inseriousity.]

That's how it should be working at the moment

Yeah I don't think it's changed tbh but 'formality' is such a subjective term.

[Hecktix]

Yeah I don't think it's changed tbh but 'formality' is such a subjective term.

I completely agree, for instance the PM style Josh suggested in this thread, I know members who would be quite pissed at recieving a PM like that.

[Josh]

I completely agree, for instance the PM style Josh suggested in this thread, I know members who would be quite pissed at recieving a PM like that.

That wasn't completely a suggestion. That was basically a PM sent to me. I found it fairly relaxed and wasn't annoyed by it at all.

[triston220]

I would rather receive a friendly message, at the moment the messages have no emotion.

[Nemo]

Negh, i personally think the mod messages are too long. I got told off for my PMs being too short when i was a mod, but is that really a bad thing? I explained the rule they broke, no need to be so formal and be like "YES YOU BROKE SECTION A12 OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT RARARARARARAR", and it essentially got the job done in a more friendly way. Not sure what the people who received them thought of them but i personally thought they were a lot nicer than the stuff id received before.

[Jamesy]

A lot of the points in here are really just nit picking. We give the moderators a lot of freedom in what they PM as long as it contains the relevant information. You only have to read it once and then you either keep it or delete it. PMs are going to differ from person to person and how they are perceived.

[Mrs.McCall]

Yeah I think this is a bit much on Mods. They can't win. I would much prefer a nice VM to let me know I posted in the wrong place. It's just a friendly message. I understand this is feedback and each to their own but they do so much work, give 'em a break.

[Chippiewill]

Can we just go back to the tried and tested:

Dear Buffoon,

You broke this extremely naughty rule here, for this I have written a strongly worded usernote and I'm going to bite your bloomin' head off because you're wasting my time.

This better not happen again or I'll have to write a strongly worded letter to your mother as to why you had to be removed from the forum for five minutes. If this happens further times I will release the attack dogs and they now insta-kill so there's no second chances!

Yours,
Asshat, Forum Super Moderator aka 'Your Pimp'

It was so much simpler..

p.s. you'll never win, I assure you of this.