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.
I posted my comment before I read yours and they are pretty much identical in ideas. I mentioned how when I had a very popular sub on Reddit I made it clear I set the rules but didn’t handle any moderation or appeals, that sort of thing. I had others do it that didn’t post, maybe they did in alts, but I never knew. I considered myself the founder and community manager and was able to be really involved the the community and not do it with a badge and a gun visible. I never banned one person the entire time or flexed on someone that was close to breaking the rules in comments or ever at all. That’s what the mods were for it wasn’t my job. I did however make sure the mods were doing their job checking what they removed or banned or whatever but that’s it.
I’ve seen OP insert themselves into conversation like a regular user would many times but then eventually give warnings visible to everyone if it went a certain way they didn’t like. I don’t like how someone could think they are arguing or debating with a regular user then all of a sudden they flex with be careful what you say and making it obvious they are a mod. The times I have seen that happen really didn’t even think a warning was necessary at all, but how can you even make that call with such a huge conflict of interest being part of the debate yourself. If all the other users are fine with the way the debate or discussion is going and even if it’s heated as long as it’s not completely crazy breaking rules and everyone seems fine about it except for the OP who is also part of the debate seems like it’s hard to tell sometimes if they are just annoyed at someone or they really think it’s breaking the rules. Also I never had my mods call out people in public for bad behavior I had them send a PM and talk about it without escalating it by calling them out publicly, especially for trivial things.
So yeah if I see OP commenting in a thread with a debate I don’t even bother commenting because it seems saying the wrong thing even if not abusive just being annoying to them might get their attention in a way I don’t want to happen.
I mean even this entire thread itself to me is widely Inappropriate for a mod. Either be a user or a mod, not both at the same time.
But I am a user here.. The fact that I am a frequent user and know the community is why Admin made me the mod.
The post is here because it was voted highest in the submission thread.
See you have this post asking a question and then the two people that give input you are not just accepting the ideas people present that were asked for you feel the need to defend yourself. It’s a trap.
It's a discussion, not a trap. Why shouldn't I defend my position? I have thoughts too.
Because instead of it being an open invitation for users to freely express their ideas it turns into a conflict. Just forget I said anything.