Twatty? Would it not be twattily?
The other thread was closed without explanation, Perhaps they think this one will die on its own.
Exactly what is Twickster supposed to say?
Firstly, it was Tuba who closed the other thread, so Twickster has nothing to answer for there.
Didn’t twickster admit she made an error in her choice of words in the thread under discussion? I don’t know if sackcloth and ashes and wearing a hair shirt are called for.
Has LIH been sighted since the pit thread about her started?
Twickster doesn’t need to say anything, it is actions that people are looking for. I think she should organize a big, sincere Group Hug and include anyone whose tender feelings have been hurt. Actions speak louder than words.
From your lips to the ears of— deity of your choice.
I was only half joking. But if people (even mods) keep posting in this thread it won’t happen.
The apology, which is unnecessary imo, is besides the point.
Why even have a forum that allows questions about the moderation? Several mods and an admin have posted in these two theads and not one of them has addressed any of the issues that have been raised. Why even bother when the feedback consists of nothing but retarded wisecracks? Get Ed to make a new sticky: Fuck Off and Don’t Ask Questions.
The mods probably feel, correctly, that the “issue” has been dealt with. The rest is just the yammering of the usual.
Makes sense. Typing “It’s been dealt with” is a Herculean task. I had to slay a lion and capture a bull just to make this one little post.
A fair number of those of us who are complaining HAVE stepped up and taken on the shitty job of moderator, just not here. I don’t get these kind of complaints on the boards that I administer.
See? Easy peasy. You’re lucky you didn’t want to change your username or something like that. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a virgin cockatrice?
What issues? A bunch of the usuals have a hard-on about Twickster, and this is just another thread where they get to wave their pitchforks. I doubt few really care about any issues, what they really want is a Pit thread where they can throw proper insults at her, instead of thread after thread of veiled insults. But Ed says you can’t pit mods so instead we get this thread, again and again.
Frankly this is a non-issue. If some other mod had slipped up and then gave themself a mod note they would be a board legend.
“Do you remember that time the mod gave themselves a warning? That has hilarious haha lol”
But it was Twickster so instead its another sign of the board going to hell or something. Meh, I’m not surprised the admins haven’t bothered addressing it.
(Though I’m probably just a skeevy mod defender, so what do I know eh?)
I agree with 99% of what Buckety Buck says, but I still think that one of the Mods who have posted here had come out and said “This is just a pile on of Twicks- there is nothing in it”, it may have helped.
It also may have inflamed the thread, but that seems to have happened anyway.
I agree 99% as well (but for different reasons, as I feel it really doesn’t matter in the long run as nothing will have changed), but saying the matter is considered closed rather than making lame jokes and closing the first thread would have probably been a better way to do it.
And why do you think that is? How come every other thread about other mods actions doesn’t turn into pile-ons against them?
Twix broke the rules. And once again we get some flip wave-away. What’s so bad about expressing our displeasure and why does that equal “pitchfork waving”?
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Independent of whether I agree with your post or not, this portion is a good observation about human nature.
Actually, you can pit mods for things that they do as regular posters. So if someone wanted to pit twickster for calling someone else a twat in MPSIMS, they could do it without a problem.
Well, it certainly wouldn’t have been a thread about moderation without you dropping in to push your nose further up their arses.
Bullshit like this doesn’t help, sam. A dismissal like yours doesn’t really come across as helpful, coming from a moderator. If you don’t think this issue has any merit, could you at least have the balls to come out and say it, rather than slip in passive-aggressive comments like this? I took your suggestion on page two to contact Ed and Dex directly - Dex responded that it’s being looked into, but that schedules are currently busy this weekend. I’m sure you were aware of that - so why are you trying to sweep it under the rug?
I was tempted to say something similar to this, but decided the low-key version was better. I was hoping he would get the point my way.
I felt that any answer representing the point of view of the management of the SDMB should come from an Administrator, not a moderator. Therefore I didn’t answer the OP. I’m really not trying to sweep it under the rug. I have no power to do that. Glad that at least you took my suggestion. But, as it happens, I was NOT aware of Dex’s reply to you. I am aware that weekends are pretty sketchy times to try to get admins/mods on here. Sorry for making comments that didn’t help. Seriously.