Forum Behaviour

[Uruk-argent-dawn (Uruk)]

No. People cannot be entrusted with such freedom. Eventually such topics always spiral down into chaos, and bring only toxicity and negative energy.

This must cease for the good of the forums.

[Nefaryas-aerie-peak (Nefaryas)]

Was that on the old forums though? Pretty sure we met around the time they changed and they started being stricter with how many were given out for shorter times.

Right now my only bugbear with moderation is that they don’t intercede with arguments and give out warnings to calm situations down its just left until too late so then people end up banned. If they showed up a bit sooner (visibly) and just nudged people to settle down a bit I reckon a lot of bans could be avoided.

Warnings > ban hammer would be welcome imo

Still appreciate the moderation team and all they do though, it can’t be an easy job trying to control us lot lol (yeah I’m shilling)

[Daestra-turalyon]

@Ferumlac

Flagged posts are reviewed and actioned accordingly.

If a poster continues to break the forum Code of Conduct the severity of action taken against them escalates. This can include the removal of all posting rights.

However it does usually take several actions to reach this point and depends on the severity of each forum infraction. The Moderation team would prefer that posters learn from previous mistakes and follow the code of conduct than to fully remove posting rights which is more a “last resort”.

Keep flagging inappropriate posts for review

But in your own rules people going past bans to post on a 2nd account is perm banable .
Also telling people to kill themselfs and threating people is perm banable yet the poster is still here .

I can flag all i want and i can follow your CoC to the letter but whats the point if you are not enforcing it .

[Ferumlac]

This one is a little more complicated as it’s not always obvious that another account may belong to an already actioned poster. We absolutely do enforce this though!

[Daestra-turalyon]

@Nefaryas-aerie-peak

Still appreciate the moderation team and all they do though, it can’t be an easy job trying to control us lot lol (yeah I’m shilling)

I would’nt call you a shill for that i think you are right but i am really annoyed atm really annoyed .

[Daestra-turalyon]

@Ferumlac

This one is a little more complicated as it’s not always obvious that another account may belong to an already actioned poster. We absolutely do enforce this though!

Thank you for your quick reply i could even link the post but it would be agaisnt the CoC and end up with me being banned

[Brilho-frostmane]

There’s this Undead Mage guy in particular who always finds a reason to make posts charged with alt-right ideology.

[Ferumlac]

Naming and Shaming makes things complicated indeed! The post can be edited - moderators can see your edit history

[Nezarah-argent-dawn]

@Bagdawg-moonglade

There is a minority of posters that seem determined to get any thread that they don’t like or disagree with shut down by making controversial comments or introducing a subject matter that they know is going to either upset, offend or make someone angry.

That’s the forum clique, pay no attention to those losers. It’s not hard to figure out who they are and why they act the way they do. You can pretty much nail them down from the Trust Level thread.

They hate on Classic, PvP, M+ and anything that requires high skill and is competitive and they waste cash on store mounts, pets and “recruit a friend” rewards.

If anything, look up their profiles and get a laugh, they always make arguments without anything to back it up with.

[Nefaryas-aerie-peak (Nefaryas)]

I know hun, moderation isn’t easy and I’m sure they do their best.

We also have tools available to make the forums better for us such as the ignore function, if you can’t see the offensive posters you can’t be offended

*except when someone quotes them but such is life and maybe our blue poster can take note of that issue and feed it back to see if anything can be done??

[Daestra-turalyon]

@Nefaryas-aerie-peak

I know hun, moderation isn’t easy and I’m sure they do their best.

We also have tools available to make the forums better for us such as the ignore function, if you can’t see the offensive posters you can’t be offended

I just miss my pillow’s

[Uruk-argent-dawn (Uruk)]

@Nefaryas-aerie-peak

We also have tools available to make the forums better for us such as the ignore function, if you can’t see the offensive posters you can’t be offended

Pretty flawed, since we can still see their posts, just buried.

[Emje-draenor]

@Nefaryas-aerie-peak

Right now my only bugbear with moderation is that they don’t intercede with arguments and give out warnings to calm situations down

Sorry Nefaryas, I tend to disagree with you on this, I believe a private message asking people to calm down would be better, I don’t think publicly shaming individual posters would be helpful, although I could see the use for a generic message saying something like ‘things are getting heated, we all need to calm down’.

[Sinaaki-argent-dawn]

@Nezarah-argent-dawn

You can pretty much nail them down from the Trust Level thread.

Eh what? I dont thing you and OP are talking about the same type of posters at all tbh. So whats so funny about me and my profile and what topics do i try to derail and get locked? Just asking since i’m usually one of the posters in the trust level topic.

[Schmusedecke-alleria]

@Ferumlac

The Moderation team would prefer that posters learn from previous mistakes and follow the code of conduct than to fully remove posting rights which is more a “last resort”.

but then again, how are people supposed to learn if they arent told what they did wrong in particular?

i am still waiting for my reason as none was given directly upon enforcing the penalty. havent received any emails yet either.

the penalty is over so what if i repeat the mistake and get another silence/ban?

[Leafkettle-argent-dawn (Leafkettle)]

@Ferumlac

If a poster continues to break the forum Code of Conduct the severity of action taken against them escalates. This can include the removal of all posting rights.

I think what people do not understand is how many flagged postings come in on a daily basis. I had my fair share of moderating in the past on reddit and the users underestimate how much work this is at times. Cross-referencing other posts, incoming complains, people fighting their turf wars and so on.

[Nefaryas-aerie-peak (Nefaryas)]

@Emje-draenor

although I could see the use for a generic message saying something like ‘things are getting heated, we all need to calm down’.

That’s more what I mean actually, just a visible blue post to remind people to calm down a bit or walk away would (hopefully) prevent many threads ended up a toxic pit and locked with a number of people banned for hotheaded posts they regret once cooled off.

[Sinaaki-argent-dawn]

@Ferumlac

The Moderation team would prefer that posters learn from previous mistakes and follow the code of conduct

I’m just gonna point out (since the other topic got locked) that the system is flawed. I have several friends who has gotten forum bans/silences without getting the email that is supposed to explain which post got them banned. We brought this up a while ago and another blue said they would investigate it. Could you maybe try to bring this up again in the moderator team? How will people improve if the system doesnt let them know what was breaking the coc? Adding the link to when it was last brought up as an issue: Censorship on forums

[Daestra-turalyon]

@Uruk-argent-dawn

Pretty flawed, since we can still see their posts, just buried.

@Nefaryas-aerie-peak

*except when someone quotes them but such is life and maybe our blue poster can take note of that issue and feed it back to see if anything can be done??

she also added that

[Uruk-argent-dawn (Uruk)]

No, she stated another issue with this system, which is also serious.