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Besides the moderation you might see, there's also the daily maintenance moderation. Has someone posted spam links to site that offers college paper writing? Timeshares in Viet Nam? Sex dolls for sale?
I figure most people who might get clipped probably know exactly which edge they were skirting, and likely don't need an email from me explaining that, "You broke rule number 24, paragraph 2; and your sentence is ___." The more time I spend doing stuff like that, the less that I'm spending on worthwhile content for the site. I'd rather do less of the former, and more of the latter.
I don't want to spend time separating people who want to have their own battles. But I also figure if people are going to stop in here, they also don't want to waste their valuable time on stuff like that. It's sort of like a bar cleaning up the empty bottles and plates of half-eaten chicken wings.
During the weekends , you are out on the dirt , getting pics , taking interviews and so forth......and I think you some times take things out of context , by rushing through a thread. You weren't on here during the busy time ( race weekends ) , and the vibe you got , isn't always what you think. The things you read , could have been carried over from a few different threads. The " trolls " around here , are easy to spot within the first 10 - 20 posts they make. Maybe give a little more power to someone like Mav , that see's that shit a mile away? That's all I gotta say.
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CONSISTENCY, of which there is very little here.
And your wisecrack about Paragraph 2, section 12...it would not be out of line for you to put "This post veered into politics" or "Personal attack" and clip as you must. Instead you just delete things as you see fit, and you've pissed off a LOT of folks with that tactic. Because no, oftentimes people have no idea why you've clipped something because 1. you dont' tell them and 2. it's for your own personal reasons.
The most egregious is how you make fun of your customers, but if you are ok doing that, then that's on you and no rationalizing with you is going to help.
thanks for the conversation.
Also I sure as hell don't want the job of a mod on any forum, but I'm glad some people do it.
But one of the two of us has been doing this for about 20 years. I think I've been reasonably consistent over that span of time. I've also learned a lot about human behavior.
With that being said, wouldn’t it be easier to post a warning to the individual/s skirting the line? If they get clipped after the warning there’s no excuse for sniveling.
I often do fire warning shots. But obviously I can't do that while I'm busy shooting a race. I actually avoid the forum a bit after a race, so I can continue working on that night's content, and I don't get sucked into cleaning up alcohol-fueled post-race comments.
Yes, VitalMx is the number one MX site on the web (and I hope it stays that way), but all too often the mighty fall- and often due to an indifference toward their customers..my 2 cents..
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It was a matter of keeping the kids in line...they learned the rules of the road, the players in the game and a little pespectednessness of the engreish languagessness
Sometimes they've turned into professional line-steppers, and that gets tiresome. Trying to justify why someone who's been here a long time might appear to get treated differently than a first-day noob is a no-win situation for me. I might value them differently, but they pretty much need to be treated the same. Otherwise, I have to try to explain it, and that doesn't work well.
In a lot of cases, an email to me (mostly as a reminder) is the best way to get reinstated. Unless I happen to think the poster is full of it, and not worth saving.
But how about a clever jab? No?
Guy B and his band of moderators do a pretty good job overall. Moderating is a pretty thankless job.
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