Quite what?

I guess Rol got silenced before he could finish!

Never thought I see the day where vivster would make me laugh, but here we are ladies and gentlemen. I'd give you two bucks for the chuckle if you were here.

Ah, that makes your post even better!! XD

Good quality thread creation doesn't kill forums, John.

VGPolyglot said: StarOcean said: You can complain all you want, but nothing will change that's the unfortunate truth, but is what it is. Ahh, is this some insider knowledge that you're giving us?

Not really insider knowledge, it's obvious if you pay attention to how things are handed out. I've said it for a long time, the way mods are trained, granted and disgranted modship, the way reports are handled -or lack there of... is all a shit show. Of course, more politically correct and polite version would be to say, it is an inconsistent mess. I don't think there is any doubt in any regular or mod user that this is the case. 

If want real quality, ideally the moderators would be paid, it is, quite frankly, a thankless job. And some of you guys can be fucking assholes. The fact some of our veteran mods are still here is a blessing. To newer or future mods reading this, good luck. Lack of pay and shitty people makes for a "lax rule" atmosphere. Need examples? Look at some of the stuff I've said in political threads. Even worse, look at what some of you guys say in political threads XD

What would be done? Rules changed? I've been championing that for 2yrs with barely any change. Only contribution I've been able to add to the rules is being modding for calling people 'retards' or 'retarded'. Even then Idk if its actually written in the rules! That's not the mods fault though, that has more to do with ioi. Making mods fill a quota by enforcing rules? The quota that exists (and is hidden to reg mods btw), is stupid and vague. That won't help anything. Reporting more? Maybe. But holy fuck when most mods are in the relatively same time zone that leaves a 12hr dead zone which is only covered by one mod! Before it was Think-Man, starcraft, and me, but now Think-Man has to deal with all that shit, and I don't envy him

I could go into detail but I don't want to right now. But to summarize, things won't change because hiring/firing + training is a clusterfuck, there's no pay for what they do, and well... I'm tired. I've been up since 3am for work. So fuck it  

If you're going to talk about a moderator or decisions made by the team as a whole, make sure you get yours facts right before you post.

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Not the time or place for any of this, Star.

Oh God, this post is making a ton of people come out! Including the OG himself!

Yeah, I hate making threads on mobile too, which is why I try to only make them on a desktop or laptop. I can understand not having much time, but I think that a good compromize would be to let people with more time make the thread, and then you could give your input in a post in the thread.

Making a general quality thread doesn't exactly take hours of hard work. And if one creates a thread with the intent to start a debate by sharing article(s) and/or a personal opinion about a certain subject and then runs away once people begin to post and agree or disagree with the OP, then perhaps it's just better to leave that kind of thread-making to users who have an actual interest in participating in discussions.

If time is an issue the simple answer is to make the thread later.