Are The Mods Doing A Good Job? (Poll)

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#1 KOTORkicker
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What do you guys think of the job the mods are doing? I think that they nearly always target the wrong people, but when they get it right they aren't too bad...

What do you think?

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No offense, but they're doing a horrible job. It's as if they don't give a crap about the community...at all.

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#3 agentdandb
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If i say the mods are doing a bad job, i will get moderated for it. But if i say they are doing a good job, ill be sucking up to them.....hmmm........MODS SUCK DONKEYS ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No offense, but they're doing a horrible job. It's as if they don't give a crap about the community...at all.

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You mean because they hardly ever join in? Or because of which threads they lock?
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#5 deshields538
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Yeah they are doing a good job.
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#6 streak000
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Many of them seem like nice guys, but frankly, they do a horrible job. I guess it's not their fault, they're just following the rules, but some flexibility in applying their "authority" would make things much better for almost everyone on here. As it is, they're horribly inflexible, unforgiving, and in rare cases, even vindictive. They seem to love to stiffle real debate, and most of the reasons for moderations seem to be petty and trivial to the extreme....
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#7 Artekus
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I think they are doing alright, they just need to lighten up a bit.
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#8 killerfist
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they are doing an allright job
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#9 deactivated-5901ac91d8e33
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[QUOTE="jointed"]

No offense, but they're doing a horrible job. It's as if they don't give a crap about the community...at all.

Jandurin

You mean because they hardly ever join in? Or because of which threads they lock?

I'm talking about the mass banning and suspension of perfectly decent users for ridiculous reasons. At first I was like, "okay...that's unfortunate and a little strange, but now people know that they shouldn't do that"...but the amount of users banned and the reasons behind bannings have just grown more and more ridiculous since then.

Did you hear that Smashbroslegend was banned for advertising in his own profile? Banned...at least they could have given him a warning before banning his +10,000 post account.

And no, this has nothing to do with the ToU, since it's the mods who're supposed to decide the punishment.

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#10 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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Did you hear that Smashbroslegend was banned for advertising in his own profile? Banned...at least they could have given him a warning before banning his +10,000 post account.

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What was he advertising?
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#11 H8sMikeMoore
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No offense, but they're doing a horrible job. It's as if they don't give a crap about the community...at all.

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Im gonna have to agree here.

I think a lot of the mods are just stoked to have the ban hammer really. They lock threads that are very similar to the ones ive seen them make too, which is kind of annoying.

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#12 RenegadePatriot
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I think they are doing a good job of enforcing the the ToU. I dont think anyone should complain about getting modded because all you have to do is read the ToU and know whats allowed or not allowed. Its that simple.
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#13 darksword1123
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They are doing a pretty good job.
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#14 flowdee79
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If they lock this thread they will....j/k
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#15 trav_have
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Hell of a job.

Who am I kidding, Im just kissing their arses.

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#16 streak000
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I think they are doing a good job of enforcing the the ToU. I dont think anyone should complain about getting modded because all you have to do is read the ToU and know whats allowed or not allowed. Its that simple.RenegadePatriot

Although real mods are still infinitely better than wannabe ones....

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[QUOTE="jointed"]

Did you hear that Smashbroslegend was banned for advertising in his own profile? Banned...at least they could have given him a warning before banning his +10,000 post account.

Jandurin

What was he advertising?

He posted a link to a game trading website.

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#18 BlackAlpha666
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I haven't had any serious problems with the mods so far, so maybe my opinion is biased but I think they are doing a decent job. I've yet to see mods who don't make any mistakes. It's a pretty complicated job and they are doing it for free.
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#19 freshgman
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A few of them are drunk with power. You know who you are!
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#20 duxup
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They're terrible!
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#21 LJS9502_basic
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I think they are doing a good job of enforcing the the ToU. I dont think anyone should complain about getting modded because all you have to do is read the ToU and know whats allowed or not allowed. Its that simple.RenegadePatriot
Not really. ToU is vague. What is offensive varies...and moderator discretion definitely smacks of vagueness....
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#22 Sam_Lowery
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They suck horribly. They don't even really understand the rules they're supposed to be enforcing.
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#23 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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He posted a link to a game trading website.

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That guy called me a name (well, everyone in a union I was in) on a different forum :cry: He didn't like several unions I'm associated with.
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#24 SolidSnake35
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Many of the mods might as well not exist. Though, there are a few who always have a positive influence and know what's best for the community. I just think we need more who actually post and know the users.
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#25 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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They're terrible!duxup
From the snowman's mouth itself.
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#26 swizz-the-gamer
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No. Far to strict.
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#27 silence790
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I don't think they're doing a good job, I'm still irritated about my last moderation. It doesn't make sense at all and it seems like they don't do anything to the people that are actually "disruptive".
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#28 vash47
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A horrible job.
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#29 ff7fan2
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There could definitely be a better job done...
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#30 jim_shorts
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The veteran mods are great, especially the ones who take the time to be a part of the community every now and then. I don't care very much for some of the new ones, but I'm not naming names.
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#31 tenczas9
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no the mods are horrible because I once called someone a "noob" and a "moron" in a forum and got a point loss for it.........lol if thats considered bad I'd hate to think how many people get banned in forums.
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#32 Mercenary848
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They are trying but there is room for improement. It seems that sometimes they are to tough. I have also noticed a lot of posters(myself included) get away with posting things blatantly out of line, but they can't see every post so we should start using the report feature. But they should still take more time and see what they are moderating. It also would be nice if more of them posted, but I don't blame them its annoying haing people try to make you put up with their crap in every thread.
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#33 SolidSnake35
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They are trying but there is room for improement. It seems that sometimes they are to tough. I have also noticed a lot of posters(myself included) get away with posting things blatantly out of line, but they can't see every post so we should start using the report feature. But they should still take more time and see what they are moderating. It also would be nice if more of them posted, but I don't blame them its annoying haing people try to make you put up with their crap in every thread.Mercenary848
The report feature is bad idea most of the time. It's good for alerting the mods about blatantly obvious offenses but, when it comes to petty issues, it forces them to moderate when they would otherwise have left things alone.
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no the mods are horrible because I once called someone a "noob" and a "moron" in a forum and got a point loss for it.........lol if thats considered bad I'd hate to think how many people get banned in forums.tenczas9

Well that is flameing they had every right to mod you, I have seen some sights where you can be banned on the spot for it.

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#35 Jaks_Secret
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They slip up a few times, and I think that they act too quickly on some things, but I'm liking the current batch of mods we have.
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#36 Mercenary848
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[QUOTE="Mercenary848"]They are trying but there is room for improement. It seems that sometimes they are to tough. I have also noticed a lot of posters(myself included) get away with posting things blatantly out of line, but they can't see every post so we should start using the report feature. But they should still take more time and see what they are moderating. It also would be nice if more of them posted, but I don't blame them its annoying haing people try to make you put up with their crap in every thread.SolidSnake35
The report feature is bad idea most of the time. It's good for alerting the mods about blatantly obvious offenses but, when it comes to petty issues, it forces them to moderate when they would otherwise have left things alone.

I know but that is why I said they should give more thought to what they moderate. Although I have seen times when reporting doesn't do anything to posters that deserve it.

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#37 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="tenczas9"]no the mods are horrible because I once called someone a "noob" and a "moron" in a forum and got a point loss for it.........lol if thats considered bad I'd hate to think how many people get banned in forums.Mercenary848

Well that is flameing they had every right to mod you, I have seen some sights where you can be banned on the spot for it.

Pft.....I have an account I created out of joke in RC. I was posting on it....very low level and someone called me a noob....now since my main account was much higher I made the comment that he was more of a noob than I...with the ;) as a joke. I got modded for that. Ironically, mine was a joking response and his was the flame. I got the moderation....he did not.
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#38 bluezy
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I think they do a fine job.
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#39 Brainkiller05
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no the mods are horrible because I once called someone a "noob" and a "moron" in a forum and got a point loss for it.........lol if thats considered bad I'd hate to think how many people get banned in forums.tenczas9
I got put back a whole level and a 3 day suspension for calling someone a dumbface. I voted they are doing an alright job =)
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Pft.....I have an account I created out of joke in RC. I was posting on it....very low level and someone called me a noob....now since my main account was much higher I made the comment that he was more of a noob than I...with the ;) as a joke. I got modded for that. Ironically, mine was a joking response and his was the flame. I got the moderation....he did not.LJS9502_basic
Did you report him?
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#41 SolidSnake35
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Pft.....I have an account I created out of joke in RC. I was posting on it....very low level and someone called me a noob....now since my main account was much higher I made the comment that he was more of a noob than I...with the ;) as a joke. I got modded for that. Ironically, mine was a joking response and his was the flame. I got the moderation....he did not.LJS9502_basic
Only a true noob would fall prey to such a moderation. ^_^
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#42 Mercenary848
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[QUOTE="Mercenary848"]

[QUOTE="tenczas9"]no the mods are horrible because I once called someone a "noob" and a "moron" in a forum and got a point loss for it.........lol if thats considered bad I'd hate to think how many people get banned in forums.LJS9502_basic

Well that is flameing they had every right to mod you, I have seen some sights where you can be banned on the spot for it.

Pft.....I have an account I created out of joke in RC. I was posting on it....very low level and someone called me a noob....now since my main account was much higher I made the comment that he was more of a noob than I...with the ;) as a joke. I got modded for that. Ironically, mine was a joking response and his was the flame. I got the moderation....he did not.

In that case you got screwed over for trying to be funny which was a mods mistake, but just wondering some sites don't show other peoples moderations did your post get deleted and his did not.

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#43 foxhound_fox
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It isn't the mods fault the ToU sucks. They are upholding the rules very well, it's just the rules themselves are so vague and mindbogglingly stupid that it just seems like the mods fault.
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#44 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Pft.....I have an account I created out of joke in RC. I was posting on it....very low level and someone called me a noob....now since my main account was much higher I made the comment that he was more of a noob than I...with the ;) as a joke. I got modded for that. Ironically, mine was a joking response and his was the flame. I got the moderation....he did not.Jandurin
Did you report him?

Considering I had his quote in my post....that shouldn't have been necessary now should it? And no I didn't. Petty to the max.
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Considering I had his quote in my post....that shouldn't have been necessary now should it. And no I didn't. Petty to the max.LJS9502_basic
You can't blame them for not modding his post if it wasn't reported :? If you've ever read the AtM forum, they never seem to take things into context, and they NEVER EVER read the posts quoted within the post they're moderating. At least, not in my experience.
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It isn't the mods fault the ToU sucks. They are upholding the rules very well, it's just the rules themselves are so vague and mindbogglingly stupid that it just seems like the mods fault.foxhound_fox

So the ToU decides the punishment too?

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#47 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Considering I had his quote in my post....that shouldn't have been necessary now should it. And no I didn't. Petty to the max.Jandurin
You can't blame them for not modding his post if it wasn't reported :? If you've ever read the AtM forum, they never seem to take things into context, and they NEVER EVER read the posts quoted within the post they're moderating. At least, not in my experience.

If that's true then mods are unnecessary. They ARE PERMITTED to moderate violations they see on their own. I had his quote in my post...which they def saw since they modded my account.:|

And any moderation should be looked at for context...otherwise every post made is liable to be a moderation.

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If that's true then mods are unnecessary. They ARE PERMITTED to moderation violations they see on their own. I had his quote in my post...which they def saw since they modded my account.:|LJS9502_basic
Who would moderate if there were no moderators? Once again, I don't think most of them read the other quotes.
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And any moderation should be looked at for context...otherwise every post made is liable to be a moderation.

LJS9502_basic
This, this I agree with :|

Context needs to be taken into account. EVERY time. If I were moderating people, I know I'd read more into it than just the user's post I was moderating :|
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[QUOTE="tenczas9"]no the mods are horrible because I once called someone a "noob" and a "moron" in a forum and got a point loss for it.........lol if thats considered bad I'd hate to think how many people get banned in forums.Mercenary848

Well that is flameing they had every right to mod you, I have seen some sights where you can be banned on the spot for it.

Has anyone ever been out in the real world? The way they moderate seems like they're treating us as 5 years olds that have never been outside. Walk a lap in a high school hallway and you'll hear about 20x worse than this....come on now. Some of us need to grow up a tad :p