Moderation question

Post by **bberlier** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:17 pm

Links should be moderated, people are at work. Enough said!

Post by **overhung** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:25 pm

From what I understand this board is privately-owned. Moderate any way you see fit.

Post by **merrick** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:29 pm

warn people that a link is explicit and post it. that way people can make informed decisions about what they see.

back when i was working in a corporate environment i still recieved spam in my junk mail account from porn peddlers. i just deleted it and went on with my day even though it linked to "evil" sites.

i had enough self restraint not to click on any link presented to me.

Post by **Moderators** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:35 pm

The link was not put in the suck forum, there was no warning to its content, the poster told you to turn up your speakers, and the window which repeated over and over "I'm looking at gay porn" and which displayed graphic gay porn could not be readily closed. If you have a problem with that being moderated, tough.

Ray could you please 1)make the suck forum not visible to guests and 2)exclude the suck forum from the "last 24 hours" search so that people who don't want to see that stuff don't have to?

Post by **merrick** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:40 pm

i don't have a problem with that being moderated. if it was in the suck forum and people were warned that it was explicit, then i would have a problem.

Whle at Accenture, the non-gay version of that would go off at least once a month. it was funny and obvious a practical joke. people would laugh at the sucker and then get back to work. however maybe not all work environments are as lax as big corporate ones.

still i think moderating that outside the suck forum and without a warning is fine.

moderate on.

Wed Dec 04, 2002 10:07 pm

I must admit that link should have went into the suck forum, but i dont think it should be moderated within the suck forum. It was hardcore, very explicit, thats why i did it. It was a joke, just as the sick twisted thoughts that come from many other users of this site, that makes us all come back for more. Even if your boss walked by at the moment you opened it, I am sure they would realize you didnt pull it up to get your nuts off, you got hosed, laugh, close it and get on with the day.Its a laugh, dont take it so serious.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:17 pm

I think we (me included) get a little too out of control sometimes and may scare off some people who might otherwise contribute good climbing information here. There are a few people who don't post much or at all who I miss. I suspect they were turned off in the final days of Climb Kentucky as well as by some of the stuff here. I think the moderators should moderate more consistently and people should just get over it and quit being such cry babies. The flame board should not be moderated though. If people don't want to read it, they don't have to.

Post by **Legion** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 2:23 am

I think the level of moderation for most of the board is about right, but don't moderate the suck forum - enter at your own risk.

please whatever you do don't let this board turn into rec.climbing

Post by **lucamaniac** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 3:47 am

I personally don't post in the flame forum, yet I'm with those who think it shouldn't be moderated. I also agree that it should only be accessible to registered users. Other than that, I think it is moderated just fine the way it is. I don't want to eliminate the use of curse words or the suggestive nature of some of our threads (ie. the thread about pics of female climbers that was overrun by the females). Those posts are funny. But I also wouldn't want to run off good people because of vugarities.

Post by **climbhigh** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 3:55 am

The link that was posted should have gone in the sucks forum, no doubt about that. Even if it would have I think it would have been taken off. Maybe it should have included a warning, but that would have defeated the purpose. It was very obscene, and it was meant to be. I don’t see it being very different from what is typed on here daily. I really do enjoy coming to the site to talk about climbing, talk to friends, learn about our sport, and to try and give good beta to others asking questions beginner or old. Just as the smack talk, the sure to come around debates on trad/ sport, or RRGCC versus non-RRGCC, it makes people think and it makes voices heard, whether you think they are right or wrong. When the post was posted it was pretty much known that it would be taken off. I can see everyone’s point about being at work, but only so much. The people that would have saw the post are for the most part the people that you see 15-20 posts from a day. If they have that much free time to get online to check posts and to post that often they are probably in an environment where that post would not have gotten them in trouble. I do feel that if its in the sucks forum that the moderation should be very little if any.If a moderator feels it needs a warning put something showing that, but leave it alone otherwise. I enjoy having a “friendly” site that everyone can come to and have their input and be able to ask questions. But I don’t think you can expect to protect everyones feelings and make sure they don’t get offended.

Matt

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