05-04-2013, 07:22 PM
Black wrote:
[quote=davester]
[quote=sekker]
[quote=Black]
[quote=Mac-A-Matic]
I didn't realize until I read this thread that there are people who "report" others and essentially tattletale.
Sorry, I don't believe you.
I'm with Mac-A-Matic on this. So sorry the mods have had to deal with these issues.
I wasted about 3 hours 'babysitting' people at work yesterday, but those were in person issues. I'd hate to be a virtual babysitter, too!
In Black's defense, I didn't realize that this was a significant issue. Those people need to grow up. I think people who harass the mods with unwarranted complaints should be given a couple of stern warnings and after that send them to the gulag.
You guys (sekker/davester) are being played. What I'm referring to are the folks who want =only= to get the ranting forum shut down because they perceive it to be left-leaning. So they intentionally provoke and provoke until they have a reason to hammer the "report' link and complain to Larry directly that everyone's mean to them. The characterization that moderation resources are being devoted to people who are thin-skinned crybabies is not an accurate portrayal of who may be causing headaches and why they're doing it.
Exactly what is going on here. There are certain members on the right who perceive the political side to be left biased. Bunch of horse dookey. When the significant majority of Mac users are left leaning, any political forum is gonna take on that tenor (when you have individuals on both sides of the spectrum express their opinions equivalently, then naturally the forum will take on an 'atmosphere' of the majority).
Facing this fact, they've (openly in the past) declared it's their mission to get the political side shut down, and they do it just like Black described. In the end, they will have just played the system.