Questioning Moderators

[Atfulldraw]

Wonder when the next Moderator school will be?

[elkbowhunter]

last time I checked there were only 3 people ahead of me. Exciting!!

[elkbowhunter]

Nice move.

[clayg08]

Like said before, your site your rules. BUT, (I can't speak for Facebook) I know from personal experience, every time I have had a thread deleted on here I have NEVER gotten any info as to why.

Maybe if the mods contacted the guilty party 100% of the time, it would cut down on some of the "Calling out"?

^^^ Good call sir !

[Sparkles]

last time I checked there were only 3 people ahead of me. Exciting!!

Yep and I'm one of em... so watch yourself

[Michael]

Like said before, your site your rules. BUT, (I can't speak for Facebook) I know from personal experience, every time I have had a thread deleted on here I have NEVER gotten any info as to why.

Maybe if the mods contacted the guilty party 100% of the time, it would cut down on some of the "Calling out"?

It's neither possible nor desirable. In most cases, the poster has a good idea why, and an explanation is only inviting argument (as I suspect this explanation will, as well). Remember, rarely does anybody agree with an infraction or a post being deleted. Many times, a thread is deleted because we (I) feel that it's simply not moving the site forward in a positive direction. Trust me when I tell you that nobody wants to hear that their post "didn't add value", regardless of how true it may be.

Additionally, many posts/threads are deleted due to an accumulation of posts that cause the topic to spiral downhill. Sometimes because we simply don't have the time or desire to clean up the individual posts, the entire thread becomes a casualty. If we don't have time to clean it up, we definitely don't have time to offer explanation to everybody on the thread as to why it was moderated.

Most moderating is done by "feel", and I'll readily admit that some things we overlook today we may not let go tomorrow. We have guidelines in place for the members and the moderators to try to achieve an overall direction for the site (positive, encouraging, educational, original, etc.). It may not be perfect, but it's been a pretty good forumula so far.

[Artos]

How much 'mod time' is actually spent going through the various threads vs. members notifying mods through the alert button??

The actual breaking point seems to vary on certain threads.

I will admit I have missed or overlooked recent mod questioning that brought this up.

[elkbowhunter]

It's neither possible nor desirable. In most cases, the poster has a good idea why, and an explanation is only inviting argument (as I suspect this explanation will, as well). Remember, rarely does anybody agree with an infraction or a post being deleted. Many times, a thread is deleted because we (I) feel that it's simply not moving the site forward in a positive direction. Trust me when I tell you that nobody wants to hear that their post "didn't add value", regardless of how true it may be.

Additionally, many posts/threads are deleted due to an accumulation of posts that cause the topic to spiral downhill. Sometimes because we simply don't have the time or desire to clean up the individual posts, the entire thread becomes a casualty. If we don't have time to clean it up, we definitely don't have time to offer explanation to everybody on the thread as to why it was moderated.

Most moderating is done by "feel", and I'll readily admit that some things we overlook today we may not let go tomorrow. We have guidelines in place for the members and the moderators to try to achieve an overall direction for the site (positive, encouraging, educational, original, etc.). It may not be perfect, but it's been a pretty good forumula so far.

Its good to have a rudder.

[Michael]

Maybe if the mods contacted the guilty party 100% of the time, it would cut down on some of the "Calling out"?

Hardly. Quite the opposite, in fact. History tells me that most people will use any explanation against us by "sharing" it (most times out of context) with their friends (as suggested in my OP) via FB, text, etc. Adhering to the moderator policy of not responding to such things outside of TBH (I recently violated this policy with a member and it got really ugly ), it creates a biased, uninformed view of the moderators and the site.

We rarely "call out" anybody publicly on the site (though sometimes frustrations boil over and we get a little chippy.) Most issues are handled privately with the individual.

[BrandonA]

I have had a few threads whacked . I just figured Michael , Mary or Keith were just jealous they didn't come up with the idea. You guys are great keep up the Good job .

[Brazos Hunter]

Like said before, your site your rules. BUT, (I can't speak for Facebook) I know from personal experience, every time I have had a thread deleted on here I have NEVER gotten any info as to why.

Maybe if the mods contacted the guilty party 100% of the time, it would cut down on some of the "Calling out"?

[blacksunshine]

an imagined line in the sand is a paranoid one

[Michael]

I have had a few threads whacked . I just figured Michael , Mary or Keith were just jealous they didn't come up with the idea. You guys are great keep up the Good job .

Well, sometimes this!

[systemnt]

Its good to have a rudder.

You just called Michael a rudder.. that's good for 3 points

[Matthew]

You just wait till I decide to go scorched earth on this sucker....it'll set that chart on fire!

I triple dog dare you.