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Being a moderator...
Posted May 19th, 2010 at 07:35 AM by Ausaudriel
...takes practically no work at all these days. Seriously. Members report everything, all you have to do is look at it, make a decision on if it's a correct report, click the link... and lock/move/whatever.
Just reminded of this since I've been doing mod work lately after like a year and a half of not doing any.
Just reminded of this since I've been doing mod work lately after like a year and a half of not doing any.
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Isn't that what we're supposed to do?Posted May 19th, 2010 at 07:43 AM by Guillermo 
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Yeah it's good. Just makes modding less of a job, which depending on who you are is somewhere between fantastic and oh my god let me strangle people.Posted May 19th, 2010 at 07:45 AM by Ausaudriel
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Yeah, but at least you won't feel like going to PC is a chore a lot of the time. You can do member things too.
Posted May 19th, 2010 at 07:48 AM by Guillermo
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Unless you hit patches where no one reports anything. I don't think that's usually an issue in area's like ROM Hacking and such, though. xD;Posted May 19th, 2010 at 08:11 AM by Drew
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I miss the days when we used to have regulars to our board. ;;Posted May 19th, 2010 at 09:05 AM by Hiidoran
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We can just write up the lock reasons for you guys too.Posted May 19th, 2010 at 09:27 AM by Forever
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Actually, in my few days of modding B/W, I've learnt that a lot of people who report actually have no idea what they are talking about. :( That and I tend to catch most stuff before they do just by browsing.
But for some reason, the people in B/W lack the common sense that people in other forums I'm used to modding have. >_< I've dealt with 2-3 spam/advertising posts in there and EVERY TIME, no one reported them--they just posted replies to it saying "this is stupid, mods come deal with it!!" fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
So modding isn't just reports. :( You've still gotta prowl the forums in your spare time.Posted May 19th, 2010 at 12:32 PM by Lightning
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no reports erica? aww.
Posted May 19th, 2010 at 12:57 PM by Forever
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As Erica said, not all reports are genuinely reports. I'm sure you don't see this in B/W, but some of the OC reports are entirely opinion based so that you have to think what majority opinion would be or even the lesser of two evils. I can't give an example now, but usually these are with threads that make me go 'why did you make this :|" anyway. Dealing with opinionated ticked off members who want XYZ done with a thread is still a difficult matter.
I find it ironic higher staff hasn't dealt with mod work tho :[Posted May 19th, 2010 at 01:49 PM by Chibi-chan
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I know for a FACT, that some of my reports from the B/W forum... were stupid. :(Posted May 19th, 2010 at 02:25 PM by Eeveon
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Don't look at me. I know for a fact that everything I've reported in B/W has been legitimate. XD
You can generally trust ex-staffers to only report things that need it. XDPosted May 19th, 2010 at 04:16 PM by Timbjerr
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Hahaha. I can't claim to have been perfect in my reporting, but usually when I report something, it's legit and breaking the rules in some way. (I'm generally right about 80% of the time)Posted May 19th, 2010 at 04:29 PM by Pachy
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My reports
[] Fantastic
[x] Oh my god let me strangle peoplePosted May 19th, 2010 at 11:16 PM by jigglyppuff8
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The day you report incorrectly Timbjerr, is the day I'll spam wailord on your profile. :(Quote:You can generally trust ex-staffers to only report things that need it. XD
and I think the more work-part of being a moderator is keeping your section living, breathing, interesting, etc. That's the part that makes it feel like a job. (See digi-kun trying to hopelessly pump life into Jap entertainment)Posted May 19th, 2010 at 11:48 PM by BeachBoy
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'Tis a shame that maybe some 18% of DPPt/Wifi regulars actually know how to use the report button. AKA us 13374 mods get to dive into that hot mess ourselves. :3
I miss jpp8's reports. o.OPosted May 20th, 2010 at 02:30 AM by TwilightBlade
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I think a lot of members like reporting just as much as you like seeing them. Back before I was modded, and even as a mod, reporting was sooooo much fun. Makes you feel like you're making a difference, and you don't have to worry if you make a mistake -- only the mods are going to see it, anyway.
Granted, I don't get to do it very often anymore, when the forum I frequent is pretty well-modded. And when I do they're stupid anyway. :/Posted May 20th, 2010 at 02:42 AM by sammi-san
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@Erica / Chibi: Yeah, hence the "all you have to do is look at it, make a decision on if it's a correct report, click the link." part of my post. :P
Cheeb, remember that h-staff were all moderators at one time, so of course we've all dealt with mod work (and well enough that we've been given mod powers over the entire forum, sooo, yeah. :P)Posted May 22nd, 2010 at 02:51 AM by Ausaudriel
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/proudtorarelyreportpeople
*Yellow is slapped*Posted June 9th, 2010 at 06:19 PM by PkMnTrainer Yellow
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When I first joined I felt like reporting was talking to a god via a telephone line. Eh, I'm weird like that.
Reporting isn't too hard. Modding is different. Enough said. :xPosted July 15th, 2010 at 09:07 AM by Apple Juice
