At the risk of sounding like a brown noser, the above is perhaps a definitive description of someone who makes a good moderator. As with politicians, anyone who actually WANTS the job, is probably not the right person for the job. This system (the āRudeā button) that you have set up, offloads a little bit of the burden onto the rest of us, and reminds ALL of us to keep our attitudes in check.
I strongly disagree with those who claim that ālabels like ārudeā and ātrollā are used to silence those who choose to dissent from majority opinionā. While they certainly CAN be used in that way, an objective observer can see through throwing labels around. On the other side of the same coin, dissent can be (and in fact MUST be, to be taken seriously) expressed clearly WITHOUT the use of rude and trollish behavior.
Sb, I think this is a great way to help moderate without active moderating. I respect the freedom allowed here and do my best to never take it for granted. Iāve said before though that a group of people this enthusiastic about any particular thing is going to have plenty of passionate people. We enthusiasts do get fired up on a topic from time to time and say too much or go too far. I know I have. This is a good way for people to see what does and doesnāt offend. It also embraces the cultural and ethnic diversity of our forum. Some of our members could easily offend someone out of lack of English skills. This will be helpful there too.
The effectiveness of this has already showed itās worth. Just a few weeks ago things were escalating to uncomfortable levels in a few threads. I saw a marked turning point and behavioral shift back towards the friendly helpful BLF I love. I didnāt realize you had put this in place until just a few days ago and just found this thread last night. Well done once again my friend. Bravo! :+1:
Absolutely. If you wouldnāt mind please mark one of my posts rude. Iād like to see this system in action. I assume you realize I marked yours just having as a bit of fun to test the system.
Edit: I meant that I like that people can see which of their posts was marked rude, not that who marked it should be shown. Who flagged what absolutely needs to be anonymous to all but SB.
Hi J-Dub74, hereās the link to see your posts that were flagged, if any: http://budgetlightforum.com/my-problem-posts
Sorry I havenāt figured out a way yet to make this menu link only appear for logged-in users, so itās not on the left-hand column yet.
I know! There was a problem, but he didnāt make more rules and get more people to enforce themā¦
Instead he created an incentive for the current rules to be self-enforced.
SB for president
From the thanks button poll / thread.
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At the risk of belaboring the point, Iād like to remind everyone once more that the Rude! button should not be used to express disagreement or disinterest in the post, or to express dislike of the poster. Itās only meant for rude, lewd, or conflictive posts. Another synonym for this button would be āInappropriateā.
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Perhaps it would be useful to add that to the Rude! confirmation page. Especially if you suspect that some people are using it like that. Though, I can see that it might feel a little long with that added.
Basically this is how the Rude! button works. I try to deal with problematic users on a case-by-case basis, so there are no hard and fast rules about X number of Rude! hits = ban, but itās always a last-recourse option.
I love these slippery slope arguments, soon we will be arguing that if we allow grass to grow then aliens will be coming to enslave the human race. Bit of a stretch, and there are two or three steps missing, but those aliens are coming
Iām still reading, so maybe someone else has already mentioned this, but Iād think making the Rudeness Meter itself clickable, linked to /my-problem-posts might be neat.