Candid Dialogue About Moderation

There were two humurous posts this past April 1 that were deleted,and the reason was unclear to me as why (it might have been told to me, but I don't keep too many conversations). That being said, I wouldn't consider it "off topic", as it was about brewers coming up with funny beers. The threads were deleted without comment. One could say that yes, you ban humor.

 

You want a candid dialogue about moderation Todd, and you are getting one. Literal or figurative, I posted my comments. I appreciate hearing yours too.
As for the posts in question for april fools, they didn't get out of hand at all. One was deleted just minutes after it was posted.

So it would seem to me that humor is banned, but at the discretion of the mods/owners.
Again, I ask for just dialogue, not accusations. This thread seems like a great learning experience for everyone who reads it. Therefore, I ask if you can explain to me why such april fools posts were deleted? If your personal feelings toward me get in the way of that, I don't mind hearing from another moderator's thoughts on this.

 

It could just be a shift in perception: you may have had many more than one comment deleted in a year-and-a-half, but weren't aware of it (because who goes back and reads their own past comments?). Now with the new moderation features we're alerted when (and hopefully why) comments are deleted, so more recently you definitely knew each time it happened.

 

if its reported a mod will look at it and decide, the ISO you are speaking of just listed styles of beers you were looking for, not 1 type of style, but several, that does not cut it, it is an auction. You can say hey looking for sours, stouts, IPAs. but you are not listing the beers you are realy looking for that is an auction. No one is targeting you we dont have time to do that. Be more specific in your ISO/FT and it wont happen.

 

while we're on the topic of being clear and specific, i wasn't involved with this incident at all.

it was another mod who deleted your post and another mod whose post you appear to refer to in the portion of your post which i just quoted.

@BlueDream i guess eddie and gremlins look too much alike.

 

I was going to point that out, but i figured you would jump in.

 

I can assure you, there is not a single poster, atleast that I'm aware of, that ANYONE targets to delete/change/edit/alter/ban/timeout/warn/etc, by the moderation team.

So I'm pretty sure it's just you @mattvandyk that is being more sensitive about it. Based on your posting, it appears you just trade beer here and thats about it mostly.

If it's reported, someone had beef with it, and it's looked at. So sure, some examples will leak through, because people didn't think anything was wrong with it.

 

It matters little to me, what you want to believe. I'm telling you from the other side, that there is NO proof, NO thread, and NO talk about targeting you, or ANYONE who has posted in this thread. You are not that big of a deal, no matter how much you seem to think.. You can wear your foil hat, and scream foul, but it's just you thinking this.

There is absolutely no interest in doing so. There's enough reports that go on daily, and being volunteers, I'm pretty sure I can speak for most of the moderators, that we have no desire to delete or alter random peoples post for no reason. Follow the rules, and the TOS, and majority of the folks have no issues here.

 

I think the problem some people have is when they do follow "tos" and still find their posts deleted.

 

Care to share an example?

I'm genuinely curious there. As it's been said before, I'm sure.. You would be surprised at how much shit is rejected in reports. There are several people who are serial reporters on this site. It's appreciated, but the excessive stuff is completely let go and rejected and left to be as it was intended.


Majority of the time when someone has a post deleted, and they did nothing wrong, it's when they quote someone who's being a troll or a jerk in the thread, or added nothing to the conversation and got snipped.

I'm not going to alter your post, change this or that, or remove portions of it to make it work, for the sake of keeping it. Responses to threads/posts that get deleted, all go in the trash.

I'm not picking the dirt off the cookie when my kids drop it. It's all going into the trash. Same idea. Not worth the time, and effort to disect a thread, and mold it to be acceptable.

 

See post #144

 

You did ask that moderation be an all or nothing approach. So now it's not what you see fit?