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I personally don't have a dog in this fight, because I don't have an "issue" with moderation/the way this site is being moderated/nor the owners these days.
I want to ask you/and anyone else in collarme "angst" these days, I can only speak for Myself. I don't have angst. The comments that were on the other thread from Me that were about moderation were acknowledgements. The other topic was the decline of CM, which from My perspective, was about volume and activity. The consolidation of the threads in Politics and Religion surrounding the topics that sprung from the Sandy Hook shootings was a part of that.
Unfortunately, rather than seeing that as just a statement about that being a contributing factor, I think somebody saw it as a criticism. There was another post where Alpha had said the consolidation may have been a mistake in judgement. OK. That's a mistake and nobody is holding hard feelings. At the same time, if we're talking about things on the forums, it's still going to be a part of the discussion.
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What do you want done about the moderation {problems} you speak of? My way of thinking goes, if we realize that a mistake was made (any type) start looking at procedures to see what is needed to be implemented so it doesn't happen again or if the policy was in place so it didn't happen, what happened that the policy didn't work. There's only been two times that threads have been consolidated in Politics and Religion. One was the Zimmerman trial, et all and the threads that resulted from the Sandy Hook shootings. For Zimmerman it may have been the better decision. For Sandy Hook, it may not have been. Alpha said she made a mistake in approving the latter and I would believe there would be a serious hesitation before approving a consolidation again. That, in itself, is an improvement.
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What are you trying to accomplish? I would have to say it's for the sake of discussion. I get curious to see if other people see the things or patterns that I see. The "decline of CM" was in My thought patterns as a volume thing as compared to two years ago when I saw the opposite and created the thread on the "Holiday Effect" where sites like this see an upswing in people joining and participating during the holidays.
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I am fairly sure those that need to know are aware of how you feel, is there something you want done? Even if I tried to lighten the mood here with a joke, I don't think it would go over well. So, with every understanding that the suggestions may not be practical, that I am not complaining that they may not be considered, or any other thing, here are My thoughts:
If Alpha can see a way to do it considering her health and time constraints, I'd like to see her more interactive on the site again. Anybody who looked back a couple of years on threads about Moderation, I was a full supporter in the fact that when there was a problem and posters contacted Alpha, she responded. Things have changed since then so maybe she needs a person on her staff (one of the volunteers) who can be added as a second contact person for issues of higher levels of importance. Another possibility would be that if a poster has a problem with a particular Mod, it would be ok to contact an alternate Mod to ask Alpha to have a look at her mail.
This is a repeat from a few months ago. I think we'd be better off not putting policy on threads. The "you" statement post is a good example. If the problem with personal attacks can be solved with that kind of information, I would say it shouldn't just be on a thread. It can be made a sticky in the Administrative Announcement forum.
If there is a Mod on the team who is ill to the severity that's been mentioned on a couple of threads, maybe there should be a better way of double checking their work. People make mistakes when ill, busy, overworked, etc. Maybe the Mods would consider brainstorming about a good way to cover that.
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IF NOTHING is done, than ----> Is there some sort of time limit, or will you be here 6 months from now/next year/4 years from now/i.e. FOREVER/ typing the same sorts of things? I think I'll always be interested in discussing matters that relate to the forums, how posters react to the place, and the atmosphere in general. It's relative to the types of posts and responses that we see on the site.
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Thanks in advance
You are welcome and thank you for asking.
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