Would you consider the twickster dislike to [del]be naturalborn (naturalborne? natural-born? natural-borne?)[/del] have arisen natively or as the product of an active campaign?
Personally, I’d peg it at 20%/80%, based on actual complaints from those she has modded and those that participated in/followed the threads involved versus those who repeat old claims and/or those who make the same complaint several times in the same thread and/or those who admit that they actually had no problem with a current decision but still…
What I’m trying to say that while there are legitimate resaons to complain sometimes, there is also a lot of what I consider to be padding. Just my opinion.
There’s a pretty yawning gap between not making any unpopular decisions and not making lots. As I pointed out before, twicks mods MPSIMS. If a mod is having trouble maintaining control over kitteh picture and MMPs controversies, maybe it just ain’t her bag.
And maybe it’s at some point inbetween.
There is also the problem of MPSIMS - that it is the catch-all forum for stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else. Some people forget that it isn’t GD or The Pit and act in ways that will get them called out. Just because it is “all kitteh pictures” doesn’t mean people aren’t jerks there.
Could the moderating be smoother? Sure. Would I want to do it? Oh, hell no.
So how do you explain the fact that she is the only moderator guaranteed to cause a multi-page thread in ATMB on a monthly basis?
- Apparently in this biz someone has to be the low person on the totem pole.
- Pushed perception. In this thread people have admitted that she made the right decision, and yet you(and others) have added this thread to the list to show that she is unpopular. By doing this you inadvertedly help to create the perception you are also reporting-a self fulfilling prophesy of sorts.
Surely you cannot be serious. I had a recent thread asking a question about moderation. Oooh, that’s me, such a complainer!
I’m not saying it does, but if you don’t think that everything someone with a bad history does will be viewed in that light, you’re crazy. As far as this particular modding goes, I don’t think what she did is even remotely a violation. Some of her other recent actions are much more questionable.
Right about here is where you lose everyone…
So, is this thread about which pitches **twickster **calls balls and which pitches **twickster **calls strikes, or is it about the way she calls balls and strikes?
Either way it’s ridiculous. Insults are hard to judge. **Nunzio **can’t be *surprised *his post was deemed snarky/insulting, and it came out of nowhere.
And the smart-ass way moderators moderate has a long and storied history here.
I understand that. I’m saying that history doesn’t always translate into a rational complaint, and in this case it doesn’t.
And this post is an example of what I’ve talked about when I question the perceptions put forth in threads like these. Talking about how his statement loses you is one thing, but when you include the word “everyone” it indicates a large groundswell that just isn’t in evidence.
My post, like yours, was a hypothetical.
It reflects poorly on her moderating skills. A decent moderator shouldn’t have this many complaints, some of which that are actually valid where twickster actually had to apologize. Just look at you Marley23, C K Dexter Haven, Gfactor, tomndebb, Ellen Cherry, Idle Thoughts, and I’m sure there are many others. I don’t think there’s any other moderator/administrator that receives nearly as many complaints and especially valid ones where the moderator must admit that what they did was wrong.
My join date is irrelevant because I was able to find the links where twickster just by googling and going through old ATMB complaints about her. Just because I’ve only been here for four months doesn’t mean that I can’t see that twickster doesn’t practice what she preaches. Sure, you know twickster way better than I do. But it’s clear to most people here that she isn’t practicing what she preaches. That’s the point. It’s like enforcing rules which you don’t abide to yourself.
Do you people also complain when somebody cooks dinner for you, that they didn’t make it the same way you would have?
I would say the latter. I personally have no problem with twickster’s moderation. She shouldn’t be replaced because of the complaints of a vocal few.
Speak for yourself.
To be fair to twickster, she was not aware that it was objectionable to call someone an asshole in violation of forum rules because no one actually reported it.
Valid complaints reflect mistakes and bad judgments, and you can come to your own conclusions about anyone’s moderating skills. But volume alone does not reflect poor performance. I’ve had plenty of complaints - sometimes because I was wrong, others because I didn’t express my point clearly, and others because people didn’t like being moderated right or wrong. If you think twickster is doing a bad job, you’re entitled to your opinion- but volume alone doesn’t substantiate that claim. Nor does the “she moderated another mod!” thing.
To be fair to the others in this thread, what does that have to do with the OP? You are highlighting my point that repeating old complaints adds nothing but volume to the perception seen by some here.
If we are talking about whether a moderator should remain a moderator, does it matter if the complaint is old? That one is pretty damn egregious.