Moderation

[TourOfSardinia]

Forumers & Mods alike:

Moderation in All Things Hesiod 700BC

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Forumers & Mods alike:

Moderation in All Things Hesiod 700BC

You learn something new every day on this forum, I like it.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just wanna reach out to the moderator for being totally fair, sending my first ever warning and moderation of a post, including the old CN forum pre-2009, in fact I think my first ever warning and moderation on the Internet since ever I can remember.

I have mentioned as off-topic puns in race threads a wonder about a large amount of 'sudden profanity'.

However, if the approach in general has been with as peaceful, explanatory and kind-hearted warning as what I personally experienced earlier today, I would definitely say that the moderation on this forum is in a much, much better state of health than in other Internet forums I visit frequently.

A warning with a straight-forward to the point explanation and guideline is how to do it.

The only thing I might have missed was a user to be able to reply to with a "thanks for the reminder"
(but I recognize that this will probably quickly cause problems, seen in relation to the voluntary work which I consider distributed over a few shoulders...)

 

[E_F_]

When the message says the ban runs out on October 1st

Welcome back. Gone when we needed you the most. What did you do btw?

 

[Red Rick]

Welcome back. Gone when we needed you the most. What did you do btw?

Said things not worth repeating here.

 

[Unchained]

Welcome back. Gone when we needed you the most. What did you do btw?

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkuRK0LLA8&pp=ygUneW91IGxlZnQgbWUganVzdCB3aGVuIGkgbmVlZGVkIHlvdSBtb3N0


A song about being suspended!!

 

[hayneplane]

It feels like people are getting banned far too easily in the last 6 months and it has become ridiculous as most of the more prominent accounts in that time have had at least 1 short ban.

 

[hrotha]

Look, I know I'm not one to talk because I barely post anymore except to make snide comments or cheap jokes, it's not like I put any effort into my posts these days, but I sincerely believe something needs to be done about the Pogačar thread in the Clinic. People are just posting their every thought there, making 50 posts per minute just to say "ugh this sucks" or "you're all losers for not loving pogacar", fanboys vs haters discourse up the wazoo. The noise-to-signal ratio is insane and it renders the whole thread basically unusable

 

[AmRacer]

Look, I know I'm not one to talk because I barely post anymore except to make snide comments or cheap jokes, it's not like I put any effort into my posts these days, but I sincerely believe something needs to be done about the Pogačar thread in the Clinic. People are just posting their every thought there, making 50 posts per minute just to say "ugh this sucks" or "you're all losers for not loving pogacar", fanboys vs haters discourse up the wazoo. The noise-to-signal ratio is insane and it renders the whole thread basically unusable

Isn't it what Clinic threads are for?

 

[Unchained]

Look, I know I'm not one to talk because I barely post anymore except to make snide comments or cheap jokes, it's not like I put any effort into my posts these days, but I sincerely believe something needs to be done about the Pogačar thread in the Clinic. People are just posting their every thought there, making 50 posts per minute just to say "ugh this sucks" or "you're all losers for not loving pogacar", fanboys vs haters discourse up the wazoo. The noise-to-signal ratio is insane and it renders the whole thread basically unusable

I see something similar, but slightly different, people who I enjoy reading opinion from and many not so much, in state of the peloton, clinic,race related threads and Pogacar specific anything,, don't like him for winning, winning too much or the style and personality he has doing anything. He is the cycling anti hero lightning rod. Many people saying something along the lines of don't enjoy anything about cycling because of Pogacar domination .. maybe some dedicated area to vent displeasure for all things Pogacar..and another big race to go still..

 

[vwpe]

It feels like people are getting banned far too easily in the last 6 months and it has become ridiculous as most of the more prominent accounts in that time have had at least 1 short ban.

I have to agree. I dont know what has changed or happened but feels like something has changed last months and I can only agree I dont like how it is now either.

 

[E_F_]

I have just posted this in the Pogacar clinic thread: same applies here.


AS MODERATOR
Thankfully, there is some of what you describe first. There is also a desperate amount of the other, meaning that attempts at sensible discussion are in danger of being drowned out.

A reminder of a selection from forum rules, stickied at the top of this section:

And, in full, the clinic specific supplement to the rules


And back to the general rules for this one:

which I take as do not make accusations against each other here.


I would like to see what Hrotha descries as discussion of "the intricacies of human performance, the arms race, and the communicating vessels of cycling's doping industry", I'm sure most would. To enable and declutter that, I shall be taking a no-nonsense application of the rules above in regard to those who, again to quote Hrotha, prefer "flailing their arms around while they shout "oh yeah? well your guy is worse" "no he's not!" "is too!""

If you believe that you could be thought to be in that latter group, consider yourselves warned.

Perhaps we should have a "who is the most doped" thread for you to mercilessly dump all our (mine included) talk on the subject... I don't see how the discussion in and of itself is against the rules. But obviously it does derail the other discussions completely.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Hey guys,
I didn't know where to ask it so I came here. What purpose serves the "Follow" button?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

At a guess, you'll get notifications if someone you are following posts anything (similar to watching a thread). But I'm not sure. I am sure somebody can be unfollowed just as easily: experiment with it and let us know.

 

[Peyroteo94]

At a guess, you'll get notifications if someone you are following posts anything (similar to watching a thread). But I'm not sure. I am sure somebody can be unfollowed just as easily: experiment with it and let us know.

I followed 3 users and after 2 days, I still don't know. I don't see anything different

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I followed 3 users and after 2 days, I still don't know. I don't see anything different

Yep, I did the same experiment: the followee did post but I didn't get notified.

 

[zlev11]

the Must Be Positive About Everything All The Time crowd on this forum is making it unreadable. you're not allowed to post any kind of constructive criticism about the sport or the Positive Police will troll your posts. there's no point of having a discussion forum if you can't be critical of things you think are bad.

 

[Netserk]

the Must Be Positive About Everything All The Time crowd on this forum is making it unreadable. you're not allowed to post any kind of constructive criticism about the sport or the Positive Police will troll your posts. there's no point of having a discussion forum if you can't be critical of things you think are bad.

They would have a point if the response to that which did not live up to the "Must Be Positive About Everything All The Time" credo itself did live up to it. But the talk of it is far cheaper than the walk of it.

 

[Lequack]

So it seems @vwpe has now deleted their account (or was permabanned). Quite sad, we lose another active member.

 

[Tim Cahill]

So it seems @vwpe has now deleted their account (or was permabanned). Quite sad, we lose another active member.

Banned, though I would say that 'activity' in and of itself is a neutral value. Harold Shipman was an active member of the Nottingham medical community for example.

However, it wouldn't be classy to focus on the negatives when someone departs, so in the Christian spirit, I will say I will miss Vwpe pretending to have contacts in high places in the peloton, all of whom coincidentally parroted his previously expressed views. I read all his posts berating non-Pogacar believers as though they were spoken by Napoleon Dynamite, they just made more sense that way.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Banned, though I would say that 'activity' in and of itself is a neutral value. Harold Shipman was an active member of the Nottingham medical community for example.

However, it wouldn't be classy to focus on the negatives when someone departs, so in the Christian spirit, I will say I will miss Vwpe pretending to have contacts in high places in the peloton, all of whom coincidentally parroted his previously expressed views. I read all his posts berating non-Pogacar believers as though they were spoken by Napoleon Dynamite, they just made more sense that way.

I will miss his MVDP > WVA next LVL posts.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I will miss his MVDP > WVA next LVL posts.

His weekly chats with WVA himself talking about how much better MVDP was

 

[scribers]

I followed 3 users and after 2 days, I still don't know. I don't see anything different

I think you test followed me. But even the forum software has decided to ignore my shitposting

 

[Tim Cahill]

I think you get an email through, at least I seem to for threads I accidently followed.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I think you test followed me. But even the forum software has decided to ignore my shitposting

How do you know?