Frustrated

Hi Niner,
A moderator is an arbitrator when necessary, a remover of posts when necessary, an inquisitor when a subject is worth debating, and in my case, a moderator that likes to find and post sites that hopefully help people who are looking for an established approach to air use, articulation, sound and all aspects of trumpet and music. I like posting stuff like "How to Listen to a Fugue" and enjoy hearing that it helped someone. Its not often in the course of a day that a any of us can make a positive and lasting difference for someone else. On those occasions when it does, its wonderful. Let's drop being frustrated and talk trumpet!

tmd

@Dr-GO said in Frustrated:

To me Rowuk was the role model of moderators. Tough love is the best!

Tough love, and always willing to help.

Mike

ROWUK

@Niner You misunderstood me... The moderator very much decides if the content is malicious and then calls the shot to delete/edit or not. I disagree with deleting the whole message if there is otherwise worthy content. All or nothing is too much of a fundamentalist standpoint and very contrary to life in general. Even at TrumpetMaster, I often edited posts, retaining the original intention without the ugly. Malicious posts with no redeeming value did get deleted however - at the cost of abuse that comes with the territory.

As far as what the job of a moderator is, I suspect that we are miles apart - but not as you seem to believe. Moderators in my world have a very active role in the way things work. They should be active publicly and behind the scenes. It is better to defuse escalations rather than editing posts afterwards. For those in the community unwilling, there should be defined instances on how to regulate and when to terminate. I am very content here to have a completely different role than at TrumpetMaster. No more accusitions by the lazy for being a moderator and having a public opinion too! I never was interested in lowest common denominator or general concensus. There is simply too much BS posted at trumpet sites.

This is not a moderated site like some of the technical ones that I visit. There one submits a paper for approval after which it is published or denied. There is no "ad hoc" posting. That would not be my (or probably anyone elses) model for here - but on the other hand, a reason that we have a relatively low MegaByte to Content relationship.

ROWUK

@Dr-GO said in Frustrated:

To me Rowuk was the role model of moderators. Tough love is the best!

Thank you, but I was not trying to be a role model. I was just trying to keep the fluff out. There was nothing to prove - except that discourse needs more than a weak opinion.

@ROWUK said in Frustrated:

@Niner You misunderstood me... The moderator very much decides if the content is malicious and then calls the shot to delete/edit or not. I disagree with deleting the whole message if there is otherwise worthy content.

I agree. Just delete the offending posts. However one offending post often gets a response which if left leads to people wondering what the hubbub is about which leads to sometimes deleting whole strings I'd think. But..thankfully... it isn't my problem. It's yours.

ROWUK

@Niner It was never "my" problem. I moderated happily at TrumpetMaster - in spite of a lot of challenges. I only visit here occasionally as there really is little "new" or "stimulating" where I want to get more involved.

I disagree with just deleting "offending" posts. Often the offense is just a moment of stupidity and does not apply to the whole post or the person in general. But to each his own. You certainly are within your constitutional rights ˝to favor whatever you like!".

Dr GO

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