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MODERATORS: Thank you...

Venezia — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:40:23 GMT

...for bringing back a more civil tone to the forums.

I, for one, want to be able to read threads (even if they're sometimes controversial) without seeing them derailed or descending into mud-slinging.

Years ago these boards were fun and informative, then they seemed to be taken over by trolls. I'm glad the new changes were introduced and that, when a post or thread is deleted, you give the reason why.

Well done.

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AuntG — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:47:11 GMT

I think it's rather juvenile to have to have moderators so I try to ignore them as much as I can. They definitely are biased.

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Venezia — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:52:03 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
I think it's rather juvenile to have to have moderators so I try to ignore them as much as I can. They definitely are biased.

Perhaps, but when the behavior of some posters is juvenile, moderators become necessary so the entire board isn't ruined for everyone else. JMHO.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:45:48 GMT

I've noticed that those who are very unhappy with the moderation and feel there is a great deal of moderator bias are often deleted and/or frequently participate in or start threads on topics QVC doesn't really want on the forums in the first place. Then they are disgruntled or claim "no fair/bias" while aware of the inappropriateness.

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Zita — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:27:59 GMT

Sorry, I have to disagree. The moderators are completely arbitrary in what they allow or disallow, and are so afraid of controversy they delete or move anything that might possibly offend someone, somewhere.

I'm with Trump on this: Way too much political correctness out there. People jump and tap dance for fear of offending.

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Adelina — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:33:29 GMT

So-called 'political correctness" serves a purpose. It gives a person time to think before speaking - something helpful when there may be an issue with impulse control.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:45:29 GMT

Well - it's not about to change. People can complain about it and be unhappy about it, but it's not going to vanish or do a 180. So I would think the alternatives are to accept that it is what it is and deal, continue to complain knowing you're wasting your figurative breath, or find a totally unmoderated, uncensored forum and hang out there instead of on a moderated forum.

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AuntG — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 21:57:53 GMT

Moonchilde, as far as I know, none of my posts have been deleted. I try to abide by the rules but I do see bias. I'd rather we be allowed to self-police. The Ignore button worked great for that.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 23:12:37 GMT

I don't see bias.

I see posts that deserved to be deleted and were because they were reported to moderators, and I see reports that should have been deleted but were not because often they are not reported. And I see posts that I didn't think warranted deleting *when compared to what stayed*. But to me that's just the breaks of having human moderators. I'm not going to like all the calls, but scattered calls I don't agree with does not wholesale bias make - especially since we can't know if a post was even reported.

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wildcat fan — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 23:16:58 GMT

In response to @Moonchilde's last post:

I've seen posts that clearly violated the Standards and I reported them, but the posts were not deleted.

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HappyDaze — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 23:55:53 GMT

It is unfortunate that there are those adults that act like juveniles so moderators have to step in. If everyone acted like adults, we wouldn't need the moderators.

I thank the moderators too. It has been a much more pleasant experience on the boards.

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TNRatPack — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 00:12:47 GMT

Well religion and politics are always topics which are way too controversial and there are plenty of other sites which people can express their views. QVC'S website, QVC'S rules.

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Moonchilde — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 00:28:22 GMT

@wildcat fan wrote:
In response to @Moonchilde's last post:

I've seen posts that clearly violated the Standards and I reported them, but the posts were not deleted.

And I have done the same, with the same result. That means either that even though WE thought a post violated standards, the moderator did not, or the moderator was on the fence and no one else reported it so it was let stand. It's not going to go our way (whichever way that is) 100% of the time. I might be mildly annoyed, but I don't see it as wholesale bias.

If I started perceiving bias *all the time*, wherever I looked, I would start to re-think my POV, i.e. maybe it's not them, but me.