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[Shinobi-san]

RolStoppable said:

Shinobi-san said:

My reply was meant to be a "general reply". I saw multiple posts discussing stealth trolling so i gave my view on it.

I didnt reply to the specific example padib posted because i have no clue which moderator dealt with those reports or what the reasoning was behind any of the decisions taken. Me posting my personal view on a situation that was already dealt with, just creates confusion and sends a mixed message. My availability has also been bad this past week, so i didnt have time to bring this up in mod chat.

I watched the video posted in the thread, and personally i would not have moderated for the content of the video alone. The thread was also named after the video. I also disagree that the video was simply a "Nintendo fans are pretty bad" video. It was 30 minutes long discussed mulitple points and was focused around the project cars situation. Which was quite a big discussion point on here a few days back if i remember correctly.

What I would have looked at more closely was the thread creator, his history, conduct in the thread as well as the OP (which was pretty poor to say the least) and made a decision based on that. I definitely would have asked the thread creator to expand on his view in the OP to guide the discussion down a more constructive path. That being said the topic is centered around fans, so the resultant discussion might not have been avoidable.

I didn't watch the video, I just trust people that I deem trustworthy when it comes to the content of the video. But it really doesn't matter what the video was because virtually nobody watched it, and as such the discussion was about the little information that was there. Put the title and the OP together, and the resulting context is "Nintendo fans are pretty bad" which is not acceptable.

But the most important point here is (or was) that the mod team owed padib an explanation. That that thread was allowed to exist in such a form hasn't so much to do with incompetence of the mod team as it has with lack of availability at just the wrong time. This past week I had to report a clear example of a thread that deserved to be locked twice until it actually happened.

If Padib reported the thread and the thread was not locked or moderated, then it means that a moderator or group of moderators purposefully made the decision to leave it open. So i dont think the issue is with availability here its actually with the decision taken by the mods.

In my above post I gave my opinion on the thread and how i would have most likely dealt with it. Given that the thread is targetted at one particular fanbase id ask the author to add more to the contents of his OP to make it less about Nintendo fans only. Id also monitor the thread and try nd keep it on track should we as a team of mods decided to leave it open. I might have also argued for a lock given the users history and the nature of the topic.

Also i dont think anyone is owed an explanation in this thread. Padib's query started out as a general topic around stealth trolling which a few mods responded to with a general reply. However now we are discussing a particular thread, and why it has been left open and not locked, moderated or edited etc.

I'll refer back to the rules of this thread:

• This is not the place to ask why your report did not result in a moderation for a user. Be respectful of the process and trust that every report is carefully examined before it is either dismissed or acted upon.

In any case ive raised it in the mod chat. Other than that I'd suggest a pm to one of the head mods if either you or Padib want to take this further.