Remove the Trust Level system!

[Skadefryden-turalyon]

@Schmusedecke-alleria

not someone, serveral people have to flag it, not just one person. one person thinking its offensive doesnt initiate a flag.

If one is to assume that there is always a moderator check the flags, it would only take one single flag for the post to enter the moderator review system. And also if the flagger is the moderator themselves, no other individuals are needed. This is from a theoretical point of view, I am not accusing any specific moderators for anything.

@Schmusedecke-alleria

only mods remove comments when they deem it as rule breaking.

They better remove comments only when they are rule-breaking.

@Schmusedecke-alleria

if you get a penalty you technically should also get an email stating the quote what you ve been reported for.

That is right, and I got email for the only time I have been silenced. However, that episode was handled correctly by the moderator. Not that I agree that action was needed, but they executed the moderator action after the book, so I have no grudges for that. And this was like 6 months ago.

@Schmusedecke-alleria

you can submit a ticket and have someone look into it. the message is not automated. somone has issued the silence. when you get a penalty you have a link at the bottom where you can appeal it. so thats your way of contacting.

The recent actions towards my posts have not resulted in any silence or any emails, as I have described earlier. No information or any way to appeal.

And since no apparent punishing action was taken towards me, I did not bothered to contact support as they are understaffed, and I did not want to wait seven days on an answer telling that they can not give any answers.

@Schmusedecke-alleria

no. only because a post might have been removed by a mod, as long as you do not get an official silence etc, it does not count towards your tl3 gain.

there is no such thing as a strike without consequences.

That is not how it works according to The Ultimate Forum Guide (Codes, Trust Levels, FAQ) and my experiences. As one of the TL3 requirements says:

• Don’t have more than 5 Spam/Offensive Flags

This is flags, not official actions. I have not been silenced 5 times.
I got my silence when I was TL1, and since then have I had a couple posts being flagged as “offensive” and removed/spoiled, but no official reactions. Then I got TL3 in December which lasted a week - due to yet another “offensive” flag and removal with no further action on me. Either that flag exceeded the 5 flag limit, or the moderator manually removed me from the tier as punishment without ever telling me.

@Schmusedecke-alleria

as it should be. naming and shaming is against the policy.

I think you misunderstand, I would never name and shame anyone (but myself). Yes, that have happened in January. Someone made a topic for naming and shaming, and named someone else. Then multiple repliers named TS, and I made a post naming my poster character. Funny enough the poor moderator must have overlooked who I was naming as I got a 48 hour silence - which was revoked after 5 minutes by the same moderator.

@Schmusedecke-alleria

three scenarios:

No, I am not asking for transparency on flaggers, and I would definitely not go after someone if I knew they were flagging my posts as I respect that people disagree with me, and if people where to abuse the system to hide my posts it would surely be an issue for the moderators, and not something for me to investigate personally.