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Backseat Moderation; <Closed at the starter's request>
Topic Started: Sep 19 2005, 08:59 PM (20,690 Views)
Starlake
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Used too many caps, you are now suspended for a week.
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EclipseWebJS
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Don't feed any trolls named tropicaldawn.
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Suspended for 5 months for asking people for money
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abc123ben
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Warned 5 times, so basically banned :).
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Verminox
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does not know that D comes after abc and not 1.

Your username will be locked! (thats not possible i know)
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abc123ben
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Banned for banning me for a reason which doesn't exist.
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abc123ben
February 15, 2006 01:27 PM
Banned for banning me for a reason which doesn't exist.

abc123ben
February 15, 2006 10:19 AM
Warned 5 times, so basically banned :).


You CANNOT ban here.

Tell me, which one's more fun?

Stephen
September 20, 2005 04:39 PM
Pete
September 20, 2005 05:38 PM
Actually, you're wrong there Stephen. I would know, I'm the real staff. (In disguise of course...)

OMG SHUT UP! I'M BANNING YOU!!!!!111

:eh:

Pete
September 20, 2005 04:50 PM
I IZ NT FLAMMIN SO SHUT UP N00B B4 I G3T SETH 2 BANN0RZ U!!11!!1!!1!!1

Sirin
September 29, 2005 03:52 AM
Your IP is banned forever. Go away and get a life.

This book will come in handy for you.

zorg222
October 1, 2005 08:27 AM
You have repeatedly warned about this. I have no choice but to ban you permanently.

I tried to work things out with you time and time again, but to no avail.

I'm sorry I have to do this, but it's the only thing left to do.

P.S., can we please stop all of this backseat moderating people? It's starting to get on my last nerve. You have no power to handle the problems, so why just point out what someone did wrong (which is spam)?

You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

I'll be going now, there's this huge party in the staff only forums that starts in 5 minutes. :yes:

Rukario_Dude
October 3, 2005 08:07 PM
No, no. We don't allow the use of pirates smilies. BANNED.

cvn-tv-dip
October 5, 2005 12:24 AM
Arcadia
October 4, 2005 11:12 PM
It doesn't matter, the liking of eggs is against the Terms of Services.

*Arcadia bans Typhoon Omi with the Ban Stick.

The Ban Stick must be used in correlation with :seth: .

Banned. :seth:

ac1983fan
October 8, 2005 09:49 AM
This is the final warning.  If you continue to post, you will be banned.  If you post after that, you will be IP banned.  If you post after that, a resident evil chainsaw dude will be sent to your house.Forums are not for posting  Thank you and have a nice day.
Edit: Typo.
Edit:IF is the suxxors!!
Edit:j/k
Edit:Typo


Gravitron
October 17, 2005 01:25 AM
For violating the Terms of Service by repeatedly posting (more than 140 times in the past 6 months!), you are now banned from using the Invisionfree support forums and the Invisionfree service. If you feel that this is wrong, please send an e-mail to this e-mail address: fakeemail@address.com .


|Wiz|
November 11, 2005 12:09 AM
But  :yoda::seth: , as displayed in Stephen's avatar.

You should be banned for thinking hat anyone is superior to Stephen.

And Seth should not ban me for insulting him (uh oh) because my name has |'s around it.

cvn-tv-dip
November 11, 2005 01:36 AM
Pats_rule
November 10, 2005 11:02 PM
Stop Spamming. I will have to get  :seth: to ban your account!

I told you that the ban stick is disabled. Banned.

|Wiz|
November 11, 2005 12:09 AM
But  :yoda::seth: , as displayed in Stephen's avatar.

You should be banned for thinking hat anyone is superior to Stephen.

And Seth should not ban me for insulting him (uh oh) because my name has |'s around it.

Attempting to shield your account from moderation will result in a ban without any warning.


QWIOOI
November 16, 2005 08:29 PM
"Ain't" is bad grammar!

Always say "Isn't"!

BANNED



The ones above, or these?

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 01:54 PM
Banned for banning banning.

abc123ben
November 19, 2005 02:12 PM
Banned for banning someone else when your banned.

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 02:13 PM
Banned for not knowing i was only suspended for 1 hour  :P

abc123ben
November 19, 2005 02:16 PM
Banned for making me embarrassed.  :$

Flokkert
November 19, 2005 02:18 PM
Banned for being embarrased

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 02:18 PM
Banned for Banning me for banning the the guy who banned banning.



(Reffering to Ben)

abc123ben
November 19, 2005 02:20 PM
Banned because I am a ban addict.

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 02:21 PM
Banned for banning the guy who banned me for banning you for banning me for banning the guy who banned banning.

abc123ben
November 19, 2005 02:23 PM
Banned for complicating me for the SECOND time.

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 03:26 PM
Banned for giving advice! This is IF support!

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 05:27 PM
Banned for not banning me for banning Flokbert for warning you about banning me about confusion.

Ben123
November 20, 2005 08:56 AM
Banned for having a bad signature.

Jahutey
November 22, 2005 03:12 PM
Banned for Banning Banning ..... yet again!




The second set of posts I quoted basically destroyed the fun in banning.

The former uses a variety of styles, and if you read the earlier pages of this thread, you can see that they didn't endlessly repeat consecutive bans, but instead added other things as well. The latter is unoriginal, repetitive, bland, dull, and should be kept in Ban the Person Above You game. If you like consistency, go there. This place is for variety.

There's a reason why I prohibited banning in this thread. It was fine when people banned others in interesting posts and without repetitions. But people abused banning and, instead of using interchangeable styles, kept saying "Banned for this, that, whatever." That's why I removed banning privileges from this thread and also added a rule to avoid repetitions.

And you could see just how tired I became of this...

cvn-tv-dip
October 1, 2005 04:19 PM
:blink: This is NOT ban-the-person-above-you game. This is an intelligent moderation topic. Please do not turn this into the banning game's duplicate or I will have to lock the original banning game thread.

cvn-tv-dip
November 17, 2005 12:10 AM
Annihilator Ing
November 16, 2005 08:44 PM


Please keep all game bans in the Ban the person above you game. If you continue to misuse game bans, you will be suspended.

I wholeheartly agree. In fact, since you guys are banning people so loosely, I shall remove the option. Restriction allowed only. A deletion will take place instead of a permanent ban.

cvn-tv-dip
November 19, 2005 01:31 PM
That's it. Banning now officially disabled in this thread. Read: http://support.invisionfree.com/index.php?...dpost&p=3967112

cvn-tv-dip
November 20, 2005 06:27 PM
abc123ben
November 19, 2005 02:16 PM
Banned for making me embarrassed.  :$

Flokkert
November 19, 2005 02:18 PM
Banned for being embarrased

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 02:13 PM
Banned for not knowing i was only suspended for 1 hour  :P

abc123ben
November 19, 2005 02:12 PM
Banned for banning someone else when your banned.

Jahutey
November 19, 2005 01:54 PM
Banned for banning banning.

DO NOT BAN!!! NO BANNING ALLOWED!!!


ALL OF YOU ARE DELETED, WITH NO HOPE OF MAKING ANOTHER ACCOUNT. I'M SERIOUS. I CLEARLY SAID NO MORE BANNING.
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cvn-tv-dip
November 22, 2005 12:47 AM
Jahutey
November 20, 2005 09:17 PM
Poku512
November 20, 2005 08:16 PM
You're all phony!!! I AM THE NOOBERATOR!!!!

That sounds like nothing a Moderator would say!

Banned! >_<

:angry: :@ Account deleted!!! I've warned over and over that banning is NOT allowed.

cvn-tv-dip
November 22, 2005 08:26 PM
Jahutey
November 22, 2005 03:12 PM
Banned for Banning Banning ..... yet again!

Get out of my thread. NOW. I'm dead serious. You just can't follow the rules of this game.

And this isn't part of the game.

cvn-tv-dip
November 22, 2005 08:59 PM
Stephen
November 22, 2005 08:44 PM
cvn's first post
 
Added Rule: No Banning. Temporary suspensions and deletions of accounts are allowed. But you must focus more on criticism than on suspensions/deletions.


Eep I really backseat moderated. But seriously mods can't ban silly children. ^_^

That said I'm suspending you all for 1337 days.

Stephen, tell Jahutey to stop. He's been ignoring me completely.


At first the bans were a fun, integrated part of the game, but after a while, they were not only repetitive, but were taking over the thread (when there's already another thread for banning). But this lack of variety and annoyance drew the line. So after this post below (quoted), there's NO banning in this thread.

Stephen
November 22, 2005 09:09 PM
if he does it again, i'll suspend him for a few hours.

back on topic.


So now you see why I don't allow bans here.
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abc123ben
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Warned for no reason.
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cvn-tv-dip
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You're getting on my nerves.
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abc123ben
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Warning because I'm getting on your nerves?
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EclipseWebJS
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Don't feed any trolls named tropicaldawn.
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OK, since everyone don't know how to play this game I gave ALL OF Y'ALL a warning! :P
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abc123ben
February 16, 2006 03:35 PM
Warning because I'm getting on your nerves?

No.

You are getting on Cvn-tv-dip's nerves because you warned him for no reason I believe. For this reason I will place you temporarily on Moderation Queue.




Ban Misuse Policies

I would just like to remind everybody that Game Bans within this topic are not allowed, and should instead, be kept in This Topic. This includes IP bans, name bans, and email bans.

The three main reasons we have prohibited the use of bans in this topic are as follows:

  1. Moderators cannot ban members in the first place.
  2. Banning had become over-repetitive in this topic.
  3. There is already a topic for game bans. We don't need a psuedo-duplication.
From this point forward, all members who make a post which involves the banning of another member must either PM me, or Cvn-tv-dip, confirming that you WILL NOT ban in this topic again. You are allowed 2 chances. Any member who bans after their second chance will not be allowed to post in this topic with little or no parole from me or Cvn-tv-dip. All members who post after they have recieved this punishment WILL be ignored, as will their moderations. I'm sorry if this seems unfair, however too many members can't seem to follow the rules of this thread.

Convicted members who send a PM to me or Cvn-tv-dip confirming that they will not ban in this topic again should wait at least 10 minutes for a response. Duplicate PM's sent by a single member confirming that the said member will not ban in this topic again will be ignored, and that member's approval back into the game will become void for another 24 hours.

Thank you.
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Annihilator Ing
February 16, 2006 06:46 PM
abc123ben
February 16, 2006 03:35 PM
Warning because I'm getting on your nerves?

No.

You are getting on Cvn-tv-dip's nerves because you warned him for no reason I believe. For this reason I will place you temporarily on Moderation Queue.




Ban Misuse Policies

I would just like to remind everybody that Game Bans within this topic are not allowed, and should instead, be kept in This Topic. This includes IP bans, name bans, and email bans.

The three main reasons we have prohibited the use of bans in this topic are as follows:

  1. Moderators cannot ban members in the first place.
  2. Banning had become over-repetitive in this topic.
  3. There is already a topic for game bans. We don't need a psuedo-duplication.
From this point forward, all members who make a post which involves the banning of another member must either PM me, or Cvn-tv-dip, confirming that you WILL NOT ban in this topic again. You are allowed 2 chances. Any member who bans after their second chance will not be allowed to post in this topic with little or no parole from me or Cvn-tv-dip. All members who post after they have recieved this punishment WILL be ignored, as will their moderations. I'm sorry if this seems unfair, however too many members can't seem to follow the rules of this thread.

Convicted members who send a PM to me or Cvn-tv-dip confirming that they will not ban in this topic again should wait at least 10 minutes for a response. Duplicate PM's sent by a single member confirming that the said member will not ban in this topic again will be ignored, and that member's approval back into the game will become void for another 24 hours.

Thank you.

I don't need all of this...

My point on my recent really long post was this:


A lot of people who banned think that this game is just banning someone above that person, saying a simple reason. THIS game is more than that. You can moderate any way you want, but people keep overusing the format of Ban the Person Above You Game.


How is "Banned for _____," or "Suspended for _____," or "Warned for _____" any fun? If it's supposed to be strictly that, yes, I understand. But this topic demands variety, and too many people ruin it.


The "Warned for no reason" made me irritated for several reasons. First, he seemed to have no regard to what I said in that long post. I took time to explain my thoughts about the situation in this thread, and he didn't care enough to read it. That post was managing the game, not playing it. Yet he posted another repetitive "Warned for" post. Second, he kept using "____ for ____" format instead of putting any thought into the post, and the post seemed to really lack moderation skills.


This game is NOT "Banned/warned/suspended/deleted for whatever reason I can think of." This is Backseat Moderation. You're supposed to imitate a good moderator and add humor to it to produce a good flow in the moderation queue. Look at the earlier pages, and you can see posts like "Moved to Seth"/"I have sent you a 20 MB PM"/"Your name starts with a 'c', so why bother to post?", which not only indicate more effort, but also show more continuance in the thread. There are posts like "Don't mess with this thread! There's a reason why I pinned it!" with replies like "There's a reason why I like eggs!!! You're BANNED!", which follow up with "You can't like eggs here, sorry."


My point is, you don't look at just the next person and find a shortcut to ban or punish him or her. You look at the entire thread, and moderate as you see fit. Too many people are missing the big feature.


Instead of adding these complicated regulations that Annihilator Ing proposed, I'm going to set up a plan here. If things continue to go badly even after I tried to reason out and express how I feel about this thread, I'll make this thread like The No 'E' Game - breaking rules will make the person lose the game. That means if someone bans, he/she is out of the game permanently, and the game will operate more like a survival (even though it's NOT hard to survive).

If things continue to get annoying, I'm going to ask Stephen or another mod to watch over the thread so that the posts including bans and rule-breaking will really be deleted. If I find out that I just can't control what's posted in this thread, I'll ask Stephen to lock my thread, saying that because it's a duplicate of Ban the Person Above You game.
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cvn-tv-dip
February 16, 2006 11:07 PM
Instead of adding these complicated regulations that Annihilator Ing proposed, I'm going to set up a plan here. If things continue to go badly even after I tried to reason out and express how I feel about this thread, I'll make this thread like The No 'E' Game - breaking rules will make the person lose the game. That means if someone bans, he/she is out of the game permanently, and the game will operate more like a survival (even though it's NOT hard to survive).

The regulations I've set up weren't really very complicated:

People get 2 chances for being forgiven for banning in this topic
After 2 chances the person can't come back in
People must wait at a least 10 minutes after they send a confirmation PM to us for a response.

:/

However, what you said is a lot easier, for us and possibly the other members, so I agree with your method instead.
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Annihilator Ing
February 16, 2006 11:47 PM
cvn-tv-dip
February 16, 2006 11:07 PM
Instead of adding these complicated regulations that Annihilator Ing proposed, I'm going to set up a plan here. If things continue to go badly even after I tried to reason out and express how I feel about this thread, I'll make this thread like The No 'E' Game - breaking rules will make the person lose the game. That means if someone bans, he/she is out of the game permanently, and the game will operate more like a survival (even though it's NOT hard to survive).

The regulations I've set up weren't really very complicated:

People get 2 chances for being forgiven for banning in this topic
After 2 chances the person can't come back in
People must wait at a least 10 minutes after they send a confirmation PM to us for a response.

:/

However, what you said is a lot easier, for us and possibly the other members, so I agree with your method instead.

Okay, then. I've added Necessary Measures below the rules to initiate if things worsen.
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Ok. Back to the game..

Please stop going off-topic or a warning for you :P (is that ok)?
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