Do you think its right to have your level lowered for reporting a mod? I don't think they should lower your level for it but, instead should give you a warning or ignore the report. I don't know, it just seems like they're trying to flex thier e toughness.
Do you think its right to have your level lowered for reporting a mod? I don't think they should lower your level for it but, instead should give you a warning or ignore the report.mark30001
If you're abusing the report yes. But if the moderator did break the rules then no. Edit: Of course it depends on if you have any similar moderations already.
You don't get modded for reporting a mod, however you can get modded for reporting things which do not break the TOS. Also if you have a problem with a moderation you're best off making a thread in "Ask the mods" to get more info then contacting customer support.
How do we know they dont watch out for each other? Even when they do something wrong?mark30001
Some of them may, if it's blatant abuse like flaming or advertising then you should bring it up with customer service or maybe PM a different mod for their opinion.
Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't. Cases in point calling another user an ass, and implying that another user was a under 13 as an insult, both of which were deemed acceptable.
Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't. Cases in point calling another user an ass, and implying that another user was a under 13 as an insult, both of which were deemed acceptable.Funky_Llama
You're never going to let it go?
[spoiler] Or should I say: Don't be an ass about it? :P [/spoiler]
[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't. Cases in point calling another user an ass, and implying that another user was a under 13 as an insult, both of which were deemed acceptable.horgen123
You're never going to let it go?
[spoiler] Or should I say: Don't be an ass about it? :P [/spoiler] I wouldn't if I were him. I said, "Jerk" and "Loser" and got moderated. "Ass" is much more insulting than either of those two. It's even considered a bad word by this site's standards where as those two are not. For your knowledge: Admin moderate mods, not fellow mods. They're usually a little more harsh when it comes to punishing false reports than typical mods are because you're wasting their time. With regular reports it goes to the mods, which is what they've signed up for, so it's not such a big deal if it's unsubstantiated.
[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't. Cases in point calling another user an ass, and implying that another user was a under 13 as an insult, both of which were deemed acceptable.horgen123
You're never going to let it go?
[spoiler] Or should I say: Don't be an ass about it? :P [/spoiler] I'm gonna need to use the phrase 'don't be an ass about it' at every opportunity to bait a mod into modding me, and then I'll totally pwn their asses in AtM, 'cause that's the way I roll. >_>
[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't.the_foreign_guy
Bingo. Useless to go to AtM also. They'll never admit they were wrong and scrounge the vague ToU to justify their actions.This is true. Having said that I did once get a moderation reversed there. It was one of the most unexpected things that has ever happened to me. O_o
[QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't.Funky_Llama
Bingo. Useless to go to AtM also. They'll never admit they were wrong and scrounge the vague ToU to justify their actions.This is true. Having said that I did once get a moderation reversed there. It was one of the most unexpected things that has ever happened to me. O_o Woah! That's like 1 in a million to the exponent million! Consider yourself lucky. Also buy several lottery tickets.
[QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"][QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"] Bingo. Useless to go to AtM also. They'll never admit they were wrong and scrounge the vague ToU to justify their actions.This is true. Having said that I did once get a moderation reversed there. It was one of the most unexpected things that has ever happened to me. O_o Woah! That's like 1 in a million to the exponent million! Consider yourself lucky. Also buy several lottery tickets. I had one reversed yesterday...
[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]I've done it before. I only penalized users for reporting mods just because they were angry they got modded for something.LJS9502_basic
But what if the mod was wrong? Then I wouldn't do anything and just leave it to the admins. But say for instance, someone makes a spam thread in a union and a mod comes in and closes it and posts a warning in the board about it. Someone would report that mod for some stupid reason like disrupitve posting or something. That clearly is abusing the report abuse feature, and that user would get punished.
[QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]This is true. Having said that I did once get a moderation reversed there. It was one of the most unexpected things that has ever happened to me. O_oxaos
Woah! That's like 1 in a million to the exponent million! Consider yourself lucky. Also buy several lottery tickets. I had one reversed yesterday... You should buy me a lottery ticket as well. ¬_¬
Do you think its right to have your level lowered for reporting a mod? I don't think they should lower your level for it but, instead should give you a warning or ignore the report. I don't know, it just seems like they're trying to flex thier e toughness.mark30001
You report a politely-worded post that contained absolutely nothing anyone at all would consider a breach of the Terms of Use, and you expect us not to tell you not to do it again?
[QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"][QUOTE="Funky_Llama"]Usually no point in reporting them anyway. They'll get away with what normal users wouldn't.Funky_Llama
Bingo. Useless to go to AtM also. They'll never admit they were wrong and scrounge the vague ToU to justify their actions.This is true. Having said that I did once get a moderation reversed there. It was one of the most unexpected things that has ever happened to me. O_o Yeah, pretty surprising. I tried that once, but they told me that it was impossible to reverse them and that they couldn't do anything about it....which sucks.
I've never had to report a mod for anything, but I imagine that the reason it is hard to successfully report them is that a lot of the rules are left to moderator discretion.
[QUOTE="Funky_Llama"][QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"] Bingo. Useless to go to AtM also. They'll never admit they were wrong and scrounge the vague ToU to justify their actions.the_foreign_guy
This is true. Having said that I did once get a moderation reversed there. It was one of the most unexpected things that has ever happened to me. O_o Woah! That's like 1 in a million to the exponent million! Consider yourself lucky. Also buy several lottery tickets. I think it helped that the mod was Elraptor, who is pretty damn reasonable. I think it depends a lot on which mod happens to answer your thread. [spoiler] If it's Duxup, you're screwed >_> [/spoiler]
How do we know they dont watch out for each other? Even when they do something wrong?mark30001
You reported this post: "Please note that (1) AtM is not a reporting board, and (2) we have no jurisdiction in the shared boards (i.e., game-specific boards like the one you linked). Both of these points are made in the stickies, which you should read before posting. If you believe the thread is a ToU violation, please report it, and the GameFAQs mod team will attend to it. Thanks. :)" That was a response that you got - and you reported - for asking why one of your threads on a board that we have no authority over (GameFaqs) got locked. I'll leave it to the collective wisdom of the people replying to your topic to determine if that was an abusive report or not. My personal opinion, I've rarely seen a weaker case than yours when someone tries to allege a grand moderator conspiracy to cover up moderator abuse of power and authority and that the abusive mark was clearly justified. :P
I think it helped that the mod was Elraptor, who is pretty damn reasonable. I think it depends a lot on which mod happens to answer your thread.
Funky_Llama
Your comment reminds me of a moderation I got for telling another user the person he called a girl was a he...I thought. I got modded for say I thought and when I questioned it in ATM and told them I thought so because the user posted a picture of a male I was told I should have had more evidence. What???
[QUOTE="BayAreaX"][QUOTE="duxup"]Contact customer service is the best way to go.LJS9502_basic
im assuming that will involve alot of waitingSometimes it involves no response ever....Yep. I've contacted Customer Service about two things. One of them I waited over a month for and got a response from JodyR, which I strongly suspect was a generic one, that suggested I read the religious topic guidelines. The other, I've still had no answer to as yet.
I think it helped that the mod was Elraptor, who is pretty damn reasonable. I think it depends a lot on which mod happens to answer your thread.
LJS9502_basic
Your comment reminds me of a moderation I got for telling another user the person he called a girl was a he...I thought. I got modded for say I thought and when I questioned it in ATM and told them I thought so because the user posted a picture of a male I was told I should have had more evidence. What??? At least you didn't get moderated for an opinion. Hell, everyone that thread got moderated for posting their opinion because a mod got upset. I'm not going to name any names though.
I think it helped that the mod was Elraptor, who is pretty damn reasonable. I think it depends a lot on which mod happens to answer your thread.
LJS9502_basic
Your comment reminds me of a moderation I got for telling another user the person he called a girl was a he...I thought. I got modded for say I thought and when I questioned it in ATM and told them I thought so because the user posted a picture of a male I was told I should have had more evidence. What???...wow. That's a real WTF one. O_o Reminds me of another AtM thread where they refused to get rid of a trolling moderation because an article the article the guy had posted turned out to be inaccurate.
At least you didn't get moderated for an opinion. Hell, everyone that thread got moderated for posting their opinion because a mod got upset. I'm not going to name any names though. the_foreign_guy
...wow. That's a real WTF one. O_o Reminds me of another AtM thread where they refused to get rid of a trolling moderation because an article the article the guy had posted turned out to be inaccurate.Funky_Llama
That reminds me of this one user that got banned for posting an article on IGN about some pron website. I didn't know remember what the article was about, but it was hilarious. The reason for his moderation was "indirectly linking to pron." After that, I'm surprised that posting a link to google won't get you moderated.
[QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"] At least you didn't get moderated for an opinion. Hell, everyone that thread got moderated for posting their opinion because a mod got upset. I'm not going to name any names though. LJS9502_basic
You had the wrong opinion?Apparently, hence the reason I try to stay away from religion topics.
That reminds me of this one user that got banned for posting an article on IGN about some pron website. I didn't know remember what the article was about, but it was hilarious. The reason for his moderation was "indirectly linking to pron." After that, I'm surprised that posting a link to google won't get you moderated.the_foreign_guy
Apparently, hence the reason I try to stay away from religion topics.the_foreign_guy
I think I remember that dude...can't remember his name now. It's tricky in those threads but you have to be very careful.
That reminds me of this one user that got banned for posting an article on IGN about some pron website. I didn't know remember what the article was about, but it was hilarious. The reason for his moderation was "indirectly linking to pron." After that, I'm surprised that posting a link to google won't get you moderated.the_foreign_guy
This is a good point... in both cases, you're only one step away from teh pronz.
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