Reporting, Suspension & Banning

[AB Editor]

Morning All,

Hope everyone is having a good day. I'm just going to leave this here...

Just reporting does not remove or suspend users or posts.

All reporting does is alerts The Editors

Reports are not seen by User Moderators

There is no "10 reports = suspended" system AT ALL.

THERE IS A WEEKEND EDITOR. He is human.

THERE IS A EVENING EDITOR. He is human.

There are USER MODERATORS. They have the power to suspend & ban users.

Suspensions are for an ARBITARY amount of time. Editor's decide this.

Bannings are permanent.

If you think we've been unfair at any point ask yourself the following questions about the situation: "Does it involve my mate?" & "Does it involve me?" - If you answer yes to either of these you may be suffering from a social illness known as "bias"

We DO NOT tell everyone why they are banned, suspended etc, it is not a constructive use of our time.

[AB Editor]

Probably needs help more than anything.

Or mittens so he/she can't type.

Spare.

[lilsecret]

///AB Editor
Question Author
I'll try again///

You seem to be a little frustrated today Ed.

Not surprising really. The following was posted on October 30th:

When a moderator suspends someone they have to submit an explanation to the editors. If it says something like "Just giving them time to calm down - or to sober up!" an editor might then choose to reinstate the member after a short while. (Moderators can also reinstate suspended members). However if the reason was more serious, the editor will ban the member. That means that all of the members posts will completely disappear from this site. (Only editors can ban people. Moderators can't).

Repeat: (Only editors can ban people. Moderators can't).

Today you clealy state that ... There are USER MODERATORS. They have the power to suspend & ban users.

Hmmmmmmm

[snags]

Er... its called progress...

[B00]

oooo someone's not happy ^

[ummmm]

I would presume he changed the rules because of the nasty things that stay on the site...sometimes for hours..because the mods can't ban. Problem solved..

[McMouse]

<<There are USER MODERATORS. They have the power to suspend & ban users>>
Who gets to be a user moderator? Are they people of impeccable character or just @rse lickers?

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure why everyone gets so worked up about this issue. Am i missing something?

[B00]

peed off you aint one McMouse?

LOL!!

[AB Editor]

I know, it is very odd isn't it Lilsecret... Amazing how the world changes... when I was a lad this was all fields and user mod's could only suspend... didn't have to lock your doors... etc etc etc

Yes, they can now ban.

Spare

[Sqad]

McMouse...LOL...LOL...I could name at least three......LOL

[snags]

''Are they people of impeccable character''

Yes. Mother Teresa, Ghandi and Florence Nightingale. All under AB pseudonyms of course...

[B00]

icequuen (who?) its a Q&A forum, you're looking far too deeply into this. Has your TV broken or something? Surely you have other things to occupy your over fertile imagination?

[rowanwitch]

I am just guessing that user moderators tend to be long term users who care about the site... who don't get involved in rants and namecalling or other silliness and probably don't spend too much time making triends on CB.....but does it matter who they are so long as the offensive and unkind stuff get sorted quickly so the rest of us can enjoy our time using AB
By the Way Eds merry christmas and thank you for indirectly giving me the best present ever....

[factor-fiction]

Icequeen came and went very quickly.
I'm curious as to who gets invited to be a moderator. But i'm just curious- I won't lose sleep worrying about why I haven't been asked.

[AB Editor]

///I'm not sure why everyone gets so worked up about this issue. Am i missing something?///

You're not missing anything. I'm not so sure either.

[B00]

im being honest and admit id love to be a mod, but i think id very quickly abuse that power, so it's probably very wise that im not ;-)

Rowan's comments are spot on by the way ^^

[ummmm]

I wouldn't make a good MOD either...