On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Kevin O'Malley <kevmol...@gmail.com> wrote:
Comments get moved to another thread without notification. > When people such as yourself flood the forum with throwaway comments, we moderators would spam the place to give as many notifications. Had you known how things are done on LENR Forum, you would have known that throwaway comments with crass and insulting language get moved to a separate thread and know where to find them. We generally put a note at the bottom of a comment once it's been moved to let people know about this. You did not know that LENR Forum does this, because you dived right in with your throwaway insults rather than getting to know the place. > Commenters can get put "on probation" without notification. We put trolls and would-be brawlers on probation. You yourself are a moderator but it doesn't say that on your title. I gave my reasons for this in an earlier response to you, which you do not mention. I'll link to my reply: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/5271-clearance-items/?postID=62766#post62766 You allow insults from some people but not others in a one-sided fashion, > again without notification. It's invariably a judgment call. If there's either a substantive point that has been made, or the person is known to make good points and insult everyone equally and without an emotional charge, they're less likely to have a comment moved. If the insult is obviously charged and the comment brings no useful additional information, it's likely to be moved. We do not apply a rote formula. We apply judgment in an effort to raise the level of conversation. This weighs somewhat more heavily against posters who have little substantive to offer. That's just the nature of the situation. So those of us who would like to go over there will have to jump through > your unpublished moderation guidelines > in order to avoid "probation". > Or you could just lurk for awhile and see how things are done. It's a natural thing to do when coming to a new forum to try watch and observe and see how things are done. > There aren't that many rules over here on Vortex but even still, some of > your more vociferous and full-of-shit members over there have been banned > from Vortex, like MaryYugo. > Mary Yugo has always been controversial, but she almost invariably addresses matters of substance rather than intending to rile up other forum members and start a fight. She insults people, but her aim is not to start a brawl. She has brought up many good points about Rossi over the years, so she gets a little bit of latitude to be a character. Eric
