Vote - remove Strenuus mod access?

Great post and appreciate your volunteer work.

From a lot of past experience, the ones that think Mods shouldn't be able to post opinion are the ones that believe Mods get season tickets to Blazer games in suites along with a $100 stipend each game. They tend to take message boards way to seriously and even live vicariously through them. They feel that Mods should not be overly negative or positive. I've been a mod several times in the past and would never do it again. Not even for free tickets. Not only did i feel like i had to walk on eggshells, anything you post is question tenfold.

Zero paid baby sitters for Adult posters and trolls. Lot's of work for no reward other than knowing you are helping drive the bus on here and keep it clean.

 

That's not my non-mod account.

 

Thanks for your service my man! Yeah, 17 years old. Graduated HS about 5 days before. First time east of like Multnomah Falls in my life…..what a complete culture shock for me. Look back on it now and it was good for me. Had fun on those passes to Anniston though. Home of the worlds largest office chair….. #TheMoreYouKnowFAMS

 

Hey thanks homie.

 

"No quality control" was brought up. That's why I touched on that at all.

Thanks for the feedback.

Not trying to hijack this thread, but do you all actually like that being said to you? I said that to someone like 15 years ago and got my ass chewed out by a former service person. Never again.

 

You’d think after being a nerd YOUR WHOLE LIFE, this wouldn’t be that big of a deal for you dawg!

 

Now way, I actually like it. I was only in for 5 years and don’t have any real bad memories or experiences that I hold on to. I got to kill people/they paid for some school and helped me get a house. No real complaints here.

 

And as far as this threads topic…..am I not on here enough that I missed what all the drama was? Was there a huge fight that Stren started? I read his posts and they don’t hit me in a negative way. I guess unrealistic, unresearched, not well thought out posts is what get me.
Oh yeah and the ones where people CONTINUOUSLY play the picked on victim….those ones irk me as well!

 

McClellan is closed down now due to Toxity.

 

Thanks for your service!!

 

Mods cannot be put on ignore. That is a power normal users do not have.

Posting aggressive bullshit and getting into beef with different posters on here is an abuse of that power. Not could be, not might be someday. Is. Now.

I do not want this power, nor do I want ignore to be eliminated as a feature of the site. Being unable to ignore mods simply means I am subject to all of their opinions whether I like them or not.

You have a platform NOBODY else here gets: guaranteed exposure to all eyeballs who view the thread your post is in.

Does this make any sense to you? It seems really obvious to me so I'm confused as to why you're all getting so defensive about it.

 

I don't expect a system change; it's obvious having two accounts is too inconvenient. But this is a friction that has always been around and will never go away.

 

I totally get that. But you have to understand that it's also difficult to get good mods. If the system doesn't allow an easy process to accomplish what you want then the choice is between getting what you want or getting fewer capable mods.

I don't personally think fewer capable and reliable mods should ever be an option, unless that mod is somehow abusing their mod powers.

I think that's why it keeps getting brought up. If there were abuses of that power then removing his ability to mod would be an option.

Since that's not the case their doesn't appear to be anything that can be done which would make much of a difference.

I'm not trying to dismiss your concerns. Just trying to explain why I think it keeps coming back around to that. I do understand how it would be frustrating for you to see, since that's not your concern.

 

While I understand your feelings, just tell the mod to chill out. Maybe they just lost their job, got divorced, had someone be a total dipshit to them so they come here to vent. I know sometimes I can be a dick without realizing it. Then I feel bad when I reflect on why someone said I was being a dick.

Or don't read their post. I unfortunately don't get that same privilege. And no offense, but @SlyPokerDog says some really annoying stuff.

I wish more people had empathy for mods who do this for free and sometimes spend hours trying to mediate disagreements/clean up threads when they have families and real life stuff too. Its a thankless volunteering effort. We need some more @PtldPlatypus, he mellows everyone out. I haven't seen him posting as much lately!

 

Look I get it. I feel like the never-nude yelling "there are dozens of us" whenever I bring it up. It makes me look deeply unserious. I'm just trying to get by to get by here. But not acknowledging this shit causes more problems than it solves, and just acknowledging it would go a long way to shutting me up about it.