New LRC Not So Much Fun - Is The Site Moderated Too Much Now?

The mods get paid 25 cents per deletion so recently they have been going crazy with deletions just to try to keep up with inflation.

Ha i sure hope not

I am pretty sure that the mods have to pay the Brojos for every deletion.

Yeah. We need to create LetsSprint which will naturally be better than letsrun as sprinting is better than running.

Btojos can undeleted threads, they know everything that goes on here.

They should create an off-topic board so we could have fun. I'd live there.

It would be nice to have one board with stricter mods and one with lower moderation, but it's just not going to fly in today's day and age.

The real problem imo is almost all of the board "content creators" are gone. Years ago I used to be able to name people whose posts I enjoyed reading. Now most of those people are gone, and there aren't any good replacements. There are barely any funny trolls nowadays too. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I think these are similar problems that most message boards face, and I don't think there's a good solution.

As would I!

If the mods eased up, the Quality Trolls would return.

Good post. I think you're onto something, most of them eventually decide to go away because it's not worth putting in the effort only to see their creation get deleted.

Normallly, we don't like threads complaining about moderation but I've restored this thread as I think it's an interesting one. We've spent a lot of time trying to make moderation quicker and better, but some thing it's gone too far. I have the ability to read deleted posts and have to admit I often am laughing at some of the posts that mods have deleted as I found them to be quite clever / funny but they found them to be not worthy of the site.

Does the number of reports matter for moderation or does a single report suffice to get a moderator’s attention, or is that policy not meant to be revealed?

And we are laughing that you have no control over the mods.
There are an embarrassment at this point. Especially when they try to ban people for a couple of days.

Not to mention that anti vax and pro trump stuff can stay on here forever.

I've been banned so much the last year I feel like an outcast with leprosy. Will return September 28th. I will not be deterred in spreading mirth, mayhem, freedom, and sound wisdom on geometry and theology.

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Always seems to be the worst posters complaining about moderation of “funny” content.

No amount of moderation is going to improve this site now that quality posters have been replaced with Russian shills. 🤷

The mods even delete any "yo mama" jokes. You can't even do any "locker room" talk with the mods around. They are about as much fun as a Sunday school Sister.

The moderators increasingly can't tell the difference between moderation and censorship. Give some people a little power and it goes to their heads.

To be humourless is apparently a prerequisite for the position. And dull. But posters also have to adhere to the Party Line.

In these dreary woke days of despair and ill-humored humans, it is important to spread mirth and levity to ease the sense of doom. For the joyless and humorless they prefer to live in a world of endless woe and are happy to make others miserable.

What made Letsrun a great place to visit was that world renown coaches and elite runners would post alongside your every day runner and share their experience and knowledge. The trolls that you think are funny made them leave the site which ruined it.