sorting the TROLLS
Sep 5th 2005, 1:00 pm
#16
small steps long journey
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by hevs
DON'T ASK :scared: 
Sep 5th 2005, 1:06 pm
#17
da Bonehead
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by ptlabs
Good suggestions - but you forget that some moderators don't spend their entire lives online.
I might suggest to Sue that this forum be totally unmoderated, maybe it's best to let you guys sort out the trolls yourselves. Mods have never been appreciated here during PB's time and I suspect we aren't appreciated now.
I've received a bit of personal "abuse" (for lack of better word) and was also told that I'm not helpful enough to be a moderator. Go figure.
Peter
P.S. Anyone who doesn't reply to this will be banned.
I might suggest to Sue that this forum be totally unmoderated, maybe it's best to let you guys sort out the trolls yourselves. Mods have never been appreciated here during PB's time and I suspect we aren't appreciated now.
I've received a bit of personal "abuse" (for lack of better word) and was also told that I'm not helpful enough to be a moderator. Go figure.
Peter
P.S. Anyone who doesn't reply to this will be banned.
Pity the same emotion wasn't shown when perfectly good posters DD, Flutter and Megs got banned in a very cold way. They feel emotional too.
Yes, mods are generally very appreciated but there seems to be a fault with the buttons for ban and delete thread of late.
If a thread was considered inappropriate it used to be moved to the lounge or TIO. Seems the goalpost have been moved too.
The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
An example......how can you have some mods helping people to create avatars and anothers banning the poster for it's use ?
A very "lose : lose" situation if ever there was one.
I am really sorry about all this crap as I know being a mod must be a thankless task.
IMO it would have helped had the injustices been put right. We all get things wrong from time to time........it does the soul good to admit it.
Sep 5th 2005, 1:10 pm
#18
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by downunderpom
But slapping them is SUCH good fun! 
TROLLS, before anybody says anything!
TROLLS, before anybody says anything!
How's it going buddy ?
Sep 5th 2005, 1:11 pm
#19
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
I agree, the role of a mod is a thankless task...
Sep 5th 2005, 1:11 pm
#20
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by Bix
Very emotional post there Peter.
Pity the same emotion wasn't shown when perfectly good posters DD, Flutter and Megs got banned in a very cold way. They feel emotional too.
Yes, mods are generally very appreciated but there seems to be a fault with the buttons for ban and delete thread of late.
If a thread was considered inappropriate it used to be moved to the lounge or TIO. Seems the goalpost have been moved too.
The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
An example......how can you have some mods helping people to create avatars and anothers banning the poster for it's use ?
A very "lose : lose" situation if ever there was one.
I am really sorry about all this crap as I know being a mod must be a thankless task.
IMO it would have helped had the injustices been put right. We all get things wrong from time to time........it does the soul good to admit it.
Pity the same emotion wasn't shown when perfectly good posters DD, Flutter and Megs got banned in a very cold way. They feel emotional too.
Yes, mods are generally very appreciated but there seems to be a fault with the buttons for ban and delete thread of late.
If a thread was considered inappropriate it used to be moved to the lounge or TIO. Seems the goalpost have been moved too.
The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
An example......how can you have some mods helping people to create avatars and anothers banning the poster for it's use ?
A very "lose : lose" situation if ever there was one.
I am really sorry about all this crap as I know being a mod must be a thankless task.
IMO it would have helped had the injustices been put right. We all get things wrong from time to time........it does the soul good to admit it.
Sep 5th 2005, 1:13 pm
#21
Just Joined
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 18
Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by Bix
Very emotional post there Peter.
Pity the same emotion wasn't shown when perfectly good posters DD, Flutter and Megs got banned in a very cold way. They feel emotional too.
Yes, mods are generally very appreciated but there seems to be a fault with the buttons for ban and delete thread of late.
If a thread was considered inappropriate it used to be moved to the lounge or TIO. Seems the goalpost have been moved too.
The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
An example......how can you have some mods helping people to create avatars and anothers banning the poster for it's use ?
A very "lose : lose" situation if ever there was one.
I am really sorry about all this crap as I know being a mod must be a thankless task.
IMO it would have helped had the injustices been put right. We all get things wrong from time to time........it does the soul good to admit it.
Pity the same emotion wasn't shown when perfectly good posters DD, Flutter and Megs got banned in a very cold way. They feel emotional too.
Yes, mods are generally very appreciated but there seems to be a fault with the buttons for ban and delete thread of late.
If a thread was considered inappropriate it used to be moved to the lounge or TIO. Seems the goalpost have been moved too.
The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
An example......how can you have some mods helping people to create avatars and anothers banning the poster for it's use ?
A very "lose : lose" situation if ever there was one.
I am really sorry about all this crap as I know being a mod must be a thankless task.
IMO it would have helped had the injustices been put right. We all get things wrong from time to time........it does the soul good to admit it.
Superb post
Is it not better to be happy than right all the time? A need to be consumed by "rightism" can cause more heartache and trouble than its worth.
A person also attracts a lot more respect in admitting when they are wrong.
Sep 5th 2005, 1:18 pm
#22
Ex Mod (2002-2005)
Joined: May 2002
Location: NSW
Posts: 5,464
Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by Bix
Very emotional post there Peter.
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The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
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The most difficult thing to achieve in all life is consistency and that is what we have been lacking just recently.
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I did ban DD as she ignored a direct instruction from me in the immigration forum. The old timers here (plus those who bother to read the guidelines and my instructions) will know that I'm more intolerant of off-topic chatter in the immi forum.
Peter
Sep 5th 2005, 1:28 pm
#23
da Bonehead
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by ptlabs
I was the sole moderator here for a long time. Recently, I've moderated less often while the "newer" mods took the lead. Consistency is easier when one's flying solo.
I did ban DD as she ignored a direct instruction from me in the immigration forum. The old timers here (plus those who bother to read the guidelines and my instructions) will know that I'm more intolerant of off-topic chatter in the immi forum.
Peter
I did ban DD as she ignored a direct instruction from me in the immigration forum. The old timers here (plus those who bother to read the guidelines and my instructions) will know that I'm more intolerant of off-topic chatter in the immi forum.
Peter
But we don't have one so guess it's a lottery.
Everyone reads all the small print in contracts, insurance policies, software licences and of course forum guidelines
Sep 5th 2005, 1:33 pm
#24
Keeping it fairly real
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by Bix
Agreed, if only one mod it would lead to better consistency.
But we don't have one so guess it's a lottery.
Everyone reads all the small print in contracts, insurance policies, software licences and of course forum guidelines
But we don't have one so guess it's a lottery.
Everyone reads all the small print in contracts, insurance policies, software licences and of course forum guidelines
Sep 5th 2005, 1:35 pm
#25
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by walla1
why can't I be a mod, I'm on here quite a lot, live in Australia and am good out sniffing out trolls
,,,,,,,,,and I thought you lived in Perth
Sep 5th 2005, 1:37 pm
#26
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by Bix
,,,,,,,,,and I thought you lived in Perth
Sep 5th 2005, 1:42 pm
#27
Ex Mod (2002-2005)
Joined: May 2002
Location: NSW
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Re: sorting the TROLLS
Originally Posted by Bix
Everyone reads all the small print in contracts, insurance policies, software licences and of course forum guidelines
I'm going to close this and the other parallel thread now.
Peter
