Reports Protocol Revision Semi-Private

[Glass*Soul]

Well Tom the only PM I received was to tell me that my posts had been removed after the event!

You go figure!

I believe in our part of the world we call this 'Mushroom Management'!

Pete

Case in point.

This is bad for the membership, but even worse for staff.

 

[ravenscape]

I haven't heard anything specific about the timing of the coding changes, besides "soon". Like the kid in the car on the way to grandma's house, I want to be there now.

I hope the change happens very soon. The technical folks tried earlier, and it didn't work out as planned - reporters had access instead of the people who were reported.

 

[pete56]

I haven't heard anything specific about the timing of the coding changes, besides "soon". Like the kid in the car on the way to grandma's house, I want to be there now.

I hope the change happens very soon. The technical folks tried earlier, and it didn't work out as planned - reporters had access instead of the people who were reported.

Well I do wonder why we are told something is going to happen only to discover that it is not delivered!

Trust is certainly not engendered in this fashion!

Pete

 

[ravenscape]

Not delivered yet. It's obviously a complicated coding problem, since the first try went awry.

 

[Lindon Tinuviel]

LT...I like your idea about reports. However, it would never work because we'd see an uprising from the more "democratic" posters. They would see it as someone taking away their right to a fair trial. Some view the reporting system here as something similiar to the US legal system. And in a way that's how I view it too. As a moderator I always felt like I was acting as a judge...or at least part of a jury.

It'd work just fine. Everybody could see who was called down, and by whom, and for what. Threads that are getting derailed or too heated could quickly be restored to order.

Besides, why start worrying about the 'democratic' posters now? The current system certainly pays them no mind.

This is a message board people. Nothing more, nothing less. If you don't like it here...leave. You probably need to. *Please note I am not addressing this to any one individual or group of people.*

If it's all the same to you, I think I'll stick around a good long time and do what I can to make things better. 'K?

 

[TomUK]

I haven't heard anything specific about the timing of the coding changes, besides "soon". Like the kid in the car on the way to grandma's house, I want to be there now.

I hope the change happens very soon. The technical folks tried earlier, and it didn't work out as planned - reporters had access instead of the people who were reported.

But why was the PM alert removed for those members whose posts have been reported? It's seems a bit ridiculous to say that we're free to PM mods to about the details staff discussion regarding reported posts if we're not even aware that we've been reported!

I love the Anglican forum - it is pretty much the only forum i post in. The staff we've got there are in my opinion the best at CF. I really don't want to have to PM them every couple of days on the off-chance that one of my posts have been reported but this seems to be the only option the membership are being left with.

 

[ravenscape]

I am still getting PM alerts, and I've tested the alerts for several people. As far as I've been able to test, PM alerts are working.

It's possible that once in a while one doesn't go out due to an intermittent glitch or something. If we can confirm there's a glitch, then maybe the tech folks could trace it.

 

[A New Dawn]

Not delivered yet. It's obviously a complicated coding problem, since the first try went awry.

Maybe he can hire Erwin back for a small fee. He didn't seem to have any problems, and he wasn't even a professional.

 

[snoochface]

Maybe he can hire Erwin back for a small fee. He didn't seem to have any problems, and he wasn't even a professional.

That might cut into his ad revenue and profits, though.

 

[Glass*Soul]

I am still getting PM alerts, and I've tested the alerts for several people. As far as I've been able to test, PM alerts are working.

It's possible that once in a while one doesn't go out due to an intermittent glitch or something. If we can confirm there's a glitch, then maybe the tech folks could trace it.

Do staff ever take action against posts in the absence of a report? If so, that could explain why there would be no PM.

 

[ravenscape]

Do staff ever take action against posts in the absence of a report? If so, that could explain why there would be no PM.

Speaking only for the Support Team, we look at the reported post(s) in the context of the thread, and we may find that there are other posts that require clean-up, or that are part of a derail, for example. While planning a thread clean-up, if I find a post appears to be egregious enough for a possible warning or an infraction, I make a habit of reporting it separately so our team can discuss it in detail.

So, a deletion, RFE or staff edit might not be preceded with a report if it's part of a large clean-up. But, a warning or infraction would be preceded by a report whether it's part of a clean-up or is a stand-alone post issue.

I suspect that other teams work pretty much the same way, but I can't speak on their behalf.

 

[Glass*Soul]

Speaking only for the Support Team, we look at the reported post(s) in the context of the thread, and we may find that there are other posts that require clean-up, or that are part of a derail, for example. While planning a thread clean-up, if I find a post appears to be egregious enough for a possible warning or an infraction, I make a habit of reporting it separately so our team can discuss it in detail.

So, a deletion, RFE or staff edit might not be preceded with a report if it's part of a large clean-up. But, a warning or infraction would be preceded by a report whether it's part of a clean-up or is a stand-alone post issue.

I suspect that other teams work pretty much the same way, but I can't speak on their behalf.

So, if a member receives notice that a post has been delted or edited, but does not receive a warning or infraction, this could possibly explain why no PM was sent informing them of a report prior to the action. A report would never have been made in the first place.

 

[ravenscape]

So, if a member receives notice that a post has been delted or edited, but does not receive a warning or infraction, this could possibly explain why no PM was sent informing them of a report prior to the action. A report would never have been made in the first place.

Possibly. But there have been a few cases I've heard of where a report was made, but the reportee didn't receive a PM.

 

[Letalis]

Possibly. But there have been a few cases I've heard of where a report was made, but the reportee didn't receive a PM.

I have as well. It's not intentional on staff's part. Something to add to the tech's to-do list.

 

[Lindon Tinuviel]

Thanks, Raven.

 

[Auntie]

Maybe he can hire Erwin back for a small fee. He didn't seem to have any problems, and he wasn't even a professional.

My thoughts exactly. Perhaps professionalism is in the eye of the beholder, er, the brain of the beholder, er, you know what I mean.

Erwin fixed stuff fast. That's what I meant to say.

 

[Lindon Tinuviel]

Can't you ingrates at least be happy that there are a bunch of new ads to look at?

 

[A New Dawn]

I don't see ads, anyway, so why should I be grateful?

 

[Lindon Tinuviel]

Ummm....

 

[Auntie]

Can't you ingrates at least be happy that there are a bunch of new ads to look at?

I will see all ads within the hour. My Site Supporter status runs out tonight at midnight, cst. About 40 minutes.