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[DBSN_Returns]

Alright, enough of the derailing horseplay. Don't make me get the hose.

Why should I take orders from you?

 

[ReeeFallin]

I could do it.

 

[Emperor Tippy]

It has come to our attention that while one is allowed to be staff on both SB and SV, one is not allowed to be staff on both The Sietch and SB.

So fair warning if you have some faint hope of becoming SB staff someday you probably shouldn't apply here.

 

[FriedCFour]

It has come to our attention that while one is allowed to be staff on both SB and SV, one is not allowed to be staff on both The Sietch and SB.

So fair warning if you have some faint hope of becoming SB staff someday you probably shouldn't apply here.

Well thats kinda dickish.

 

[Emperor Tippy]

Well thats kinda dickish.

*shrug*
SB is its own board and free to make its own rules. Honestly, you are better off just laughing at the bias than worrying about it.

Just figured that providing fair warning to people was the polite thing to do.

 

[Drakar]

*shrug*
SB is its own board and free to make its own rules. Honestly, you are better off just laughing at the bias than worrying about it.

Just figured that providing fair warning to people was the polite thing to do.

How did that rule come about? Who decided on it and why? It seems really arbitrary. What was the reasoning given?

 

[Husky_Khan]

How did that rule come about? Who decided on it and why? It seems really arbitrary. What was the reasoning given?

Something to ask on SB, not here. It's their policy apparently. I thought there was crossover with SV AFAIK though.

 

[Emperor Tippy]

How did that rule come about? Who decided on it and why? It seems really arbitrary. What was the reasoning given?

Go ask in SB staffcomms. I was just passing along the message as we here at The Sietch are firm believers in making informed decisions and it could be relevant information for some people.

 

[HistoryMinor]

Tell us who told you, one should be open about these things.

 

[Emperor Tippy]

Tell us who told you, one should be open about these things.

No.

If you have questions about SB policy then take it to SB's staff comms area.

If you have questions, comments, or concerns about The Sietch then take it to either Staff Comms (if you want your thread to be private) or Questions, Comments, and Concerns (if you want your thread to be public).

 

[John Masaki]

Hmph. I suppose if it came down to SB or Sietch, SB would probably come first, as it was the first of all the forums that I basically lived in. Ah, well. I'm okay with being a humble poster.

 

[HistoryMinor]

Already losing I see, sad.

 

[Eagle One]

I am all about accountability. If you fuck up, I will hold you accountable, I don't care who you are or where you sit in the hierarchy.

So yeah, I will throw my hat into the ring.

 

[Jormungandr]

Already losing I see, sad.

Honestly, this reaction from SB's management just proves that my instinct to trust them as far as I can throw them was correct. Fishy as hell, too.

 

[HistoryMinor]

Honestly, this reaction from SB's management just proves that my instinct to trust them as far as I can throw them was correct. Fishy as hell, too.

It's an obvious power play. The SV and SB mods have been in bed with each other for years now.

So what would being a mod here entail?

 

[Gastaph Hediatrix]

So what would being a mod here entail?

BEHOLD, FROM THE DISTANT PAST OF PAGE 1:

Hmm, true.

Staff Roles:
Moderators: Act on the minor matters and recommend more serious punishments.
Super Moderators: Oversee the moderators (and review their actions), and act on the more serious matters (which includes anything with permanent consequences for a user).
Admins: General forum management, oversee all Appeals.
Empress_Zoe: Oversees the Admins, is the only authority that matters on ToS issues, approves permanent bans for non Spam accounts.

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Let's see.
-User reports are anonymized to the Moderators and all infraction messages are anonymized as coming from "The Moderation Team".

This is to cut down on potential bias issues in both directions.

-The only punishments that Mod's can issue are threadbans (duration is at their discretion) and one or three day subforum bans. They are the first view on reports and if they feel that a more serious/long term punishment is warranted then they are supposed to recommend that to the Super Moderators.

-Once a Mod has issued a warning, resolved a report, or recommended escalation their role is done.

-SMod's review Mod actions and handle the issuance of more permanent penalties.

-Appeals are public and are handled by the Admins (generally as a group). If you are appealing short duration thread bans or the 1/3 day subforum bans then you generally better be able to show that the Mod was pretty much egregiously wrong, otherwise the Admin's may well hit you for harassing them and find you guilty of wasting the courts time. Generally the more significant/longer lasting the punishment the more you can get away with in an appeal.

-Zoe can override the Admins if she feels clemency is warranted, has the final say on all permanent forum bans, and is the sole judge on ToS issues.

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To sum it up, as a Mod your job is to deal with the Report queue in the first instance, set an example for the rest of the forum members on how to behave, and to tell people/threads to cool off when they are getting close to the edge (or give them a time out if they cross the line).

 

[Nagaasha]

I wouldn't mind moderating. I have a pretty good record on SB. My only question is time commitment. Obviously I would check my inbox for any reports assigned to me and address them in a timely fashion.

Also, how easy is it for a mod to see a given poster's warning/infraction history? I feel like that would be an important tool.

 

[Nagaasha]

This seems kinda risky just on its own without vetting. You need some form of system in which you can validate who or who is that person on SB.

Because having some option in which anyone can become mod overnight on here reeks of infiltration risk.

I have the same username on every forum I join, so everyone knows who I am.

It has come to our attention that while one is allowed to be staff on both SB and SV, one is not allowed to be staff on both The Sietch and SB.

So fair warning if you have some faint hope of becoming SB staff someday you probably shouldn't apply here.

eh, I was never going to be an SB mod anyway (nor would I want to).

 

[SergeantBrother]

I must admit, I have an urge to be a moderator. I’m never been a moderator before and occasionally think about how I would go about being one.

 

[almostinsane]

I am a bit interested in being a moderator.