Meanderings and musing of a Geek
War of the Report Buttons
Posted 19-08-08 at 11:11 AM by The Geek
Tags moderation, trolls
Lately there has been much stupidity on the site that has been culminating into turrets syndrome with the 'Report Post' button.
The Report Post button is the pretty red one that used to always get mixed up with the reputation button. The purpose of the Report Post button is to help the moderator team identify posts that may be inappropriate. Instead it has become a tool for certain 'factions' to try and control what is being posted on the site.
Yes, sadly there are some that are either affiliated in one way with certain brands, some that used to be affiliated with certain brands and those that have their own interests that certain posts work against.
These 'factions' are littering the moderator forums with reported post notifications after trawling through posts that are counter productive to their 'mission' in an attempt to find anything that the post can be moderated.
This drives not only myself nutsoid, but the entire moderator team.
It tempts me to no end to eliminate all Waxing and Tanning discussions just so we don't have to deal with these factions any longer.
So do I want people to stop reporting posts? Nope. Thats why the option is there. Do I want people to stop being so friggin pedantic? Hell yes!
Moderating a post/thread/blog/etc... is not a simple process. It isn't a matter of identifying the site rule violation and taking action, it is often a matter of making judgement calls on grey areas. This means that not every occurrence will have the exact same conclusion. Saying that, the moderator team do a phenomenal job of being pretty freaking consistent, especially considering how many are on the team.
I guess what I am saying is... cut us some slack guys and stop trying to use the site solely for your own ends. Contribute, but do not control.
And finally, focus on you and your business. The more time you spend worrying about 'the other guy' is the less time you can spend worrying about what you're doing.
nJoy
The Report Post button is the pretty red one that used to always get mixed up with the reputation button. The purpose of the Report Post button is to help the moderator team identify posts that may be inappropriate. Instead it has become a tool for certain 'factions' to try and control what is being posted on the site.
Yes, sadly there are some that are either affiliated in one way with certain brands, some that used to be affiliated with certain brands and those that have their own interests that certain posts work against.
These 'factions' are littering the moderator forums with reported post notifications after trawling through posts that are counter productive to their 'mission' in an attempt to find anything that the post can be moderated.
This drives not only myself nutsoid, but the entire moderator team.
It tempts me to no end to eliminate all Waxing and Tanning discussions just so we don't have to deal with these factions any longer.
So do I want people to stop reporting posts? Nope. Thats why the option is there. Do I want people to stop being so friggin pedantic? Hell yes!
Moderating a post/thread/blog/etc... is not a simple process. It isn't a matter of identifying the site rule violation and taking action, it is often a matter of making judgement calls on grey areas. This means that not every occurrence will have the exact same conclusion. Saying that, the moderator team do a phenomenal job of being pretty freaking consistent, especially considering how many are on the team.
I guess what I am saying is... cut us some slack guys and stop trying to use the site solely for your own ends. Contribute, but do not control.
And finally, focus on you and your business. The more time you spend worrying about 'the other guy' is the less time you can spend worrying about what you're doing.
nJoy
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I didn't think it got used very much, I've only ever used it once
, thanks for bringing it to our attention. Please don't ban the waxing discussions though xPosted 19-08-08 at 11:23 AM by PinkPotions
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lordy you dont realise what the poor mods and sam have to deal with behind closed doors so too speak do you....xxPosted 19-08-08 at 11:42 AM by *JOANNE*
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Never - ever reported a post.
Can't be arsed tbh - unless it was totally innapropriate.Posted 19-08-08 at 12:01 PM by pazzy
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I have used it a few times and I think its important to have, but the mods are usually on to it straight away.
It is good to have the tanning and waxing, and I don't do either so haven't really read much of them, so don't know whats been going on.Posted 19-08-08 at 12:39 PM by hippy-chick
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I'm so glad I'm just a Nail Geek....... Sadly there are members at the mo who are trying to use the site for their own ends and I wish they'd stop it!Posted 19-08-08 at 12:41 PM by Vetty
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Oh boy, why can't people just enjoy the site ?Posted 19-08-08 at 01:07 PM by adelekeegan1
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I have never reported a post either, I totally understand why it's there, but had no idea anyone was doing this with it! I sometimes go into the waxing threads, but hadn't realised this was going on! Maybe I'm a bit dense! All I want to say is, I love Salon Geek as a whole, and just want to thank Sir Sweet and all his moderators for the wonderful job they do, and please let's not make their job any harder than it already is!Posted 19-08-08 at 01:35 PM by Ditzy
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It has been such a nightmare recently and it is like being in a school playground for us - there are so many tit for tat reports that it is sometimes quite laughable.
I get a notification to my inbox every time there is a reported post and recently I have guessed who or what it has been about before logging in here. This is very sad.
I would hate for Sam to remove the tanning and waxing forums but hey it would certainly make our lives a hell of a lot easier.
Please think on!Posted 19-08-08 at 01:40 PM by naturalnails
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Ooh I wish I knew what was going on - my nosy gene has kicked in big time! Us mushrooms don't tend to keep up with all the action!
All I can say is perhaps people have to grow up a bit??Posted 19-08-08 at 01:51 PM by BessieBoo
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yup...its mostly the same ones over again and the reason's for reporting these threads have become very lame and not for actual rule breaking...Posted 19-08-08 at 02:18 PM by Bagpuss
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Ah how lucky these people have so many hours in the day to do this?!
No clients??
Some folk are becoming tedious of late hence the reason moi has been keeping ones gob firmly shut.Posted 19-08-08 at 02:55 PM by 1999judy
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Sometimes we are worse than kids a good slap comes to mind!!!!
If you don't like something then don't read it simple.
Im sure our lovely Moderators have better things to do with their time than fighting battles for stupid people sorry rant over
Posted 19-08-08 at 03:21 PM by Klassy Klaws
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Well I will admit to pressing that 'pretty red button' once in all of the 4.5 years I have been visiting this site. And it was 'tit for tat' as I was just sick of seeing other posters get away away with saying what they wanted and making other people including myself feel like crap.
Posted 19-08-08 at 03:54 PM by Jen Smith
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Your blog would make a fab thread Sam!
Posted 19-08-08 at 04:08 PM by ValencianNails
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Never realised what the pretty red button was for! Could you just 'warn' these persistent offenders? Maybe if they think they'd get thrown off then they might think twice? Thing is then, I suppose they'd just come back under a different name
Sorry for the work guys (it's not me!) and as we all know you don't get paid for what you do.
Keep up the good work as I too would hate to see waxing and tanning go.
Have a Sweet day
xxPosted 19-08-08 at 05:27 PM by redsadie
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ooh errr , it all sounds a bit
, am glad i aint a mod , lol
i am sure i only once ever reported a thread, and that was because it was getting plain nasty
hope it all stops and the mods can relax (a bit anyway , lol ) xPosted 19-08-08 at 05:41 PM by dee
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and Amen to that Sam ... and I've not been about as much as the other guys and I'm sick of seeing it, so they must be up to their back teeth in it all. I'm glad I only do nails again now and don't enter the skin geek much these days.Posted 19-08-08 at 05:53 PM by Sassy Hassy
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Oh, dear, are things getting a bit silly again? Maybe this 'pretty red button' should be treated like the emergency pull thingy on a train and misuse will get you a penalty!
I've never pulled one on a train and I hope I never need to....same goes for here!
For the record, I think y'all do a great job...and I generally find if you give someone enough rope they will hang themselves eventually!Posted 19-08-08 at 06:19 PM by Zingara
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I agree with vetty, I do feel sorry for the mods. Maybe you should have a thread about a day in the life of a mod ! People might realise just how much you have to do then. I think that there are way to many posts tho about people promoting their own business, training, without salongeek they probably wouldn't be half as sucessful !Posted 19-08-08 at 06:24 PM by bombini
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Sorry to hear this is going on! would be such a shame for the rest of us who use skin geek to lose it, because of childish people. you mods to a great job, and i hope every one reads sams blog!Posted 19-08-08 at 08:10 PM by e-beauty
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