Revival of Locked Threads

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T17:47:03.000Z

One strategy for posters who do not like a thread about a topic that makes them uncomfortable is to flag everything in the hopes that the moderator will just take that thread away.

That strategy seems to be working.

I know now that I shouldn’t make any threads about politicians tweeting their support for white nationalists, for example, because the result will be flag spamming and thread deletion.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T17:48:07.463Z

Maybe people who spam the flag button should get a timeout so that the rest of us can enjoy more discussion.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T17:49:27.613Z

Imagine how much easier the moderators’ jobs would be.

conan · 2018-10-21T18:11:49.921Z

Good thing that “some” people aren’t moderators here.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T18:20:58.702Z

How do you get away with these responses as consistently as you do?

conan · 2018-10-21T18:25:18.002Z

Then start a petition to ban me.

Dem · 2018-10-21T18:25:45.921Z

The forums do seem to be moderated strictor than they used to be.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T18:30:41.310Z

conan:

Then start a petition to ban me.

It’s impressive what you get away with, when you aren’t making intelligent, informative posts that see past the media narratives. I’ve learned a lot from you, when you aren’t making occasional posts like the one you made in this thread.

I don’t know why I would start a petition to take that knowledge away from myself. I’m not a masochist.

The good overwhelmingly outweighs the bad. Maybe that’s why you can say things that would get me a timeout if I said them.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T18:32:43.012Z

Dem:

The forums do seem to be moderated strictor than they used to be.

I think that there is a direct relationship between the number of flagged posts, the number of closed threads, and the time that moderators have to spend moderating.

There must be an efficient solution.

conan · 2018-10-21T18:37:38.178Z

The mods are doing just fine. I known them for years and I know what they do for a living, they have voluntary donated their time here. And they are using the tools they have on this new forum to lesson their work load.

I don’t blame em for taking advantage of those tools.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T18:42:03.376Z

Well, I wouldn’t say that they’re doing just fine. I think your post understates their contribution here. I think that they’re doing excellent work, and I wouldn’t qualify it in the way that you have.

I think that a few bad apples are the problem, and those few bad apples are trying to take advantage of the moderators.

That’s what we’re really talking about here.

conan · 2018-10-21T18:55:34.419Z

Kyshia:

How do you get away with these responses as consistently as you do?

So we now know who is the bad apply here don’t we?

Kyshia:

Well, I wouldn’t say that they’re doing just fine. I think your post understates their contribution here. I think that they’re doing excellent work, and I wouldn’t qualify it in the way that you have.

I think that a few bad apples are the problem, and those few bad apples are trying to take advantage of the moderators.

That’s what we’re really talking about here.

Now let me remind people. This is a conservative forum hosted by a conservative individual so we can debate conservative principles.

But that’s not what’s happening here in must cases now is it?

Just the fact that certain individuals come here and accuse conservatives of being racist shuts down any conversations that we might have.

Now earlier in this thread you said and I quote.

I know now that I shouldn’t make any threads about politicians tweeting their support for white nationalists, for example, because the result will be flag spamming and thread deletion.

This is what happen here all the time, a attempt to paint all conservatives as racist white nationalist…on a conservative forum no less.

Which tells me that individual has no intentions of having honest debate.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T18:58:20.826Z

Thank you. That’s the kind of intelligent, informative post that I was talking about earlier.

I learned a lot.

Dem · 2018-10-21T19:03:18.591Z

conan:

This is what happen here all the time, a attempt to paint all conservatives as racist white nationalist…on a conservative forum no less.

Which tells me that individual has no intentions of having honest debate.

But this was not happening in the Faith Goldy thread. No one accused anyone of being racist. Should we just not discuss topics of White Nationalism?

conan · 2018-10-21T19:07:45.930Z

I only seen the thread title of open post.

One, I’m tired of talking about white nationalism…and two I know where it always leads too.

Now just because you may not have seen it doesn’t accusing others of being racist didn’t exist. When a mod deletes a certain posts all those that respond/reply goes bye bye.

So not only you didn’t see the post you didn’t see the response that post had generated.

Blackwolf · 2018-10-21T19:11:29.082Z

Kyshia:

Maybe people who spam the flag button should get a timeout so that the rest of us can enjoy more discussion.

I hate the idea of flagging, except under extreme circumstances. It’s an anonymous forum, there’s a TOS in place, and we’re all big boys and girls. Lord knows enough insults get tossed around by both sides that to dish out without being able to take it is pretty weak.

Kyshia · 2018-10-21T19:37:46.021Z

Blackwolf:

I hate the idea of flagging, except under extreme circumstances. It’s an anonymous forum, there’s a TOS in place, and we’re all big boys and girls. Lord knows enough insults get tossed around by both sides that to dish out without being able to take it is pretty weak.

I’ve noticed that if enough people flag a post, then that post disappears, but you get the option of clicking a link in order to read it.

In my experience, the majority of those posts have violated no rules, but they have said something with which one side disagrees.

It appears that if a few forumers want to silence someone on their own–in essence, playing moderator—they can coordinate in order to do so.

The real moderators can’t be everywhere. We all sleep.

Basically, the topic of politicians supporting white nationalists can be censored by manipulation of the forum’s functionality.

calirepub · 2018-10-21T19:53:13.450Z

Blackwolf:

I hate the idea of flagging, except under extreme circumstances

That’s because you’re an adult.

Blackwolf · 2018-10-21T19:53:52.790Z

calirepub:

That’s because you’re an adult.

That’s a malicious lie.

calirepub · 2018-10-21T20:13:49.786Z

So. I’m going to assume we’re allowed to revive locked threads, if the reason for the locking is because there were too many flagged posts, and not because we’re prohibited from discussing certain topics.