Premaster Cycle wrote:
unhinged rant
You have no idea what moderation is like. You haven't seen 1/1000th of the bizarre behavior that goes on here. It's an unrelenting tidal wave of racism, sexism, personal vendettas, hate, petty fights, stalking, harassment, thread hijackings, spam, username hijackings, porn links, autistic obsessions, thread vandalism, vulgar imagery, violent threats, and on, and on, and on to infinity.
Dirty Jobs
I've seen things and words that people shouldn't ever see posted here. Or anywhere. Moderating is like garbage collecting. Trash goes out, but only the garbageman knows whats really in it. Only when the garbage collectors go on strike will you ever really appreciate what they do.
People complain about their political thread being removed. The reason why political threads are kept to a minimum because they breed obsessive hostility which often cross-pollinates to other threads, igniting wild fires everywhere. (hows that for mixed metaphors?)
A few weeks ago Jordan Hasay's dad was quoted by wejo that he lkes the Letsrun message boards. I've been her guardian angel for over ten years, and had he read some of the vulgar sh!t posted here about her, he wouldn't have the same opinion. I do this for all of the female runners here as well. While the moderators intuitively know by first glance where the hot spots are going to be, we don't read every thread. It's impossible.
Use the report post button. In the your name field it helps to give comments. eg "look at the entire thread" "racist" Don't expect things to get done immediately.
Speaking for myself, and I've told this to the brojos often, I'd like to have all of the crap removed, and posters who persistently vandalize the boards should be sent to LRC jail more often than one day time-outs.
Report post. Simple.