Alert: Thank the moderators day

Our mods truly are a special group of people. They deserve as many cases of Natty Lite as Seneca Wallace can bring them for the job they do.
 
Question: Do you mods ever consult with each other before taking action? Or do you just blow the whistle and make the call based on your own judgment? It seems that you all have quite a bit of authority and autonomy.
 
Question: Do you mods ever consult with each other before taking action? Or do you just blow the whistle and make the call based on your own judgment? It seems that you all have quite a bit of authority and autonomy.

They have their own mod forum section where they do their plotting and scheming.
 
Question: Do you mods ever consult with each other before taking action? Or do you just blow the whistle and make the call based on your own judgment? It seems that you all have quite a bit of authority and autonomy.


I would venture to say that 98 percent of the time its discussed before a major banning, thread closing or thread removal. With over the top trolls it tends to be at on a whim, because honestly, who wants those turds here.
 
Question: Do you mods ever consult with each other before taking action? Or do you just blow the whistle and make the call based on your own judgment? It seems that you all have quite a bit of authority and autonomy.

Unless something is incredibly egregious, most things go through committee. We usually like to have a few votes on something before acting. However, there are some judgment calls we have to make at the time due to time constraints.
 
Unless something is incredibly egregious, most things go through committee. We usually like to have a few votes on something before acting. However, there are some judgment calls we have to make at the time due to time constraints.

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Unless something is incredibly egregious, most things go through committee. We usually like to have a few votes on something before acting. However, there are some judgment calls we have to make at the time due to time constraints.


Occasionally in the past, I noticed that it takes some time for posts to show up (or I see that there is another page, but I can't open it). Do you ever use a filter for a thread whereby posts can't show up until they are approved by a mod? Seems like a good way to keep a volatile discussion from going over the top.
 
They have their own mod forum section where they do their plotting and scheming.

Interesting that you use this word. A little birdie once told me that you and your little government acquaintances (the Mayor, the DA, the PC) are quite the schemers yourselves.
 
All talk, joker the biggest schemer of them all, he may wing the day to day crap he pulls, but the big stuff, he plans out for a long time.
 
Occasionally in the past, I noticed that it takes some time for posts to show up (or I see that there is another page, but I can't open it). Do you ever use a filter for a thread whereby posts can't show up until they are approved by a mod? Seems like a good way to keep a volatile discussion from going over the top.

Nope, currently the only posts that ever go "moderated" and have to be touched before they post are from spammers. I think there's a feature where we could maybe moderate ALL posts, but I think it may be all or nothing? I'm not sure!

If you have extra pages that you can't access, usually it's from a quirk in vBulletin. It seems like our monster-long threads do this, especially if a lot of posts have been deleted.
 
Is today!

For real - I'm not sure if you've noticed but over the last month or so, the amount of spam we've been seeing on this site has been insane.

I've been forced to tweak a few things on the site and as a result, it is a lot more work/time for the mods. These people volunteer their time to make this the best damn fan site on the Internet. CF would not be CF without our moderators so today, Wednesday, April 10 2013, I declare as Moderators Are Awesome Day at CycloneFanatic.com.

Please show your appreciation here!

Thanks mods! You're all great!
 
Thanks for never banning me mods and for keeping the quality of this site FAR above our Eastern competitors.

It'll only be a matter of time before the Chinese can make a better, cheaper Cyclone Fanatic.
 

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