topic Re: Thank you mods! in Community Chat

Thank you mods!

Krimpette — Mon, 29 May 2023 13:01:32 GMT

I was just thinking what a difficult job you have, but how well you manage to do it! Thank you! I know there are others who will disagree with me (some will even harp on it sometimes), it can't be easy to try and be fair to all, and if necessary, even to shut down threads. Kudos to all the mods here!!!

Re: Thank you mods!

Ladybug724 — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:38:10 GMT

I don't know what happened but I posted a response and it didn't post! Not sure, maybe I wasn't signed in? I don't know that was really weird.

I said I disagree respectfully, but I think of difficult jobs as firefighting, nursing, construction, teaching, etc. Not a shopping board moderator.

I think it sounds like more of a fun job. I wouldn't mind doing it.

As I said, no disrespect meant at all. Just sounds more fun to me than difficult.

Re: Thank you mods!

Marp — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:44:45 GMT

@Ladybug724, if you think being a board moderator is so much fun why don't you give it a try.

As they say experience is the best teacher and it is also the most eye opening.

Re: Thank you mods!

Ladybug724 — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:52:48 GMT

@Marp wrote:
@Ladybug724, if you think being a board moderator is so much fun why don't you give it a try.

As they say experience is the best teacher and it is also the most eye opening.

@Marp Your'e right! I've never done it so I really don't know. But I was just saying that to me, it sounds more fun than difficult. It's just not a job that comes to mind when I think of difficult jobs. Try nursing. That job will kick your butt!

Re: Thank you mods!

ThinkingOutLoud — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:08:25 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
I was just thinking what a difficult job you have, but how well you manage to do it! Thank you! I know there are others who will disagree with me (some will even harp on it sometimes), it can't be easy to try and be fair to all, and if necessary, even to shut down threads. Kudos to all the mods here!!!

This thread is hilarious. Considering they've been deleting some posts, it shows how untrue that really is. lol

Re: Thank you mods!

cjm61 — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:03:41 GMT

@Krimpette We never truly know how difficult a job is until we have "walked in their shoes", so to speak.

To me, it seems like a good job as I would assume they can work from home. I do notice some posts are deleted immediately after posting where some may be on for a couple hours. I also presume there are key points/words that justify removal.

Again, my opinion only, I feel they have a baseline to go by and very little is by personal judgement. I know this is not the same but when I worked at Kaiser there were key words that we had to abide by. Meaning, if a certain word was used it determined what we were required to do.

I hope the moderators enjoy their jobs and it works for their lifestyle. I do have to agree with @Ladybug724 that there are a lot of more demanding and stressful jobs. And I also believe the mods would agree with that. But, it is very nice to give a kudos to any employee. Regardless of your job, you must be at a certain place, at a certain time, and do your job description whether you like it or not.

Re: Thank you mods!

SusieQ_2 — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:03:16 GMT

@Ladybug724

I believe what happened is that when you replied, you clicked on the post of the person who has no understanding of what freedom of speech means with regard to the private sector or to what she agreed to when she joined the forum. As a result of clicking on her post yours was removed as well.

@Marp

Well said Marp! I couldn't agree more.

Re: Thank you mods!

Ladybug724 — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:09:23 GMT

@SusieQ_2 wrote:
@Ladybug724

I believe what happened is that when you replied, you clicked on the post of the person who has no understanding of what freedom of speech means with regard to the private sector or to what she agreed to when she joined the forum. As a result of clicking on her post yours was removed as well.

@Marp
Well said Marp! I couldn't agree more.

@SusieQ_2 Yep that has to be what happened-I just realized her post is gone as well. I didn't agree with what she said, I hit that reply button because i just wanted to reply to the thread, not to her.

Freedom of speech does have limitations in a private business, schools, etc. I've been having to drive this point home with my kids lately. "But mom! What about freedom of speech?" Not everywhere honey. The sooner you learn that the better.

Re: Thank you mods!

deepwaterdotter — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:19:41 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@Krimpette wrote:
I was just thinking what a difficult job you have, but how well you manage to do it! Thank you! I know there are others who will disagree with me (some will even harp on it sometimes), it can't be easy to try and be fair to all, and if necessary, even to shut down threads. Kudos to all the mods here!!!
This thread is hilarious. Considering they've been deleting some posts, it shows how untrue that really is. lol

Given the inequity that you state, why do you think people continue to post on this forum?

Re: Thank you mods!

JoyFilled Warrior — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:50:42 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
I was just thinking what a difficult job you have, but how well you manage to do it! Thank you! I know there are others who will disagree with me (some will even harp on it sometimes), it can't be easy to try and be fair to all, and if necessary, even to shut down threads. Kudos to all the mods here!!!

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@Hi @Krimpette

Great thread!

I so agree. These MODS do a wonderful job at a very very difficult, sometimes trying task.

Re: Thank you mods!

SusieQ_2 — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:49:15 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@Krimpette wrote:
I was just thinking what a difficult job you have, but how well you manage to do it! Thank you! I know there are others who will disagree with me (some will even harp on it sometimes), it can't be easy to try and be fair to all, and if necessary, even to shut down threads. Kudos to all the mods here!!!
This thread is hilarious. Considering they've been deleting some posts, it shows how untrue that really is. lol
Given the inequity that you state, why do you think people continue to post on this forum?

Excellent question, @deepwaterdotter. I'm also curious to know what makes the comment made by @Krimpette untrue.

@ThinkingOutLoud

Your comment shows you share the same lack of understanding as the one who failed to educate herself on the what the right to freedom of speech really means and what you agreed to when you signed up to be a member of this forum.

Re: Thank you mods!

Oznell — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:50:46 GMT

I think there is a difference, sometimes, between a thread being shut down, and an individual post being removed.

A very small number of posters will employ a strategy that over time, has become starkly recognizable. They'll inject rule-violating, hostile or personal attack comments into an otherwise well-conducted thread, in hopes that there will be a blanket shut-down of the whole thread. Merely because they dislike the topic, or don't like the direction of the comments. The offending poster will escalate his/her combativeness, hoping to draw the "returning fire" that will get a thread labeled controversial or argumentative.

In cases like those, the posts that should be removed, in my opinion, should be removed. But if the thread is otherwise complying with QVC standards, it should be able to continue.

I could be wrong, but I think in general, if the "rule-observing" posters all completely ignored the offenders, and didn't respond to their salllies, more threads would be left up.

Re: Thank you mods!

deepwaterdotter — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:55:18 GMT

@Oznell Astute and well-stated observation.

Re: Thank you mods!

ThinkingOutLoud — Mon, 29 May 2023 17:09:16 GMT

@SusieQ_2 wrote:
@deepwaterdotter wrote:
@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@Krimpette wrote:
I was just thinking what a difficult job you have, but how well you manage to do it! Thank you! I know there are others who will disagree with me (some will even harp on it sometimes), it can't be easy to try and be fair to all, and if necessary, even to shut down threads. Kudos to all the mods here!!!
This thread is hilarious. Considering they've been deleting some posts, it shows how untrue that really is. lol
Given the inequity that you state, why do you think people continue to post on this forum?
Excellent question, @deepwaterdotter. I'm also curious to know what makes the comment made by @Krimpette untrue.

@ThinkingOutLoud
Your comment shows you share the same lack of understanding as the one who failed to educate herself on the what the right to freedom of speech really means and what you agreed to when you signed up to be a member of this forum.

Nope

Re: Thank you mods!

SusieQ_2 — Mon, 29 May 2023 17:11:18 GMT

Your points are well taken @Oznell but I disagree that the mods should have to weed out offending posts when they pile up exponentially throughout a thread. Not to mention that political and controversial topics are started by well-seasoned posters who know exactly how it will end but the op just wants a chance to get their opinion out there before someone points out it goes against the standards for posting. And then it seems we have those who simply want to post, run, and wait to see the mayhem that follows. Sad, but true.

I agree it can't be easy being a moderator, or at the very least it has to be incredibly frustrating trying to babysit a group of elderly women who don't want to abide by the rules they voluntarily agreed to when joining the the forum.

I do agree wholeheartedly with your last paragraph, but as someone who's been posting here for many, many years I can assure you that will never happen.

So again, thank you to our wonderful moderators for doing an amazing job!!!

Re: Thank you mods!

bikerbabe — Mon, 29 May 2023 17:21:38 GMT

I’m a mod on another totally unrelated board. There are very strict guidelines on what topics are allowed. When the same topic(s) always yield the same arguments over and over and over…. I don’t blame the mods here for just poofing the entire thread. They have more to their job duties than just policing this place.

Re: Thank you mods!

Venezia — Mon, 29 May 2023 17:34:10 GMT

@bikerbabe - I agree that the mods have more to their job than just monitoring these forums.

They are also CS reps and are excellent at that job, from my personal experience.

So, yes, a thank you to the Mods for doing what must seem like a thankless task sometimes.

It would be nice to think that everyone who signs up for this board would abide by the rules that are clearly stated, but we all know that's never going to happen. Hence the need for moderators.

Re: Thank you mods!

Foxxee — Mon, 29 May 2023 20:24:41 GMT

@Oznell

I have had experiences with 3+ posters in attack mode, quite often in a short period of time, just for stating an opinion or speaking the truth. I was about to report them for harassment.

A few words in reply letting them know I knew what they were doing stopped that behavior.

In these cases it clearly wasn't to shut the thread down, it was to shut me down.

I don't think any of us should put up with that type of behavior.

Re: Thank you mods!

Krimpette — Mon, 29 May 2023 18:51:58 GMT

One thing that does puzzle me is, if someone doesn't like the way these boards are moderated, why continue to post here? I'm sure there are other forum sites available that might be more suitable.

Re: Thank you mods!

rms1954 — Mon, 29 May 2023 19:03:46 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
One thing that does puzzle me is, if someone doesn't like the way these boards are moderated, why continue to post here? I'm sure there are other forum sites available that might be more suitable.

There are some people who wear blinders and just have to have their say no matter what. It's all about THEM. Plain and simple.