Vestibule Violator
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Joined: Saturday, 3rd August 2013, 18:59
The Mods Have Been Dropping The Ball
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the job our mods do, and I think they do a far better job than is normally expected of moderators, but I assume they would like to know if they are making some mistakes.
Here is the first example I would like to bring attention to: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=20291
Why was this moved to CYC? It was in GDD for a good reason, it was a thread about discussing design choices that we liked and that we didn't like. There was nothing CYC about that thread, and I even tried reporting it and requesting a moderator move it back and I was ignored.
Maybe I put it there on accident, and if so I apologize for wrongly accusing you, but even so the mods should have moved it back via my request, or at the very least responded.
Second example: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=20297
This had no reason to be locked. Let threads like that die on their own, there was nothing toxic going on or anything that implied there was something toxic going on. Don't fucking lock threads for no reason, and yes "The thread doesn't need to be open" is not a reason to close something in CYC. This one especially bothers me, the first example can at least be chalked up as a negligent misunderstanding, but in this situation its almost as though a moderator looked at the thread and just said "Lol it would be funny if I locked this, " and then actually did it.
Also, its not an excuse to say everything that could have been said had already been said, because I was right about to post something new there before it was locked.
That's two examples of failures to effectively moderate in the last few days, and I'm also not a fan of how the mods allowed the gender politics thread to go on so long then just abruptly end it. If you aren't okay with the discussion, just lock the thread and say why, don't let it go on that long and randomly decide its time to stop the discussion. But I'll admit maybe thats up for interpretation, unlike the first two examples. I imagine the mods were just trying to nip the thread in the bud to avoid any issues.
TL;DR: These are two mistakes that I felt I should express my disapproval of to the mod staff. Thank you for reading my criticism, and remember that I still appreciate the work you do, I just didn't want these mistakes to go unnoticed.
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