Over moderation

no overcontrolling in my opinion. mods were correct to close when they felt a need.

I don’t own the site. The site owners can do what they want in terms of moderation. If I don’t like it I am free to start my own competing site.

I’m a longtime reader/poster here and I think a little while ago the modding level went down (things were not moderated as much) but now theres been an improvement and I think its perfect. What fun would a forum be if all the SN’s would be the same person talking to him/herself? And I know I’m generally ok clicking on a thread that it will not have lashon hara, and considering the huge range of backgrounds posters have, I can only imagine what people attempt to post. I think they’re doing a pretty good job. (Now I’ll wait for my next post to be deleted :))

FTR, if you still maintain your position that things are over-moderated, would you rather that or under-moderating. I’d rather more than less.

*kapusta*

charliehall

“If I don’t like it I am free to start my own competing site.”

Get the wrong (or right) person upset, and that’s exactly what will happen.

we tried that around purim time. it did not go well. if you want unmoderated forums there is a whole internet out there. this is yeshiva world.

Oh yes Mod- I remember that well.

Well, thank you for your work then! I guess we need the strict supervision here.

RuffRuff, I’m assuming you are Helpful aka Myfriend aka So right aka Joseph:

Creating a new screenname because your standing was compromised and you want a fresh start is one thing. A person creating multiple screennames for the purpose of hijacking threads; however, is something that any forum would want to avoid, whether or not the person’s viewpoint was correct. A viewpoint if indeed Torah-true does not need deceptive methods to bolster it, and the viewpoint is actually weakened when the deception is discovered or obvious.

Based on how prevalent the puppeteerring has been since I’ve started reading this forum, I’d say the moderators have been pretty lenient.

I agree with Moderator-42. This is the Yeshiva World and Kosher be it. I never joined a chat room other than the Coffee Room. I’m here because I know that it isn’t simply a chat room. There are no links to undesirable sites, no private messages option, no Lashon Hora and no personal attacks. I also believe that without moderation the coffee room would sometimes look like a Kindergarten.

However, I have one suggestion: When the Mods edit/delete a post, they should specify the issue. Whether it should be seen on his dashboard/profile or email inbox, doesn’t matter. I know that it sometimes leaves you thinking why? I recently posted my opinion about the bodyscans, it had no offensive material (maybe I used some strong language – as I sometimes do, but nothing offensive and of course no foul language) and I got a message like this: DELETED BY MODERATOR . I’m still wondering why. I believe that a message or notice will notify the member what the issue is and he will be able to correct it. It will also give us the feeling of the standard the moderators want and will eventually make the moderators’ job easier.

i had the same thought.

but actually, an oxymoron is someone who tries to climb mount everest without oxygen tanks

Before there can be a tikun, there needs to be:

1. Vidui

2. Charata

3. Azivas Hachet

by definition, all moderation is moderate.

I agree with Homeowner, and feel that while it is nice to banter with the Mods, however, that sometimes compromises their neutrality. Mods should ideally be totally neutral and behind the scenes. People do sometimes feel awkward and afraid to express an opinion that runs counter to the mods for fear of being banned. In all fairness though, I have noticed that most of the time they do a great job of allowing opinions that they do disagree with. However, sometimes they get angry at a poster, which is very tough on the poster, much more than when a regular poster disagrees.

On the other hand, I understand that the Mods are human, and one can’t read posts for hours without wanting to join in the conversation and express an opinion. So it is a difficult issue to resolve.

I also regret that many interesting threads have been closed. Normally the people here are menschlach enough not to allow flaming and hurt feelings to take place without strongly castigating the offender. The CR usually has a self-correcting nature to it. Only obvious comments meant to disrupt or totally off-color should be moderated. Hashkafa is a much tougher topic, since there is a wide spectrum of opinions that have valid sources.

I do agree that multiple screen names should be banned immediately. In my case I once had to reregister, but just used Pashuteh Yid 2.0. I still think I am banned from main news board, and may reregister as Pashuteh Yid 3.0. But there is no intent to deceive or create multiple personas.

Mod-80, That could very well be true. Many of us are probably more than a little curious to see some of those.

Somehow, I was not active or on-line during that time frame, but I will take your word for it.

To MOD-95

I want to be as polite as possible. There was one poster posting on Erev Shve’ee shel Pesach. She was just respectfully alerting the ‘Olam’ to the atmosphere of laxity in tznius in hotels. She was in one on the first days, and felt the lack of Kedusha overwhelming. I thought a site such as this would be THE place for such comments. (There was no single place named – no Lashon Harah problem at all).