Anyone else feel like a particular Mod picks on them?

[davide_eu]

I would name names but I'm afraid that someone would delete this post or suspend me. It's frustrating because I feel like I'm not allowed to ever defend myself even in the most non-aggressive way without a p;articular mod deleting my post, sending me a warning or suspending me. I can't even count how many times I will post something serious and someone will come along and make a snarky comment that is uncalled for or completely unhelpful or slight personal attack and if I even say anything back (often in the same manner) I get punished. I love MacRumors but it's like we are children and are not able to stand up for ourselves.

You are right; deleting a post is a game so you cannot take any action.

Sometime I don't even remember which post has been deleted.

What I have noticed is that if a post has received many POSITIVE reactions and it is not so aligned to their marketing department it will be much more scrutinized by somebody just to find a good reason to cancel it.

 

[davide_eu]

I believe the reasons people feel picked upon is due to the lack of adherence to the rules and nothing to do with anything else.

The mods do not single out subject matter. This has been promulgated by posters so many times it’s a meme at this point.

Not true at all! I got some post deleted because they were "reply to moderated content" when they were original post.

 

[I7guy]

Not true at all! I got some post deleted because they were "reply to moderated content" when they were original post.

I've been around since 2013 and haven't seen it.

 

[xJustxMegx]

I've been around since 2013 and haven't seen it.

I've seen it too, maybe you're just a nice person.

 

[I7guy]

I've seen it too, maybe you're just a nice person.

I have not seen posts disappear because of subject matter. I have seen them disappear due to non-adherence to the rules.

Let's say you "believe" a specific moderator has a bias against vanilla ice cream and you write a diatribe and in the post flatly state chocolate is the best ice cream. Your post gets moderated.

Is your conclusion that the moderator was biased against vanilla ice cream?

 

[xJustxMegx]

Both ice creams are good. ;-)

But that would be not a good reason to moderate a post.

 

[I7guy]

But you are talking about bias in moderation. I'm substituting a controversial topic for a non-controversial topic.

 

[Applewatch42]

Moderators, I would like to know if certain moderators tend to stay in certain forum title (ex one mod might do a bit more in the iPhone area than in other areas)

 

[Weaselboy]

Moderators, I would like to know if certain moderators tend to stay in certain forum title (ex one mod might do a bit more in the iPhone area than in other areas)

There are no assigned areas if that is what you mean.

But yes, I think there may end up being more mod presence in areas a particular mod is interested in. For myself, I enjoy reading news threads, and MacBook and macOS discussions, so if there is a problem in one of those forum sections that is not reported, I would be more likely to see it than other forum sections.

 

[DeftwillP]

Perception probably influences some posters opinions of moderators as much as anything and would give them a jaded view.

I mostly browse and rarely post on MR and have had an account for about a decade or so. I can recall at least a half dozen times or so (greatly outnumber those from other users lol) PMs from Weaselboy reminding me of posting policy after I posted something contrary to forum guidelines. Rules are rules. My most recent was today and then I happened to stumble upon (didn't search, just naturally found....I promise) this thread now. I posted a 1 sentence political non-sequitur in a non-politics forum. The political climate being what it is, I let it get it to me sometimes and I fire off things. I accept that and I shouldn't have posted it.

To my original point, I think that I've only *ever* been corrected by Weaselboy to the point where I *could* have assumed that they were the lone moderator. I like to think that I have the emotional intelligence to understand that it's not the case that OP presents but I could also understand how someone with a post to moderation ratio like mine (and by perceivably only one mod) might feel as such.

 

[annk]

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To my original point, I think that I've only *ever* been corrected by Weaselboy to the point where I *could* have assumed that they were the lone moderator. I like to think that I have the emotional intelligence to understand that it's not the case that OP presents but I could also understand how someone with a post to moderation ratio like mine (and by perceivably only one mod) might feel as such.

My comment below isn't so much directly to you as it is a general comment to all on this part of your post, just so that's clear.

This has been said many times before, but the moderator name on the moderation message comes about simply because that particular moderator was the one who sent out the semi-automatic moderation message. Unless a violation is very clear - like spam or calling another user an idiot or making a clearly political comment outside of the allowed section - moderation is something that's discussed. The moderators discuss actively before most moderation is done, it's a team effort.

It's also been said many times that we don't target users. We don't know users personally, we have no reason to go after anyone in particular. If users post violations and they are brought to our attention, we moderate them. We don't moderate simply because a post has been reported, because sometimes users report posts because they don't like the content, even though there isn't a violation of a rule. We see through that! Moderation is only done on the basis of the rules. You can post opinions I disagree with very very strongly, but if you do so within the framework of the rules, you're fine.

The moderators are happiest when they can simply browse the forums for fun or discuss how the forums can be even better. They don't like having to moderate.

 

[DeftwillP]

I completely understand that. For what it's worth, I am agreeing with the mods.

Except that weaselboy, f that guy lol jk