Sorry to bump this thread, but why is dx23 allowed to publicly attack other members in the Forum Feedback section instead of just reporting the offending posts to a moderator?

How am I attacking other members here?

It was a half-joke. There was no need to call out either member publicly in this thread, just as there was no need to bump a six- and seven-year-old thread, respectively, to do so. The report button exists for a reason.

This thread was bumped a year ago when a member was being obnoxious. I reported him several times, but nothing was done until I bumped this thread and subsequently he was banned from the forum. I bumped it again this year when a similar situation happened with wm lopez. For the moment, wm lopez has calmed down and made posts more relevant to the topic. I don't see anything wrong with that and it seems that most of the others members agreed with me.

Perhaps you should start using this thread to call out the moderators who ignore your reported posts, then.

dg3 came in a just derailed the thread with his trolling and threadcrapping. I reported it, but don't know if the mods got the report.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/56...me-xii-27.html

I blame Conan and Obama.

I should say that it doesn't help when members feed a troll but it is also unwise for a frustrated member to start moderating a thread him or herself.

RTPTAM []is the first and most useful way of notifying mods of a problem post/thread. However. members should think carefully before going overboard with RTPTAMs as this can result in the message being diluted e.g. if someone is testing/bending the rules, by all means make a note of the posts and, if it looks like a real pattern is emerging, send an all-in-one report after a week or two.

Occasionally a mod is taking care of Real Life and may not see a RTPTAM for some time. In such circumstances, say if 3-4 days have passed, or the situation has got much worse, you can escalate by way of a PM to one of the Admins.

Following any report there may be delay while a matter is being discussed in the Mod Forum. No sign of immediate action is not in and of itself a sign that no action is underway.

Having said this, it is not always agreed that action is required: sometimes DVDTalk posting guidelines have not been broken; sometimes action is taken but in a manner that may not immediately be clear to members generally.

Although posting here in Feedback remains an option, ideally, IMNSHO, it should be a last resort i.e. only if a problem poster is clearly and repeatedly breaking the rules following RTPTAM/PMs over a period of several weeks. Throughout all of this, please DO bear in mind that moderating is essentially a spare time activity - volunteers are not always in a position to act as swiftly as some may expect.

I am now closing this thread to avoid the onset of frivolous posting.

I cannot over emphasise the above enough.