ColaMonster
Chatty Member
So defiantly a bot then.
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mrs.darcy
VIP Member
Hobbitfeet was a mod on sleeping dogs.
bladerunner
Active member
I've never seen this before on AVF. One of the members is reporting a mod for bad behaviour! 
The member is Mike Hughes, the mod is Outoftheknow. Here is the post in question.
I have reported your post on the basis that it doesn’t appear to be moderation as much as a public attack on a poster based on your personal perspectives. It could have been done by DM but was not.
On that basis, a brief public reply.
This is not moderation. It is accusatory and insulting. It implies that I am so stupid that I have not read your comment in full. It is aiming to publicly humiliate rather than moderate and guide.
Out in the real world, as I’ve already discussed privately with another mod and a senior mod, both of whom thought DM the more appropriate route, I am registered sight-impaired. The nature of my sight loss means that my eyes skip words, sentences and sometimes entire paragraphs. Therefore, in order to read a post I will, without fail, have to read it multiple times. The number varies with tiredness, stress, font size and many other factors. I might capture all the text on first read. It might take ten times. There is no consistency because words I’ve read first time through might go awol second time through.
It is always insulting when any poster says to another “No, you’ve not read my post” or “No, you’ve taken my post out of context” or “You’ve clearly not read all of my post” and so on. It’s condescending in any circumstances. In my circumstances I can guarantee you that I worked harder to read your post than any other poster, read it more times than any other poster and by the end of that most definitely hadn’t missed a word. For a moderator to go down that line…
For clarity, at no point have I said this thread was about AI so please stop making this suggestion as it’s a straw man.
You appear to have shied away from the word “perception”. Something is either factual or it is not. In the instances cited, the user did indeed have the inaccuracy both pointed out to them and a number of links provided to confirm. So why it’s being suggested that should have done something I actually did do is beyond me. I will leave it to you to explain whether you nodded that, didn’t read that far back or… whatever.
The suggestion that I should point a poster, who had asked a question which has been asked and answered multiple times, to the exact place where it was last answered? Personally I think it’s enough to make the observation. Poster can then choose to read back or not. I’m not a moderator. It’s not my job.
You will as a mod note multiple edits on this post. That’s not because it’s being crafted in so,e way. It’s because as per reading the posts of others my eyes will deceive me into thinking I’ve written stuff correctly spelt and worse when I’ve not.
The member is Mike Hughes, the mod is Outoftheknow. Here is the post in question. Mike Hughes said :
I have reported your post on the basis that it doesn’t appear to be moderation as much as a public attack on a poster based on your personal perspectives. It could have been done by DM but was not.
On that basis, a brief public reply.
Mike Hughes said :
This is not moderation. It is accusatory and insulting. It implies that I am so stupid that I have not read your comment in full. It is aiming to publicly humiliate rather than moderate and guide.
Out in the real world, as I’ve already discussed privately with another mod and a senior mod, both of whom thought DM the more appropriate route, I am registered sight-impaired. The nature of my sight loss means that my eyes skip words, sentences and sometimes entire paragraphs. Therefore, in order to read a post I will, without fail, have to read it multiple times. The number varies with tiredness, stress, font size and many other factors. I might capture all the text on first read. It might take ten times. There is no consistency because words I’ve read first time through might go awol second time through.
It is always insulting when any poster says to another “No, you’ve not read my post” or “No, you’ve taken my post out of context” or “You’ve clearly not read all of my post” and so on. It’s condescending in any circumstances. In my circumstances I can guarantee you that I worked harder to read your post than any other poster, read it more times than any other poster and by the end of that most definitely hadn’t missed a word. For a moderator to go down that line…
For clarity, at no point have I said this thread was about AI so please stop making this suggestion as it’s a straw man.
You appear to have shied away from the word “perception”. Something is either factual or it is not. In the instances cited, the user did indeed have the inaccuracy both pointed out to them and a number of links provided to confirm. So why it’s being suggested that should have done something I actually did do is beyond me. I will leave it to you to explain whether you nodded that, didn’t read that far back or… whatever.
The suggestion that I should point a poster, who had asked a question which has been asked and answered multiple times, to the exact place where it was last answered? Personally I think it’s enough to make the observation. Poster can then choose to read back or not. I’m not a moderator. It’s not my job.
You will as a mod note multiple edits on this post. That’s not because it’s being crafted in so,e way. It’s because as per reading the posts of others my eyes will deceive me into thinking I’ve written stuff correctly spelt and worse when I’ve not.
bladerunner
Active member
B&C has now found yet another outlet on which to show their hatred of Trump. This one is from the new Trump State Visit thread. I mean, I get that they despise someone, but to actually want them to die???
breadandcircuses said : Maybe the orange monster will be pushing up daisies by then, with a bit of luck.
Miss Ophelia
VIP Member
Thank You I just remember his stories.
Doctor_Wibble
VIP Member
TBH easily done! Somewhat deep into 'a bit niche' territory, it always made me think of Flounder in Animal House when they get called to the principal's office - the group standing and looking serious except for him just beaming away like it's a prize-giving
Tangerine Dream
VIP Member
I get autism vibes from her, tbh. Not a dig, I'm neurotypical too and at least she's mostly harmless. I skip her posts.
CarmenGhia
VIP Member
I remember the name, but never had any direct contact with him. He was another one with an absolutely huge post count.
lilyannrose
VIP Member
Straker on DS is quite possibly the miserable sod I've ever seen anywhere in my entire life.
ColaMonster
Chatty Member
Who was the French DS member ? Was it Pierre?
Takae is another member where I sometimes wonder what happened to them.
Takae is another member where I sometimes wonder what happened to them.
22ndCenturyMan
Well-known member
I never went on there…good.