I Was Wrong!

[Ganoncrotch]

RolStoppable said:

Ganoncrotch said:

Oh right I always just thought it was the Russian currency and that it held no real meaning, but again getting yourself tagged in this case with 2 negatives isn't really a great thing.

Being a good backseat moderator sounds strange when it comes to a site where there is literally 2 rules which say don't backseat moderate, it would be like giving someone a tag for trolling and commending them as being a good troll in threads where trolling needs to be done, you must understand that you are tagged as being good at something which is reportable (again... I see the irony in talking about it but I'm not trying to backseat mod you I'm just wondering if you can see it from my point of view).

I'll be honest about you, a lack of manners is not a way I would describe your posts on here, often when I see you jump into an argument which is going on between two or more people you tend to go about it rather level headed and calmly explain why people should drop a certain subject or so, I wouldn't consider blunt and honest to mean not having manners.

I have a sense of irony, so having tags with negative connotations doesn't bother me. Rüpel was added via my personal request. Backseat moderator wasn't something that I requested, that was slapped on me because it was deemed fitting. It happened right after I had asked to get more tags and my personal suggestions were Esel, Hanswurst and Tunichtgut, none of which are positive things. But they are all German words, so the administrator wasn't aware of what they mean.

I can see it from your point of view, but here I have to say that there's a flaw in your point of view and that is the belief that backseat moderating is inherently bad. Then again, in your final paragraph you provide an example of how backseat moderating can be a good thing. If a community can moderate itself, there are quicker solutions to (potential) conflicts, so less work for the actual moderators and more enjoyable discussions for the other regular members who participate in a thread.

I agree with you that backseat modding in ways is a good idea (I've personally jumped on a few grenades were people were going at each others throats, either in threads or by pming one or both people and saying they'd be better off dropping it) but right now the way the rules sit it's put as being spam and reportable in and of itself so your tag says one thing but that thing has been stigmatised by the rules here to suggest a negative where you're doing it in a positive. Much like if someone here says Fanboy as a negative but I think that word has been ruined by people throwing it as an insult but I'm happy to be called a fanboy of some of the things I'm a fan of like gaming in general.

edit - Perhaps the Ambassador tag would be more fitting for you, like... you know the way things work around here and if you tell people who are arguing that they're going to get moderated if they keep at it... that was sort of what I seen the original meaning of the Ambassador tag to mean, people to listen to for advice to basically become better users?

Rambling......

Sorry!

Last edited by Ganoncrotch - on 24 February 2018