Mod control of Tubridy payment Thread

I never said any mod or admin is incapable of making a mistake or judging a situation badly.

But the fact is this thread is filled with pure ignorance and assertions that beasty is a bias, corrupt awful mod who’s just out to getcha (as most seem to be…)

i’ve made my opinion clear re RT & sinead and discussing his article; I won’t circle the wagon endlessly so I just wanted to say that for all the hardship he gets (undeservedly), I think he’s doing a great job and I would only hope to be half the mod beasty is as I said.

Im sure I am being chalked up to a kiss ass already, I do not care. I’m frankly disturbed at this trend of posters throwing their toys out of the pram in help desk when things don’t go their way.

Whatever happened to the first step in DRP discussing with the mod in question? Have any of you even spoken to beasty and asked him why?

Modding is a difficult task, it’s head wrecking, wouldn’t do it for any amount of money now. Getting constant threats to your well-being just not good for the old mental health. On the other hand I found some users criticised here were very reasonable even if they were hard to argue against because they presented a very rational argument. Even so the old one day or two day bans could allow cooling down time. I believed everyone deserved a voice, but I didn’t lie back and take personal threats, including one pm wishing I would soon be deceased as I hated elderly people. If that person knew the reality of roles I had taken on in life, the sentiment was obscene.

This we can definitely agree on.

It speaks to a bigger issue though which is what I’ve mentioned here, which is when posters (not all of course), get told no they become incredibly irate and hostile.

This thread is imo a prime example. The OP has admitted they never even spoke to Beasty, but yet they are running to HD to lambast moderators as if they have a clue.

I cringe when I mod some posters and/or threads because I just know the abuse I’m getting already. But then if we dont we get it from the other side.

You literally can’t win as a mod. Even in this thread, in a forum I’m not a mod, just because I’ve got silver stars I’m getting accused of god knows.

i probably am coming across a bit agitated unintentionally tbh reading back but I just can’t get this constant negativity and vitriol towards an individual who has and continues to do their best to help the site. Without people like Beasty I doubt boards would have survived migration if not before it.

You should know yourself as a former mod how difficult it is recode & the fact you’re jumping in to disparage mods as if they are not almost certainly getting twice the complaints people are bringing RT & sinead into the thread as they are getting now for putting a stop to it is crazy to me.

Moderation is almost always damned if you do and fanned if you don’t. Very rarely are you not going to tick off someone.

A modding scenario very well analysed.

I think the moderation in general is excellent. It’s a volunteer position, and everybody makes mistakes or has some biases, but overall the team manage to do a fine job. There’s noticeably less of them as well.

I know what you mean but it’s no secret the mod tools ain’t what they used to be (I perish the thought of being a mod pre migration) and I can’t say I disagree for a moment with the admins POV on the matter

if I was the one pulling the trigger on a suspected re reg, knowing they have no easy way to plead their case if I’m wrong I would be very, very careful about doing so

it’s something all of the admins and mods seem to be keenly aware of as well (that is posters are rather fed up of trolls); but as I’ve said 100 times for as many trolls we have there are too many posters getting sucked into the trolling themselves by responding to it.

I know it’s hard to do but I beg you all no matter where you’re posting please if you see someone and you’re convinced they’re a re reg troll, stop, don’t engage & report to the admins via RP function. If you talk to them they will not go away.

If they get attention they’ll keep coming back. Doubly true if they know they’re getting under your skin.