power happy mods
Originally Posted by Crzylizard
IF you think I'm on a powertirp, you are out of your mind 
Much less, you obviously don't know me.
Quite simply... I will not tolerate openly bashing the staff, even in OT. Its a big peeve of mine. Thats why the thread was closed.
Much less, you obviously don't know me.
Quite simply... I will not tolerate openly bashing the staff, even in OT. Its a big peeve of mine. Thats why the thread was closed.
Originally Posted by Speedlimit
Hi and thank you for your comments. And if we ban you for daring to question the moderation of this site, it will only be for a week or two. j/k.
I believe your post was in response to the banning of a member and I will address that concern. Please keep in mind three points. Evom is a private meeting place for open discussion. 'Open' does not connote disrespectful comments about persons nor the license to say what one pleases. The members are subject to the rules they agreed to when they signed up. Ninety percent of the moderator's actions are the direct result of a reported post by another member. And we work very hard to keep the site work and family friendly with OT getting the widest latitude.
Generally timeout is issued after repeated PM's by the mods to a member asking they knock off flaming or personal attacks and sometimes just plain mean posts. Bannings are a last resort after chronic violations of the site rules. Certain members come to the attention of the mods through reported posts and direct postings on a continuing basis. Eventually we give up and issue a short term ban hoping it will get his/her attention.
The thread you referred too was closed because it would end up being a flame-fest. As they get filled quickly with insightful comments such as "agreed" and
which add nothing to the discussion. And this is the correct forum for such a discussion. Do we make mistakes? Of course and we are more than willing to fix them, but we will not tolerate the "in your face" abusive language and argumentative members who dominate many other sites. I hope this helps. Thanks.
Speedlimit....
j/k.I believe your post was in response to the banning of a member and I will address that concern. Please keep in mind three points. Evom is a private meeting place for open discussion. 'Open' does not connote disrespectful comments about persons nor the license to say what one pleases. The members are subject to the rules they agreed to when they signed up. Ninety percent of the moderator's actions are the direct result of a reported post by another member. And we work very hard to keep the site work and family friendly with OT getting the widest latitude.
Generally timeout is issued after repeated PM's by the mods to a member asking they knock off flaming or personal attacks and sometimes just plain mean posts. Bannings are a last resort after chronic violations of the site rules. Certain members come to the attention of the mods through reported posts and direct postings on a continuing basis. Eventually we give up and issue a short term ban hoping it will get his/her attention.
The thread you referred too was closed because it would end up being a flame-fest. As they get filled quickly with insightful comments such as "agreed" and
which add nothing to the discussion. And this is the correct forum for such a discussion. Do we make mistakes? Of course and we are more than willing to fix them, but we will not tolerate the "in your face" abusive language and argumentative members who dominate many other sites. I hope this helps. Thanks.Speedlimit....
instead I get see you in a week. btw I was banned twice in the last month for a week a piece. No pm's no warnings nothing. both of my posts where not needed and should have been erased and a warning should have been sent. but a week a piece? Someone posted **** in OT and got 3 days !
I got a week for typing " gggggaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy" in a intake thread and " You must have a small ***** " in another thread. Both borderline , IMHO .
Live and learn but Also I would like to point out my trader rating here and the length of time I have been here. It would seem based on these things that I am a contributing member here and I deserve more respect from the moderating staff as I am not some troll from a different site here to start trouble.
All I ask is a PM. Heck that goes for anything and everyone , If anyone has ever had a problem with a post regardless of content I have corrected it , just for the sake of respect.
/end incoherent ramblings
I have an idea. Let's really stick it to the freedom of speech issue and turn this site into a multiple choice forum. The mods could make lists of appropriate things to say and their rebuttals, and then users could select from the list to portray what they wanted to say and possibly change some of the nouns for their situation, like Ad Libs. No one’s feelings would be hurt and everyone would be clones. You could still post pictures, but not before a week waiting period and a mod approval. /Sarcasm
This is getting ridiculous. I really think that new users should endure an extensive literacy test, but that’s just me.
This is getting ridiculous. I really think that new users should endure an extensive literacy test, but that’s just me.
Originally Posted by lookslikeanevo
point is, everyone knows how to search, otherwise, how would they have found this site? 98% of these people arent reffered to the site, they dont get a thought bubble, and think im gonna type in evolutionm.net on my personal computer and hopefully it will relate to my lancer oz, or lancer evolution. everyone knows how to use google or some kind of search engine right?, wow it works the same damn way....
if you close a thread, then another thread will start, saying why was my thread closed? mods can do it, but they would rather go into the thread read its useless value, then ban the people that are making fun of this noob, why not just trach the thread outright, pm the the new user, and warn them from there, wroks effectively in over @ SCLC, i see something that doesnt belong then ill lock it or trach it, pm the user, and go from there, and no problems, it isnt that hard...
if you close a thread, then another thread will start, saying why was my thread closed? mods can do it, but they would rather go into the thread read its useless value, then ban the people that are making fun of this noob, why not just trach the thread outright, pm the the new user, and warn them from there, wroks effectively in over @ SCLC, i see something that doesnt belong then ill lock it or trach it, pm the user, and go from there, and no problems, it isnt that hard...
I think a lot of the times the are just not quite educated how forums work. They see it as a chat room or question and answer spot.While there are plenty of members who do search on a regular basis, there are those that don't as well. It always changes things when you have been around for a while, you see a ton of new threads that have already been discussed, but such is to be expected to an extent....
Originally Posted by Kelmar
Unfortunately, google search isn't an option anywhere I see on evoM I think a lot of the times the are just not quite educated how forums work. They see it as a chat room or question and answer spot.
While there are plenty of members who do search on a regular basis, there are those that don't as well. It always changes things when you have been around for a while, you see a ton of new threads that have already been discussed, but such is to be expected to an extent....
I think a lot of the times the are just not quite educated how forums work. They see it as a chat room or question and answer spot.While there are plenty of members who do search on a regular basis, there are those that don't as well. It always changes things when you have been around for a while, you see a ton of new threads that have already been discussed, but such is to be expected to an extent....
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funny they tell they guy to search, even a mod, but yet the thread stays open? whats the point of keeping a thread like that open? and it doesnt take more than 30 seconds to lock a thread
funny they tell they guy to search, even a mod, but yet the thread stays open? whats the point of keeping a thread like that open? and it doesnt take more than 30 seconds to lock a thread
Originally Posted by lookslikeanevo
^i know that its not a google like page, but thats the concept they need to pass along with the noobs
New members join the site daily! Many of them won't know what PM's are, the search option is, what FAQ's are... and many other things. We can all pretty much agree that they DO know what a search box looks like. Perhaps the mods can suggest that a Search BOX is added on the toolbar with a full type in window (if that makes sense) as opposed to a dropdown box.
Originally Posted by lookslikeanevo
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...hreadid=171150
funny they tell they guy to search, even a mod, but yet the thread stays open? whats the point of keeping a thread like that open? and it doesnt take more than 30 seconds to lock a thread
funny they tell they guy to search, even a mod, but yet the thread stays open? whats the point of keeping a thread like that open? and it doesnt take more than 30 seconds to lock a thread
Originally Posted by lookslikeanevo
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...hreadid=171150
funny they tell they guy to search, even a mod, but yet the thread stays open? whats the point of keeping a thread like that open? and it doesnt take more than 30 seconds to lock a thread
funny they tell they guy to search, even a mod, but yet the thread stays open? whats the point of keeping a thread like that open? and it doesnt take more than 30 seconds to lock a thread
Originally Posted by Kelmar
Unfortunately, google search isn't an option anywhere I see on evoM I think a lot of the times the are just not quite educated how forums work. They see it as a chat room or question and answer spot.
While there are plenty of members who do search on a regular basis, there are those that don't as well. It always changes things when you have been around for a while, you see a ton of new threads that have already been discussed, but such is to be expected to an extent....
I think a lot of the times the are just not quite educated how forums work. They see it as a chat room or question and answer spot.While there are plenty of members who do search on a regular basis, there are those that don't as well. It always changes things when you have been around for a while, you see a ton of new threads that have already been discussed, but such is to be expected to an extent....
I agree with you, The noob questions don't bother me as much as others I only get frustrated when there are many of them cluttering the front page because multiple users didnt look to see if any one else posted about it earlier . That right there is just asking for a hazing.
And to me thats all they need on good hazing and they will never make the same mistake. When a mod just closes a thread or deletes it the original poster thinks something is wrong and then starts a completely new thread stating "my last thread disappeared" and everything starts all over
There has got to be a better way.
Maybe make it so that the " new" members are restricted to just that , the newbie section, they can view the other sections just not contribute until 50 posts are reached in the Newbie section. There are plenty of us members that scan that forum daily looking for someone to help . We just don't like it looking for us if you catch my drift.
Originally Posted by lookslikeanevo
^lol, then he should be banned