Complaints about moderation

[Archie_tect]

Far too advanced C!!

 

[ufkacbln]

Far too advanced C!!

Sorry, it this better?

 

[Archie_tect]

Bit quick...

 

[postman]

You need some of these.No finger prints.More chocolate and more bisquits.No prints ok gov.

 

[Jezston]

Probably get shot down for sticking my neck out over this but - may I ask why the instructions for reporting moderators appears just as moderator status gets hidden again? May I ask the reasoning for this as I've never been on a forum before where moderators are not clearly labelled.

 

[ianrauk]

Moderator status has not been hidden at all.
List of moderators is HERE.
And those that are online 'now' are shown on the front page

 

[Jezston]

I'm talking about more about the little flag on the avatar that was there until last week. What was wrong with that?

 

[Shaun]

I'm talking about more about the little flag on the avatar that was there until last week. What was wrong with that?

I removed the labels because people were treating posts that moderators were making as "moderator" posts, rather then simply viewing them as personal posts by fellow CC members (which is what the vast majority are!!).

The list is available for anyone to see who the moderators are and it would hopefully be obvious when a mod is posting in their capacity as a moderator, but if it isn't just ask the mod or me for clarification.

Shaun

 

[Jezston]

I removed the labels because people were treating posts that moderators were making as "moderator" posts, rather then simply viewing them as personal posts by fellow CC members

I'm not sure I follow. Do you mean people were interpreting a moderator's comments as "this is the voice of the forum authority!" (so to speak) with the banner? If so I would argue if that was the effect it was having, and this was seen as negative in instances, then the effect is still there once a member recognises a user as a moderator.

 

[Norm]

You can 'argue' all you like, Jez, but a trial over more than a month showed enough people weren't able to make that separation and it had a profound impact on the way that many moderator's regular posts were interpreted.

 

[Jezston]

You can 'argue' all you like, Jez, but a trial over more than a month showed enough people weren't able to make that separation and it had a profound impact on the way that many moderator's regular posts were interpreted.

I'm not saying I disagree with that, and I'm not trying to be confrontational.

If you could elaborate on what impact it had that will help me understand.

 

[Shaun]

If you could elaborate on what impact it had that will help me understand.

See here:

I removed the labels because people were treating posts that moderators were making as "moderator" posts, rather then simply viewing them as personal posts by fellow CC members (which is what the vast majority are!!)

... just in case it wasn't clear the first time I posted it.

However, for clarification, the impact of this was that moderators were not free to simply enjoy the forums the same as everyone else because their posts were being misinterpreted.

 

[Fran143]

I do wish I could be interested in the whole who's a mod thing..........

 

[YahudaMoon]

I vote for Roger

 

[rich p]

I vote for Roger

I won a race once and Roger gave out the prizes as a local landowner and celeb.

He said "Well done mate" and I said "Cheers Rog". I think it was a meeting of minds.