Questions and innuendos about Moderators

[Qvale]

It depends on the context.

The first line of defence is the forum membership. A polite reminder from a regular contributor means we don't have to get involved. A reported post from a regular contributor is often the first we'll know about an issue too - we cover most of the forums ourselves, but we can't necessarily cover every thread so a heads-up is sometimes a big help.

Wading in with a pair of size twelves (UK. Other kooky measurements are also available) and bossing people about... isn't really helpful. While sometimes you might see staff being a little antagonistic, there's often a behind-the-scenes reason for giving someone short shrift (like... we've already had to deal with them far more than we should have to, or they're a returning member - you guys can't see everyone's warning/infraction history on every one of their posts, but we can). When other members copy that, it can escalate something as simple as dropped caps into a full-blown slanging match that sees points handed out like flyers on the Vegas Strip.

My personal least favourite example of mini-modding is the instructional report. This is when a member reports a post and includes instructions to the staff on what we should do with it. It happens surprisingly often - "ban this member", "this guy should be infracted" and suchlike. It's nice that they've noticed there's an issue and they've gone to the trouble of reporting it to us (though commonly it's just someone taking a personal dislike to a post and it's not an AUP issue), but how they'd moderate a post isn't relevant unless they happen to be staff...


Ultimately we tend to draw actual mods from the good mini-mods. The people who don't go out of their way to be an arse to someone because they're not quite hitting all of the AUP at once, but steer folk the right way in threads and forums they're already active in. We tend to find the bad mini-mods end up in the site's deadpool...

Thanks Famine! Really informative. Thanks to daan and TB for the answers as well 👍

Thinking of maybe buying GTPedia BTW

 

[kennylmao]

Question:

Is Jordan currently still hiring new moderators?

And who is the newest member of the moderator club?

 

[Dan]

Question:

Is Jordan currently still hiring new moderators?

I think he might have enough at the moment. Although, he can appoint anyone he wants whenever he wants to.

 

[Danny]

So that's where my wife gets all the money for her shoes and hand bags!

Hey, rather out of my pocket that yours, right?

And who is the newest member of the moderator club?

I think the newest SuperMod is T12, but I'm usually wrong about things in general.

 

[Slash]

Hey, rather out of my pocket that yours, right?



I think the newest SuperMod is T12, but I'm usually wrong about things in general.

I think you are right about T12, that was the last I heard as well and IIRC it happened like 3 years ago I think.

 

[kennylmao]

3 years ago? I haven't even signed up here yet. Great to know some history of this place.

 

[daan]

3 years ago? No, April 2013 was the last time folk were made Supermod. You should know not to believe Danny.

 

[Slash]

April 2013 was the last time folk were made Supermod.

Really? Interesting.

 

[FiftyBelowZero]

Question:


Who is the newest member of the moderator club?

"jtv90069" is the newest moderator on the site, if I'm right.

 

[Terronium-12]

I think you are right about T12, that was the last I heard as well and IIRC it happened like 3 years ago I think.

I took up the shield just over a year ago, not 3.

 

[Slash]

I took up the shield just over a year ago, not 3.

I couldn't remember

 

[Sonygamer455]

It happened in the “Oh, oh, oh, I'm making a Ludicrous Claim!” thread the other night. She didn’t understand what the thread was about, and made an arguably vulgar, but ludicrous claim about herself.

Someone explained to her that the thread was for calling other members out, like when the 12 year old says he drives a Viper.

She said she thought that was a legal way of trolling here. Someone told her it was not trolling, just getting to the truth. They also told her it was against the AUP to knowingly give false information here.

Things escalated.

She said something like ‘the AUP is from a dictator’.

Things just kept escalating.

By this time some people were asking for an end to the conversation.

A Mod stepped in and banned her.

If I could, I would point you to the scene of the crime, but shortly after that, it was scrubbed clean.

Wow your really observate! 👍 Man thats crazy, I didn't think she would ever do that. Some people are just losing there minds these days! First spoil-t, now her. That part about the "dictator", the last time something like that was said it got really messy.

 

[DG_Silva]

The Banned User Log is full of idiots all saying the same thing; either the AUP is evil and doesn't apply to them, or that the staff here are Nazis.

 

[Sonygamer455]

The Banned User Log is full of idiots all saying the same thing; either the AUP is evil and doesn't apply to them, or that the staff here are Nazis.

There is one place in the banned user log where there is literally one idiot after another that was banned because they felt the rules didn't apply to them. It's crazy!

There was a guy that was banned a long time ago named Wity who kept insulting the staff and calling them Nazis. He is in the banned user log. Need less to say, he got himself in a lot of trouble and even Jordan had to come in there and say something.

 

[Danny]

Gosh, it's almost like you were there.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Gosh, it's almost like you were there.

I tend to venture into some the oldest threads here on GTPlanet.

 

[R5]

I tend to venture into some the oldest threads here on GTPlanet.

I do too, actually.

 

[FiftyBelowZero]

Can mods post in a closed thread?

 

[Lizard]

Yes they can and have done before.

 

[Bopop4]

Can mods post in a closed thread?

They can reopen it, post, and then close it quickly.

 

[TB]

Don't need to bother opening it to post in it.

 

[sonic378]

I read this entire thread and was very entertained. But, I haven't seen anyone ask who has the ability to post on the News page of GTP. I've seen Jordan, Famine, and T12 make a news post. So can I assume Super Mods and Admins have the ability to post in the News page?

 

[Jordan]

I create News blog posting accounts as needed. It's an independent account from the forum and they're no association with a particular user group.

 

[Ellis]

Can I hug one of you mods?

 

[Pako]

Can I hug one of you mods?

Come here big boy, I'll give ya a squeeze.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I read this entire thread and was very entertained. But, I haven't seen anyone ask who has the ability to post on the News page of GTP. I've seen Jordan, Famine, and T12 make a news post. So can I assume Super Mods and Admins have the ability to post in the News page?

I also made a few a while back, but it was limited to Photomode stuff. Nobody can keep up with those three with the news; rumour is they have a direct link plugged into the back of their heads for GT news updates.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Do any of the mods like Rum?

 

[Famine]

I do indeed.

 

[R5]

Are you a pirate with 16 shots O' rum?

 

[TB]

Do any of the mods like Rum?

I like Rum DMC.