Feel free to email me to discuss any moderation issues. We've made some good progress from email in this thread.mailto:wejo@letsrun.com
This thread went off the rails a bit with 1 particular poster hijacking it and trying to make it about one moderator so we have locked it.
Before I give my takeaways, if you have concerns about moderating, or posts, please report them or email me directly. We make it very easy to be heard at LetsRun.com and reach us. But if you sidetrack threads by discussing moderation, those posts will be removed and can lead to temporary bans as they ruin the discussion for everyone else.
But some takeaways. 1) Dealing with the problematic posters/troublemakers isn't easy but we need to make sure in dealing with them we do not go too far and harm the experience for other posters 2) The filters often flag people by accident. Exempt SC members from the filters at the very least. 3) Consider creating a toggle so people don't have to see "this post was deleted in a thread". In the posts where the trouble makers try and takeover, these notifications start to ruin the experience. 4) Consider moving some posts out of the main forum. 5) Look at limiting how often people can post in a thread. 6) Try and get a better handle on the use of VPNs by people posting, reporting posts, upvoting, etc. 7) I will actively monitor all of malmo's moderating and posts for the next week and give him feedback. We already actively communicate but some of your points and emails were helpful.
That will get you banned, I called him out and reported some of his abhorrent comments ripping our friend in Seattle for no reason...didn't work out well for me
So you’re the guy who bans someone for a minor disagreement
Accusing someone of lying isn't a minor disagreement. Its something you don't do. Not ever.
Sounds minor to me.
So, I am a grad of the United States Naval Academy, and a former naval officer. In those arenas, especially at the Academy, lying is a mortal sin. In that sense I can sympathize with being upset at being called a liar.
But in another sense, we f*cked with, joked with, and bullied each other all the time, and if you couldnt handle it, well then maybe you couldn’t handle serving the greatest military the world has ever known.
I certainly respect Malmo as a person, and appreciate his comments, and really have nothing to say in terms of the legitimacy of negative Malmo sentiment/deletion complaints, but on a basic level, I do find it odd that moderators are also allowed to post. It just seems like its letting the referee participate in the game. Am I wrong?
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I don't know what the hell you're talking about because I gave up on that thread, which is a shame. But in a thread about Virgin and World XC, why are you so concerned about yourself?
The real question is why did you lie about me? Twice?
Are you trying to demonstrate to the website owners and everyone else how disruptive and thread-derailing your posts are? If so, you're doing a great job.
How about doing the proper and intelligent thing and shut this whole place down and focus on better news coverage? Maybe open the forum back up in 2027 and require registration.
Does anyone get anything positive out if this negative cesspool? I sure dont. Hardly anyone would miss it.
Says the person posting from a VPN and has never posted before. Likely the "banning and deleting" person.
Banning VPNs for certain threads might be a way to go.
Yup. Criticize him, and the Brojos ignore legit complaints and reply with personal attacks against the people making the complaints
someone is advocating for the death of malmo because he moderates how you don't like.
And we are "ignoring" legti complaints. comeone. do better.
No one advocated for his death. They're just saying that nothing will change until that unfortunate event occurs. The comment may have been in poor taste, but we're all going to die eventually.
How about doing the proper and intelligent thing and shut this whole place down and focus on better news coverage? Maybe open the forum back up in 2027 and require registration.
Does anyone get anything positive out if this negative cesspool? I sure dont. Hardly anyone would miss it.
Says the person posting from a VPN and has never posted before. Likely the "banning and deleting" person.
Banning VPNs for certain threads might be a way to go.
I have brought up some things that were 100% true about past behavior of said moderator and had those posts deleted and got a three-day ban because said moderator indicated that the things I said were untrue. The things I said were the truth. I'll leave it at that.
Yup. Criticize him, and the Brojos ignore legit complaints and reply with personal attacks against the people making the complaints
someone is advocating for the death of malmo because he moderates how you don't like.
And we are "ignoring" legti complaints. comeone. do better.
You’re blaming me for some kind of alleged (made up, by you) death threat bc I am one of many people here who have legit complaints about his moderation.
someone is advocating for the death of malmo because he moderates how you don't like.
I was posting from my phone but turned on my VPN to tell you to f*ck right off with saying poster "advocated" for malmo's death. Are you a f*cking child!?
I certainly respect Malmo as a person, and appreciate his comments, and really have nothing to say in terms of the legitimacy of negative Malmo sentiment/deletion complaints, but on a basic level, I do find it odd that moderators are also allowed to post. It just seems like its letting the referee participate in the game. Am I wrong?
ALL of our moderators are posters. That's how the system works. They should not abuse the privilege.
I will be monitoring malmo more closely. I have told him not to lose his cool. But he really is harassed on here. I see the same poster has tried to start 5 threads today trashing him.
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