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Moderation is just ridiculous

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lilol' me
Comply Or Die
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2016-06-24 11:34:45 UTC
I have to say, i have held my tongue on this but the moderation on these forums are just horrific and draconian. I feel like people are being censored, and part of some dictorship regime. the mods are just coming out with any excuse to close any thread about any type of thing they dont like. There is basically an excuse rule for anything.

You see also that certain people get anyway with anything, whilst others get closed immediately.

Guys want to post free just go to other forums, even reddit/r/eve , at least then you dont get modded to hell about any silly thing.

rant over..


and yes you can lock it for ranting, cos i am. ibtl and all that bs
Dirty Forum Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#2 - 2016-06-24 11:36:28 UTC
lilol' me wrote:
I have to say, i have held my tongue on this but the moderation on these forums are just horrific and draconian. I feel like people are being censored, and part of some dictorship regime. the mods are just coming out with any excuse to close any thread about any type of thing they dont like. There is basically an excuse rule for anything.

You see also that certain people get anyway with anything, whilst others get closed immediately.

Guys want to post free just go to other forums, even reddit/r/eve , at least then you dont get modded to hell about any silly thing.

rant over..


and yes you can lock it for ranting, cos i am. ibtl and all that bs

Read the forum rules...

also inb4lock

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool. They lay. They rotted. They turned Around occasionally. Bits of flesh dropped off them from Time to time. And sank into the pool's mire. They also smelt a great deal.

Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings (Sussex)
lilol' me
Comply Or Die
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2016-06-24 11:38:50 UTC
Dirty Forum Alt wrote:
lilol' me wrote:
I have to say, i have held my tongue on this but the moderation on these forums are just horrific and draconian. I feel like people are being censored, and part of some dictorship regime. the mods are just coming out with any excuse to close any thread about any type of thing they dont like. There is basically an excuse rule for anything.

You see also that certain people get anyway with anything, whilst others get closed immediately.

Guys want to post free just go to other forums, even reddit/r/eve , at least then you dont get modded to hell about any silly thing.

rant over..


and yes you can lock it for ranting, cos i am. ibtl and all that bs

Read the forum rules...

also inb4lock



duh thats the issue....Evil
Dirty Forum Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#4 - 2016-06-24 11:41:45 UTC
lilol' me wrote:
Dirty Forum Alt wrote:
lilol' me wrote:
I have to say, i have held my tongue on this but the moderation on these forums are just horrific and draconian. I feel like people are being censored, and part of some dictorship regime. the mods are just coming out with any excuse to close any thread about any type of thing they dont like. There is basically an excuse rule for anything.

You see also that certain people get anyway with anything, whilst others get closed immediately.

Guys want to post free just go to other forums, even reddit/r/eve , at least then you dont get modded to hell about any silly thing.

rant over..


and yes you can lock it for ranting, cos i am. ibtl and all that bs

Read the forum rules...

also inb4lock



duh thats the issue....Evil

Threads that follow them are fine, threads that break the rules aren't....and the ISD's are pretty consistent on the whole, as well as refreshingly active.

No system is perfect, but the EVE forums are better moderated than most I've been part of.

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool. They lay. They rotted. They turned Around occasionally. Bits of flesh dropped off them from Time to time. And sank into the pool's mire. They also smelt a great deal.

Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings (Sussex)
Trader20
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2016-06-24 11:42:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Trader20
Eve forum moderators are pretty tame compared to other forum sites. Go to any computer hardware forum and see the flame wars they let go on. I've never seen so many personal attacks go unmoderated in threads for Nvidia vs amd. It will make your eyes bleed.

Also reddit is a popularity contest for social justice warriors, so enough said about that.
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#6 - 2016-06-24 11:45:44 UTC
Counter to this, huge thanks to the ISDs from me for allowing discussions to take part lately.

Moderation has been toned back significantly and it's great that people have much more of an opportunity to express themselves, even if I haven't been here much.

Since Bastorlode took the reins there has been a definite softening in moderation that is much appreciated.
Maekchu
Doomheim
#7 - 2016-06-24 11:46:26 UTC
Please show me a thread that has been locked that was not against the forum rules...

No?

Then I guess the system is working as intended.
Gimme Sake
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2016-06-24 11:50:28 UTC
OP I don't think you actually know what dictature is. You wouldn't point to reddit otherwise.

"Never not blob!" ~ Plato
Dirty Forum Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#9 - 2016-06-24 11:53:23 UTC
Maekchu wrote:
Please show me a thread that has been locked that was not against the forum rules...

No?

Then I guess the system is working as intended.

Alternatively feel free to provide an example of, as you claim, "certain people getting away with anything" - by linking a thread that *does* break the forum rules but didn't get locked.

I don't think you can.

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool. They lay. They rotted. They turned Around occasionally. Bits of flesh dropped off them from Time to time. And sank into the pool's mire. They also smelt a great deal.

Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings (Sussex)
Caeltrayian
Perkone
Caldari State
#10 - 2016-06-24 11:55:36 UTC
Well this one hasnt got locked yet :P
Arkoth 24
Doomheim
#11 - 2016-06-24 12:05:50 UTC
I had my posts deleted for calling someone "gay".

What's wrong with being gay anyway? It was not an insult. Should i use "homosexualist" instead? Or there's no gays on this forums allowed?

Evelopedia via Wayback Machine
Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri
Dreamweb Industries
Novus Ordo.
#12 - 2016-06-24 12:09:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri
Every single MMORPG forum "community" that I saw or took part in was obnoxious. Surprisingly, it was completely irrelevant whether the game was mostly populated by 15yo schoolboys or adults in their thirties. The only explanation I have for this phenomenon is that all level-headed players are too busy actually playing the game instead of feeding feline feces to the ceiling fan on the forums.


Thanks to the draconian moderation, this forum is relatively dead, but at the same time more or less civil.

Reddit can moderate itself with the upvote/downvote system, but it leads to the same malaise that every public subreddit shares: the notorious circlejerk. Reddit is not a neutral ground for sharing opinions, so, technically, you can speak out there, but whether or not you'll be heard depends on the popular opinion.

Finally, if you can speak Russian, go visit eve-ru.com. After you've spent some time in that cesspit of filth and gonorrhea, you'll realize that moderation here is not that bad.

Agent of the New Order

Live by the Code - die by the Code.

The Voice of Highsec
Arkoth 24
Doomheim
#13 - 2016-06-24 12:16:58 UTC
Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri wrote:
...go visit eve-ru.com.

Dat was cruel.

Evelopedia via Wayback Machine
Elenahina
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2016-06-24 13:00:37 UTC
tl;dr:

Forums are fine.
OP is whiny.
Lock pls.

Eve is like an addiction; you can't quit it until it quits you. Also, iderno
Hawke Frost
#15 - 2016-06-24 13:11:16 UTC
The rules aren't restrictive at all, they can be translated into "don't be a raging ******". The only people who have a problem with these rules are.... you guessed it.
Anthar Thebess
#16 - 2016-06-24 13:19:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Anthar Thebess
Smack McBacon
Doomheim
#17 - 2016-06-24 13:41:03 UTC
Ouch! Mah FeelsCry
Hallvardr
#18 - 2016-06-24 13:54:58 UTC
ibl - haven't been on one of these in a long time ... yea ! Shocked
Sustrai Aditua
Intandofisa
#19 - 2016-06-24 13:55:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Sustrai Aditua
Much as I agree with this post:

BOYCOTT REDDIT!!!

remember the Boston Marathon Bomber fiasco!!

Stay away from places that give mittens a home.


This is our forum for good or ill. If we stay loyal and persist, we may BEAT these...not the ISDs believe me.
These OTHER people. Free speech on the internet! Don't let the corporations OWN US!

PS This discussion is "forbidden"! Woo hoo.

If we get chased by zombies, I'm tripping you.
Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#20 - 2016-06-24 14:58:01 UTC
Honestly, I find Reddit a pain to navigate.
I guess I'm just old.

--Non-IT Gadget
(What am I checking my drivers for, DUI's?)

Work smarter, not harder. --Scrooge McDuck, an eminent old-Earth economist

Given an hour to save New Eden, how would respected scientist, Albertus Eisenstein compose his thoughts? "Fifty-five minutes to define the problem; save the galaxy in five."
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