Moderators needed
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AquariusOutkast
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sorry, but what does a moderator do?
winnipegjets
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AquariusOutkast said:
bans people he/she doesn't like. that's about it.
sabbath92001
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We don't need moderators, we need therapists.
actually, a moderator is very important on this site. It should be someone who's online a fair amount, responsible, honest and fair. I believe the duties would include monitoring the site, just to oversee everything, be of assistance if anyone needs help, and make sure people follow some pretty basic rules. They would make sure posts were not abusive to other members, name-calling, violent or racist in nature..stuff like that. This should be pretty straight forward to most, but, as we've seen lately on this site...is not followed by everyone! To say that we don't need moderators on this site is inaccurate...have you seen the bullshit that has remained on here..verbal abuse to other members, extremely violent images, porn sites, explicit sexual talk and racism..shit like that doesn't belong here..and remember there are many younger people just signing in..who have enough shit to deal with...why should they be exposed to it? And moderators don't simply ban people 'they don't like', they ban members who can't follow simple rules..and delete their abusive posts. Anyone interested can pm me, and i'll forward your name to the webmaster, or you can pm the webmaster yourself. Thanks guys :wink:AquariusOutkast said:
sickofbeinglonely
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Excellent post, Maggie. As you know from the PMs we've exchanged I feel concerened about there not being moderators on the site. I'm not sure yet whether I'd be able to be a moderator or not but I certainly share your view about stopping posts that were abusive, racist, sexist, name-calling etc.
It surprises me that there are still threads from five or six months ago that don't belong on SPW. Threads about "hanging the administrators from a tree", telling people to get balls and that sort of thing. At the very least, these threads ought to be in the trash can. Better still they should be removed altogether as they don't serve any purpose other than to intimidate, upset and aggravate people who are vulnerable and have enough to deal with.
Maybe many people couldn't care less about these posts which include Silvio's recent posts. But hopefully sooner or later the old moderators will wake up and smell the diarrhoea!! (Sounds revolting but I couldn't resist that!)
Well done for persisting with this, Maggie. Of course we all need good therapists (and I've yet to find one) but we can't just sit back and let this antagonising shit continue.
It surprises me that there are still threads from five or six months ago that don't belong on SPW. Threads about "hanging the administrators from a tree", telling people to get balls and that sort of thing. At the very least, these threads ought to be in the trash can. Better still they should be removed altogether as they don't serve any purpose other than to intimidate, upset and aggravate people who are vulnerable and have enough to deal with.
Maybe many people couldn't care less about these posts which include Silvio's recent posts. But hopefully sooner or later the old moderators will wake up and smell the diarrhoea!! (Sounds revolting but I couldn't resist that!)
Well done for persisting with this, Maggie. Of course we all need good therapists (and I've yet to find one) but we can't just sit back and let this antagonising shit continue.
Butterflies
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We need moderators alright. Can someone do something about the images some users are posting -
leave to some other site.
leave to some other site.
Some of you may remember me from my time here. I moderated the forums up til a few months ago. But in June of this year, we had a very persistant troll who singled me out because he asked me a question that I couldn't answer. He took that as me being obstinate, so he hassled me relentlessly on the site and flooded my inboxes with (death) threats and neurotic messages. He continued to sign up under different IDs long after he'd been banned, leaving me horrible messages on each one. I freaked out and dropped the site like a hot potato. I haven't been back until today. So I want to apologise to everyone I neglected in the meantime, and say sorry for not being around to moderate since that time. I'm sure you can understand how I felt though, since I go through all the same sort of fears and phobias as everyone else on the forum. Hopefully I can get back to posting, but we'll have to see how it goes.
Kinetik..dude!! I'm so glad to see your post..not glad about the harassment and shit..that sucksKinetik said:
Sorry it went like that, it's really too bad that a few immature insensitive dimwits have to ruin it for everyone else..i, and likely everyone else, understand how difficult it must be to suffer from anxiety, and try to moderate a forum..and put up with all that crap. As you can likely see, we are in need of mods badly..are you still considering that? or no. I have a few people who have expressed interest in helping with the moderating. I'll send you a pm..(((((hugs))))) to you..missed you!
SocialRetahd
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Alright, I still have his PM that talks about killing me. How do I get his IP then track him down and press charges?
I couldn't agree more with you guys. I've had enough of coming across offensive images and opinions on here. I'd offer to be a mod but I wouldn't want to be in Kinetic's position! Who would? I wouldn't even want to have to sort through all the offensive images. Some of the images are shocking. I hope I'm not being soft here. I'd seriously rather not come on here just to avoid seeing the images.
As for moderators, I really think we need people who have kind of proven themselves. Maggie, reholla, tampa bay, sickofbeinglonely... folks like them have posted a lot of good stuff and have shown a real interest in the well-being of the forum. Hopefully we can get some respected people like that.
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