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Post 1

a girl called Ben

Hi

I owe you an apology for slamming you in the Tempation thread last night. I knew everything you said already, and I knew I would have to wait till Monday.

What bugged me at the time was that the Mod was not following either the house rules or the standard processes for Modding because they pulled the post instead of referring it.

It took not one reply to the email but two to get sense to prevail, and although the right decision has finally been taken I am still really worried that the real issue - that there are systemic probs with the way that moderation decisions are taken and reviewed - is being missed.

I am therefore going to stay offsite for at least another 48 hours, maybe more, to cool down. But I did feel that I owed you an apology for blowing up quite so spectacularly in the face of your peacekeeping, and I have lost your email address.

Incidentally, I really do mean it. I see no way of belonging to a community which moderates at random. How can you obey the house rules if you don't know what they are?

Thanks again for your wisdom last night. I am only sorry I was too wound up to take it.

B


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Post 2

GreyDesk

That's alright me dear, no offence taken.

These days I tend to err on the side of the cock-up theory when it comes to moderation decisions that have gone awry.

It can't be easy for the staff to try to live up to researcher expectations based upon what this place used to be like. While at the same time having to deal with the knowledge that their managers view the site as right for cutting. That is far too many balls in the air at the same time. Sometimes one gets dropped. It's a shame that the one that did drop landed in such a sensitive spot.


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Post 3

a girl called Ben

Thanks for being a gent.

I think what bugs me is that the concern for quality seems to have gone. I do understand the pressures they are under, but it worries me just the same.

Good point about the site being under pressure. I hadn't thought of that.

Damn.

I'll be back when I have calmed down and sorted some peripheral s**t out.

Take care, Deskie.

B


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