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Buckingham Palace has announced that Queen Elizabeth II has died.
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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday September 10 2022, @09:52AM (3 children)
You have an account so you can moderate too. Is the problem that other people don't agree with your moderations? That is the way the world is, we all have different opinions from time to time. Or do you think you have some kind of moderation ban in force - there is none that I can see?
I can't help any further because I don't quite understand why "the rest of us can't" complain about the moderation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 10 2022, @07:52PM (2 children)
Of course not, but you mod "the rest of us" down for it anyway.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday September 11 2022, @06:15AM (1 child)
You seem to think that I, or at least I and the other admins, are the only people who moderate.
The latest statistics for the 10 Sep show that administrators made 2 moderations out of a total of 150 made on that day. That is 1.33%. You are moderated by the community. These statistics are slightly lower than a typical 'normal' day where it is usually around 3%. Administrators also mod comments up as well as down, as well as revert malicious moderations. That people have different views or opinions is simply a fact of life.
It was the community that were fed up with all of the disruptive and off-topic posting, frequently aimed at specific individuals. It was the community who were asking for a ban on AC posting (look at the IRC logs for evidence if you remain unconvinced). There had been numerous requests for such a move for over 18 months. It was the community members who were leaving the site because it was no longer possible to have an intelligent discussion because of a small but significant number of idiots. Even those former community members who were most instrumental in creating and setting up this site left because they were ashamed and disappointed with what it had become. You have every right to feel aggrieved for how ACs might be viewed, but you are aiming your complaints at the wrong people.
Furthermore, by remaining as ACs you are removing your own ability to influence how the site is managed and operates in the future. You cannot help downmod the bad posts. You only have a limited voice when we seek opinions because we cannot identify every AC as an individual. You cannot help us manage the site by more practical means because you insist on remaining anonymous.
The moderation system allows a community member to build up a reputation - good or bad - that can be recognised by other members. This reflects how they view each comment and how much they can rely on the nickname for accurate and relevant information. You might not be aristarchus yourself - but all the community members see is 'Anonymous Coward'. This is a choice that you have made and I fully accept that it is your right to do so. You may have very good reasons for your decision. If, over time, the quality of AC posts improves (which are sometimes very good but buried in a lot of AC posts that are much worse) then perhaps the view of AC posts will change.
This may not be how you would like the moderation system to work. It may not be a perfect system or even a good system. But is the system that we have and until we can modify the source code it will remain unchanged.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 11 2022, @10:51PM
*you*, the "community", with the fragile egos that can't take any criticism, not you specifically, but nice diversion... and quite the novela (among several) you seem so compelled to write, though rather stuffy and banal