Too many posts to handle. Not worth my time to reply to all them.
I don't understand how you can start a thread with no information or justification, back it up with shaky claims, and then just say it's not worth your time to reply to all the counterarguments. It's a terrible way to debate.
It's not so much what the moderators DO that pisses so many of us off. It's what the moderators ACTIVELY DECIDE NOT TO DO.
They over-police the wrong godforsaken things. They delete random CONSTRUCTIVE posts that don't warrant deletion, but they let Stefan and Kirjava senselessly troll it up without consequence.
I definitely feel like some members' posts are not as heavily monitored as my posts (I can't speak for other people, since I don't know when their posts get deleted). I don't know if it's because moderators have a closer relationship with more tenured posters, or they fear upsetting better cubers. It's hard to speculate on that, but I have definitely seen a lot of my posts that are usually just slightly off topic (either something I think is pretty funny or my attempt to give someone feedback about the way they post) get deleted while other people are much more malicious and mean-spirited have their posts remain.
I don't necessarily think the forum needs NEW mods, it just needs more consistency with how the forum is moderated.
Especially with funny posts. If it's funny, let it stay even if it's off topic a little bit. This place is boring because it's hard to have fun. Not every discussion needs to be 100% on topic. On other forums I post on, some of the best threads are the ones that get hijacked a bit.
The only way everyone can see examples of deleted posts is if they contribute their own posts that were deleted, because we get emailed about having posts deleted (usually, I think). So I suggest people share all the posts they have had deleted so people can see just what's being deleted to compare to things that haven't been.
Here's all of my posts that were deleted and I received messages about
1. From the feet should/should not be removed discussion:
I feel like you have to filter through these posts because of a lot of very young people who have not fully developed skills in discourse and just want to be heard without thinking about whether or not they are adding anything to the discussion.
I received an infraction point for this. I was pointing out something that I thought might help younger posters think before they post a bit. I feel like they don't do it maliciously, but they definitely need to be told that they should take some time to think before they post. By deleting all posts critical towards other posters, they never receive any feedback about the way they post which continues their habits of on-topic, but pointless posting.
2. From the big blind discussion
All events should be done blind and this will remove any redundancy.
Best suggestion yet.
I received another infraction point. I thought this was a funny post. Sure my response didn't add anything to the discussion, but it was funny. My post was called "snarky" by the mod and deleted. I can see the point, but I still don't think it warranted deletion in my ideal forum.
3. another one from feet
I think we should be worried about how things like feet solving appear to the general community. I am because I want to see the community grow, and I think feet solving is likely to turn people away from cubing in general. Sure, people are impressed by it, but in many minds it isn't any more than a cheap parlor trick. Besides, in talking with non-cubers, I've found that they're much more impressed with the BLD events, and yet people don't hear about it as much because the media is so focused on feet.
"Wow, cubing looks really cool! I want to get involved in it... wait some people do it with their feet. Nevermind." - The most irrational human being alive
I received yet another infraction point for this one. I thought my post summed up his argument quite perfectly. Only someone completely irrational would be turned off of cubing because one of the many events is solving with feet. This one was probably the deletion that upset me the most, because it was on topic, and people with tenure definitely get away with much much more. I feel like the mods went too far in policing in the BLD/Feet discussion (even closing one of the threads) because people were passionately discussing. That was definitely overkill IMO.
4. In a thread where someone kept starting new threads to draw more attention:
Don't start new threads to continue your other conversation.
I received a warning for backseat moderation because my tone was not polite enough. I'll agree with this one, I understand we shouldn't be running new people off when they don't understand what they're doing yet.
Those are the four posts I've had deleted in my time here (at least the ones I've been warned/given infraction points for). Overall, I think the mods do a good job, I think they could go a bit easier, and let threads run their course a bit better. Also, they need to treat newer people more equal to more tenured posters and moderate with more objectivity rather than giving better cubers/more tenured posters so much more leeway in what they post.
