Posted 25 Apr 2018 Dear dudes and dudettes, For those of you who are new here, welcome to Toytown. For those of you who are not: it hardly seems to bear repeating, but for those of you still sitting in the back after all these years, MODS DON'T READ EVERY POST!!! If you think something needs removing, re-titling, editing or merging, please use the report function. Examples of shoddy "reporting" within comments in a thread: Quote Mods, feel free to move to the proper forum. Quote ugh, MODS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POST!!! Quote Mods, I've changed my mind about this topic start, please remove. Quote Hopefully the mods will do something about it Quote ugh, the bastard-ass mods removed my super-valuable post about what I had for breakfast last Tuesday, but let this abusive post stand! FUCK YOU MODS!!! It is super-unlikely that we will read these messages in the first place, and even unlikelier that we will take action upon reading your demands, accusations and suggestions among the possible hundreds or even thousands of comments. It is also highly recommended and appreciated when suggesting a topic merge to include the URL of the proposed existing thread. Writing "ugh, can't you mods merge this with that one thread I read fifteen years ago?" is not super helpful and just as likely as not to get shuffled down to exactly the last priority of a mod's daily jobs and eventually forgotten. Two more things: A lot of posts get chucked as collateral damage. If your innocuous post was trashed, it's likely because it referred to another post or posts that were removed or referred to posts which were removed or referred to posts which referred to posts which referred to posts... And last: MODERATION COMPLAINTS BELONG IN A PM Got a question regarding YOUR (not somebody else's, for crying in a ditch) removed posts? Feel free to ask. DON'T start a topic asking what happened to your super valuable post, DON'T be surprised when posts containing moderation complaints are removed. No one is unhappier than I am that the Removal Reason function went away with the system "upgrade;" I will try to accommodate you when I can and also working on some kind of solution/subforum to remedy it. Thank you. 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 28 Oct 2020 MODS AREN'T MIND READERS!!! (part one) We've covered that we don't read every post. That includes, all of *your* posts! Not only do we not read all your posts, we do not remember what you wrote two weeks ago, we cannot necessarily easily recall who said what to whom yesterday, and besides having a general impression of the basics, we sure don't keep up on all of your personal, erm, "entanglements" with other members. We don't have the time or the will for that. If the context of your complaint is not covered and readily apparent in the post you've reported, you need to submit links to relevant posts (or even just link the thread + page number) so we know what you're talking about. When you don't provide any context for your complaint, it's a bit like starting a (very bad) movie in the middle and expecting us to know everything that happened in the first hour. We're not that up to date on your life, believe it or not. MODS AREN'T MIND READERS!!! (part two) please, for the love of all that is holy, STOP submitting empty reports. If you don't tell me what your issue is, I'll assume it wasn't that important to you to begin with. If I can't figure it out in one-and-one-half-second's glance, I close the report. Take the time and write a couple words in your report. Sometimes we need help to see what your problem is. Two people can look at the same thing; one sees a problem, the other doesn't. We're willing to mod stuff we wouldn't necessarily have it it really bothers you that much (and we think it's appropriate). But you have to say what your beef is if you want any action taken. Remember that we don't necessarily see the same thing just because we are looking at the same thing. Thank you in advance. Cat. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
