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[Allan Schumacher]

I have had my concerns addressed and they have been taken care of.

 

If I report someone is the person who is being reported made aware of who reported them and what the report said?

 

Just out of curiosity.

 

They are not.

 

 

Letting someone know who reported them could cause animosity and reprisals…better not to go there.

 

I discourage people from publicly announcing reports (and ignores) because it tends to just be an escalating thing, and comes across as a bit of a "power play/last word" type of comment.  It's not really necessary IMO.

 

 

 

 

My Hanar-Canyar-Don'tcareyah!  

 

Word though... but to be fair, if they see your post in under a respectable tone - they should respect that.  

 

Keep in mind that we're not great at reflecting our own tone (which we almost always perceive as being reasonable).  Royal we here, myself included.  But people like to bring in a lot of past baggage against poster's they don't get along with.  This stuff frustrates me.

 

I've been accused of being biased by both sides of a protracted feud because I didn't just outright ban the people that the others hated, when I was of the opinion that both sides typically acted in a virtually identical manner (and tried to punish in a similar way as a result).  Neither side ever felt what they were doing was worth the reaction I was doing, while I was clearly letting the other side get away with much, much worse.  It's important to note that people typically have no visibility on actions that a moderator makes on anyone but themselves.

 

My perspective on helping out with moderating

 

 

You may just be defending yourself or the thing you like, but responding to the negativity only feeds it. This is why I don't go into threads about things I disagree with any more.

 

For better or worse a lot of times I have additional context because I participate in the forums.  I can see "borderline stuff" from other areas of a thread that supplements my perspective if I come across posts that have been reported or that I think have escalated too far.  I do try to read the threads and determine the context, and will say that I am more lenient towards people that appear to be attacked and are responding defensively.  If I'm just coming across a general report in a forum I don't regularly visit, however, sometimes context is difficult (I usually don't do anything about those as I do have the advantage of moderation not being my actual nor a requirement of me).  When filling out a report, I do encourage people to give thorough explanations when possible to help frame the situation.  The board tags still work properly so you can quote additional text and the like if you feel it's necessary.

 

 

Lately I've seen a moderator offering to made a special thread about a character where people could express their non positive opinions outside of the main thread.

 

If you're referring to me bringing this up in Cole's thread, my goal was to absolutely NOT do this.  I was trying to establish that discussion about the character, even negative, would still be welcomed.  The request as made to me because they were afraid of being attacked, meaning on some level there's an unwelcoming perspective in other ways that their shouldn't be.

[Allan Schumacher]

I don't think I'm being bitter, I'm fine tbh. Just being honest from what not only what I've seen and been through, but many others around me as well.

 

For perspective, if most of your exposure is towards those that are often violating the rules, you're going to get a skewed perspective.  Most people feel I'm unfairly picking on them, even when I break up a fight between two different people.  I'm doing a bad job because I let the other side get away with so much more while I'm draconian towards them.

 

You also have to be careful of group perspectives.  If 8 people are all actively posting about a controversial subject, or worse targeting an individual, the chances of one person making a violation goes up.  But a violation against one is perceived as a violation against all.

 

 

Furthermore, if a poster has a history of being difficult, I'm going to take notice when I see the poster come up.  So if you are constantly flirting the lines of forum rules and/or consistently receive moderation, there's going to be two things working against you:

 

1. Your posts are more likely to be reported.  This is also an issue if you happen to be a target, too.  It also increases the likelihood of you getting caught in the blast because when I investigate a report, I typically read the thread, and I'll investigate for circumstances that indicates that they are deliberately targeting someone.
2. My leniency is going to be limited if you're a repeat offender.  Especially if there's other conflating variables such as a history of alt accounts and frequently interacting with others that are often also violating forum rules.

[Allan Schumacher]

Thread closed.  If you really wish to discuss this, send it to me in PM.