Author: David Blackman
Date: 01:16:43 01/25/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 19:36:20, Michael Cummings wrote: >1. >Will you be less tolerant when a new member posts off topic troll related >threads when they first join and continue to post off topic for most of their >posts there-after. Will you ban this new member easier than if a long time >established memeber started doing this. In terms of deleting posts, it shouldn't make any difference how long the member has been here. In terms of banning members, i would be more reluctant to ban a member who has made at least a few reasonable, on-topic posts. In any case i think banning should only be used in extreme cases. >2. >If a new members post something which starts a fight, which is not computer >chess related and ends up blown into a huge CCC rumble, eg the (bella sexist >threads) what will you do or say to this new member. Explain the rules to the member who started it. Depending on circumstances, probably delete the post if i can catch before the damage starts. Especially with a new member, i think you can only blame them for what's in their own posts, not for followup flamage by others. I wouldn't ban someone for one post unless it was really extreme. >3. >If a member is a computer chess related thread say to another member, that their >testing methods are wrong and that there results will have little point or >value, do you regard this as a insult to a fellow member. No. But if you say something like this you should be a bit careful about how you do it. Try to suggest constructive improvements perhaps. Keep the language moderate. Don't get personal. >3a. >If one moderater finds that the post is fine and another does not, what will you >do if that person complains to you because you are a moderator that thinks this >is a valid opinion and wants there post bought back. Will you support his >efforts. (note - do not answer that you think the testing method post was wrong >and you do not support it, just answer that you are a moderator that would >support it and what you would do) If one moderator has made a decision either way and implemented it, i'd prefer that other moderators don't try to over-rule it even if they disagree. There could be a fair bit of unpaid work here just handling each complaint once, without having every moderator have a go at it and then arguing for a week afterwards. For really serious decisions (eg. banning), or difficult ones (eg. not obvious to me what a supposedly offensive post is about) it might be best to get a consensus of all moderators before we act, even though this will slow things down. >4. >Someone posts a saying or quote which to you is acceptable but you admitt is >strong, and you get moderator emails saying that that it is very offensive, >maybe due to culture or religion. If it can be explained to me what is offensive in it, it probably gets deleted. The original poster probably gets an apologetic email explaining the problem and asking them to repost it a bit differently (assuming there is something worth saying in the post, and the offensive bit is just a small part that can be removed.) It depends a bit on what the problem is though. For instance if someone complains that the whole idea of computer chess is offensive to their religion, i'd suggest to them that maybe reading CCC is not a good idea for them. >5. >Will you be a moderator who will have less tolerance for new members who have >strange names, eg (ChessGod) and has a free hotmail or email account, and posts >chess releated trolling rubbish. Will you ban these account, knowing that we do >have Sean and other trouble making people constantly creating new accounts. Some names are probably not allowed, but i think allowing or disallowing new members is a job for ICDChess staff, not for the moderators. If someone misbehaves enough, especially with no redeeming good posts in between, they will eventually be banned. >6. >A member complains that he has been reciving emails from another member who is >sending him "how to make a million dollars" and "join this sex site and get a >free video", and that this member is using other members emails to use for >their spam emails. This is mostly a problem for the member on the receiving end to take up with their ISP, offenders ISP, maybe the police, basically anyone except CCC moderators. I'd pass on the complaint to Steve (ICDChess management) though, if he doesn't get them automatically anyway. >Well that is all for now, I will think of some others I am sure.
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