In lieu of round tabling something interesting like UFO stuff or ai Data Center theories it seems we are going to discuss my moderation.
Thanks u/americanjerky
Quoting americanjerky:
"this place has not improved ever since the introduction of active moderators"
Link to submission thread: https://communities.win/c/Conspiracies/p/1ASsLC9DuK/round-table-discussion-submissio/c
Link to public mod logs for investigation
Previous relevant discussions
Understanding The Rules In This Community
⭐ If it pleases the Community, I would like to request this round table be shortened from the standard 3-4 weeks so we can get on to more exciting topics.
Clem himself said he was derelict in his duties and it had resulted in people leaving, namely DrLeaks. I think most people on the site as a whole are lurkers and I also think there are many lurkers in this forum specifically. It seems we have a reputation here of being somewhat intimidating (with thinkings) and I see it as a moderator's duty to care for both types of people around, meaning those that don't want to be personally attacked (versus their arguments) and those that see the need for a moderate amount of personal attack, hence the 'free for all' compromise. I know of one user specifically that has asked that all their posts be considered 'free for all', but mostly it is being underutilized.
The default of this community is not a 'free for all' but rather free thinking with an understanding of honoring a very simple 3 rule set standard.
I will continue to think on this idea of using my alts more but some things, like my live invite posts, rely on people being able to gauge my reputation and changing that would be counter-productive.
I very much appreciate your wisdom in this and many other things and am grateful you replied to this post, thanks dude.
If I have to wager money I would wager that DrLeaks was not a real person but a Jewish forum slider of the highest caliber. His posts were the run of the mill forum sliding type never offering anything new and quite large in quantity. Not sure how he played it with Clem to make him feel guilty somehow.
But is the paragraph I just wrote against the rules? This is precisely why heavy moderation makes this another Reddit.
I could say that about people active now probably too, the problem becomes proving shills vs people you don't like or get along with and it's a slippy slope before we're all turned against eachother, I think.
As you mentioned earlier about mistrust, I also tend to lean toward the suspicious side of things and am trying to be better about it, otherwise I'll end up locked in a room, probably.