Legislate the usage of the word "troll"

[kirby007]

padib said:

theprof00 said:
@padib
Yep its exactly what I did. I was told I was basically asking for it.

If the mods don't give proper support after you went through the right channels, then there is a problem. If they give you support but you and the mods disagree, then you could try:

• Creating a thread in the website feedback section, ask other users of different factions their thoughts on the post reported.
• Cutting the mods some slack and say "I'll win some and lose some". After all it doesn't really matter all that much in the end, it's only a forum we can't take it too seriously. But if you consistently get shut down, then you can revert to solution 1 which is to create a thread about the problem.

In the end when reporting users we need to see it as a long-term effort where mods look at your reporting style as a profile. If you consistenly make shady reports or bash the mods, chances are they will take them less into account. If you make good reports and put effort into them, and target the problem users, odds are on the long run your reports will become more effective.

That's what I understood from the mod queue personally.

Viper1 said:
2 more things that would help:

1. More proactive mods. Too much moderation here is reactive on the "Report Post" function. This is probably more to do with simply not having a large enough mod to user activity ratio.

2. Mod forum. This is a hidden forum for mods to discuss things rather than trying to rely on AIM, Skype, etc...

@2. I believe they have one, and I think I saw the login page but obviously we can't log in. They also have IM set up for all the mods to chat. I think they call it the mod chat.

@1. We have a few pro-active mods. Khan, Trucks, Kasz316, Yo_John, I know they participate a lot. That's a good share of proactive mods. It can always be better but remember these are hand-picked volunteers and so far they are doing fantastic.

few is very close to too few