Re: Bickering and moderation tightening

[Whitecat]

Things are getting a bit out of hand again, so this is just a quick friendly reminder to everyone that the staff at Gearslutz consider this (and all other) sub forums to be akin to the sorts of conversations you might have while having drinks with your friends down at the pub.

This isn't scientific peer review of high-concept journals or thesis presentations to professors and boffins - this should mainly be casual and friendly chatter amongst like-minded people whose aims and goals are all the same even if their methods and techniques vary wildly.

From here on in the bickering is just going to get deleted straight away with no response or recourse, so if you value your time, don't waste it on petty arguments! If you disagree with someone, agree to disagree and move on. A disproportionate amount of moderator time is being wasted here considering the volume of active users compared to most of the other sub forums.

Also, please do feel free to make liberal use of the "Ignore User" function you'll see near their avatar on anyone who you feel is winding you up intentionally.

Thanks!

[Whitecat]

The readers' editor on… moderating online comments | From the Observer | The Observer

This fairly accurately represents what we deal with day-to-day and how we as moderators cannot win. Please read it and think about how you conduct yourselves here. Thanks.