Shortest time a thread has been active

[Tony Parsons]

My previous thread, concerning comments on threads, lasted some seven hours twenty minutes, and has been closed without apparent reason, as everyone was polite and merely trying to elicit information.

 

How long will this one last, I wonder - comments please.

[Tony Parsons]

Query -

 

If comments in the No Words forum are strictly prohibited, and anathema to all right-thinking members, why do some of them have 'Likes' attached ?

[Supriyo]

Well, discussion of moderation and moderators is prohibited, but discussion of the terms and conditions and user agreement itself isn't (according to the PN terms and conditions). So lets discuss that. Perhaps its time to modify the terms and conditions to allow discussion of moderation and code of conduct of the moderators as well. The likely reason why moderators are prohibited from being criticized in open forums is to maintain decorum and to present a good image of PN to the outside world. So lets make some forums private, visible only to members, where the overall management and moderation of the forums can be discussed. Not being allowed to question the functioning of a site which is solely built upon user content and member participation doesn't make sense in a free world. It may make sense in a non-free world, but I suppose such a world is against the spirit of practicing photography or any other art, so would be a contradiction to be adhered to by PN.

[Tony Parsons]

I would suggest that it was not the moderators who were being criticised, merely their actions and the results thereof.

[Norman 202]

Well, discussion of moderation and moderators is prohibited, but discussion of the terms and conditions and user agreement itself isn't (according to the PN terms and conditions). So lets discuss that

 

A1 idea.

 

You'd be a good moderator.

Edited July 27, 2017 by William Michael

[Supriyo]

Thanks. I just think, everyone should be answerable to the community to which they belong, if their actions affect that community. Of course, answerable doesn't just mean 'justify your actions', it also means listen, learn and change.

[Norman 202]

last edited by a moderator?

 

this is the second time this has happened to me and on neither case has the moderator had the decency to inform me personally.

 

now, i am not critisizing the act of moderation but, ffs, how long does it take our over worked, stressed out mods to send a PM?

[Tony Parsons]

Wikipedia definition of Moderation :

 

Moderation - Wikipedia

 

An interesting addition to the published site statistics would be the number of threads removed.

[GerrySiegel]

Tony you seek rationality and receptivity. Some would say get in line for a TS checklist. The community is what makes the content. Moderation is only to keep the pens from getting too messy. I think anyway. You do deserve a more genteel treatment of course.