First 2018 Advisor Town Hall

[Chris]

Understood. Hopefully we can get the mods to chime in at some point to let us know where they stand on some of these hot button moderation issues. Unfortunately, no matter what they say, they are going to get attacked so they are damned if they do, damned if they don't.

The attacks should be ignored.

Mods needn't respond in a Town Hall, they can go off, discuss, and make announcements later.

[MisterVeritis]

I like hot oatmeal with milk and sugar.

Group hug?

[Chris]

I would like to see the advisors, mods, and @ADMIN talk and work on defining off-topic trolling and how to moderate it equally across the board. As well as explaining how one member is threadbanned for talking about a member after a warning was issued, but two additional members engaged in the same act are not (yea, I’m pretty sure it was reported). At the moment, the current metric isn’t close to passing the sniff test.

Thanks.

I would expect that the one who trolled or otherwise instigated the back and forth, the talking about members, to receive the heavier penalty. I would also expect members' history of such behavior to be considered. At least, moderation, as far back as I can remember, has done that.

[Chris]

I would like to see the advisors, mods, and @ADMIN talk and work on defining off-topic trolling and how to moderate it equally across the board. As well as explaining how one member is threadbanned for talking about a member after a warning was issued, but two additional members engaged in the same act are not (yea, I’m pretty sure it was reported). At the moment, the current metric isn’t close to passing the sniff test.

Thanks.

I would expect that the one who trolled or otherwise instigated the back and forth, the talking about members, to receive the heavier penalty. I would also expect members' history of such behavior to be considered. At least, moderation, as far back as I can remember, has done that.

[MisterVeritis]

Yeah, no more than 2 sentences before hitting return an extra time.

Or possibly three sentences. But not twenty.

[Bethere]

Group hug?

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[Green Arrow]

I do need to because Advisors are not doing their job and reporting it so mods start TBing those who refuse to quit talking about other members and, worse, about themselves.

Not controlling the TH is just as bad as members never getting any feedback on their suggestions and criticisms.

Oh, we’re not? How do you know what is and is not being reported?

[Chris]

Oh, we’re not? How do you know what is and is not being reported?

It's not being stopped.

Perhaps that's another suggestion for improvement, let the mods run Town Halls.

[Cletus]

I would like to take a second to offer a few words about our mods. They aren't perfect, I'm not trying to say that, but they are offering a service to this forum FREE OF CHARGE.

It isn't like they are guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They hardly do anything, and when they do, they generally $#@! it up.

[Tahuyaman]

The attacks should be ignored.

Mods needn't respond in a Town Hall, they can go off, discuss, and make announcements later.

Moderators should respond in town hall meetings. Generally the purpose of a town hall meeting is to get the authorities to respond to questions or concerns in a public setting.