If you use the report this post to moderator thong....
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Originally posted by Bushdog
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Cute. I saw what you posted about Groucho and it was not user friendly. Unless he likes that sort of thing. Frankly I'm surprised you're into that scene. Either way, next time I will report that to a moderator.

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I will have you know, I would never use a moderator thong. Well, except for that Andy Capps guy. He's dreamy.
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Originally posted by gkleinman
Also, we're working on bringing on more mods to jump on RTPTM's so it'll become less of an issue if we're able to jump quickly onto problem threads.
Also, we're working on bringing on more mods to jump on RTPTM's so it'll become less of an issue if we're able to jump quickly onto problem threads.
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Re: Re: Re: If you use the report this post to moderator thing....
Originally posted by Numanoid
Erm. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I "quote" someone and you cannot verify that the post actually ever existed...doesn't that open up the possibility of fraudulent reporting? How can you defend yourself against such an accusation?
Erm. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I "quote" someone and you cannot verify that the post actually ever existed...doesn't that open up the possibility of fraudulent reporting? How can you defend yourself against such an accusation?
It's certainly possible... but it takes slighly more effort than simply typing up a message and E-Mail it to a mod claiming that someone said something. It's also something so that we can at least attempt to determine if other members saw, or quoted, the same thing. Perfect? No. "...a good idea..." Yes.

#33
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Originally posted by Dead
If you are concerned that they might delete their comments, it's probably a good idea for you go ahead and quote them, as well as reporing them, so there is a record for us to review.
If you are concerned that they might delete their comments, it's probably a good idea for you go ahead and quote them, as well as reporing them, so there is a record for us to review.
People will quote the post and say "You're not supposed to do this...." etc. Then the mod will post and say "You know that they're not supposed to do it, yet you repost it?

I just want to make sure that all mods are on board with what Geoff and Dead have suggested, or this has the potential to be messy.

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Originally posted by bboisvert
Not to drive this into the ground, but I've seen moderators criticize people for quoting inappropriate material like this before.
People will quote the post and say "You're not supposed to do this...." etc. Then the mod will post and say "You know that they're not supposed to do it, yet you repost it?
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I just want to make sure that all mods are on board with what Geoff and Dead have suggested, or this has the potential to be messy.
Not to drive this into the ground, but I've seen moderators criticize people for quoting inappropriate material like this before.
People will quote the post and say "You're not supposed to do this...." etc. Then the mod will post and say "You know that they're not supposed to do it, yet you repost it?

I just want to make sure that all mods are on board with what Geoff and Dead have suggested, or this has the potential to be messy.

I can't complain when someone quotes something inappropriate if they are doing so to create a record that an inappropriate comment was made. It does make more work for me, as it's more to clean up. But, I'd personally rather have the evidence and need to clean it up than have to try and guess what really happened.

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I'd think fraudulant quoting and/or pasting into reports would be pretty rare. And if and when it happened it would be pretty easy to catch. The accused would tell the mod he/she never posted that, the mods could contact other members who posted in the thread around that time and see if they saw it, etc.
Then suspend/ban the person making the false accusation.
Then suspend/ban the person making the false accusation.
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Originally posted by damn_skippy
Why are you so quick to Rat on someone????
Why are you so quick to Rat on someone????
We all learned this in Kindegarten.