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Thread: Let's Get This Straight.

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    Default Let's Get This Straight.

    There seems to be continued misunderstanding about what moderators can and can't do in these forums.

    Let me try to explain it.

    The average moderator on these forums is a volunteer who gives their time freely to moderate these forums.
    As such they are given some special permissions that relate only to these forums.
    They do not get any special training in relation to technical issues or game mechanics.
    They do not have a direct line of contact to the game developers or customer service departments.
    They are expected to moderate these forums with the purpose of keeping them free from unwanted material, such as flaming, spamming, racial, sexual, religious or political material and personal attacks against other members.
    They are also required to remove a phenomenon known as spam bots. These are automated advertising bots that are disguised as normal members and can be quite difficult to spot some times.
    They are also required to respond to reports made by members against posts that the reporting member feels are out of line.

    It's a fairly thankless task that can require hundreds of decisions to be made, and at times, very rapid responses. Most of the active moderators do their job very well and still manage to find time to try to help out in ways that most of us don't see, from responding to pm's to passing on problems to those who are able to deal with them, to discussing ways to improve the forums for the members (you and me).

    Forum moderators can't do anything to enforce rules in the game as they are just normal players like the rest of us. They can't help you get a refund or fix a server that is offline. They don't produce the advertisements or write the system mails for special offers.

    So next time you feel like blaming the moderators for everything that is grieving you about Evony, perhaps you might think about this post and reconsider what you were about to say.

    One last thing.
    Johnny One-Post coming onto the forums and sounding off in an obnoxious manner about some problem (real or imagined) will tend to get a poor response. It pays to make an effort to post in a calm and understandable way, after checking to see if the issue you have is not already being discussed elsewhere.
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    Excellent post.
    Far too few who need to read it, will read it.
    I nominate for "sticky" thread.

    LOL @ "Johnny One-Post"
    ... that is sooooooo true.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
    Rota is correct.

    I don't even understand the question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
    Excellent post.
    Far too few who need to read it, will read it.
    I nominate for "sticky" thread.

    LOL @ "Johnny One-Post"
    ... that is sooooooo true.
    Seconded, I think the mods do a great job.

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    Very well said... hopefully this post gets 100's of views and it's not just dismissed by everyone.

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    I agree. I was a volunteer mod on a military forum a few years back. I know its a thankless job. But still, I'm kinda surprised at how often threads get shut down here. In most forums this only happens after posters start throwing insults at each other, or blatantly violating the forum rules. Shutting down threads too frequently incites posters, and set up an 'us vs them' vibe. If they leave threads alone, it wont be long before it gets buried by other topics.

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    Very true, Rodri. People keep complaining to the mods about their chests, servers, medals, etc.....This needs to be stickied and I give rep to you! You make great post and represent Evony in a positive way which is very good.

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    Very, very well said. The mods don't get the credit and respect that most very well deserve.

    I say sticky and + rep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SweetP View Post
    Very well said... hopefully this post gets 100's of views and it's not just dismissed by everyone.

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    Here let the ninja troll post here, That will make sure thousands more see it.

    On another note, +1 rep rod.
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    thank the moderators for making everybodys visit to this site hassle and spam free. bravo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlkDragon View Post
    I agree. I was a volunteer mod on a military forum a few years back. I know its a thankless job. But still, I'm kinda surprised at how often threads get shut down here. In most forums this only happens after posters start throwing insults at each other, or blatantly violating the forum rules. Shutting down threads too frequently incites posters, and set up an 'us vs them' vibe. If they leave threads alone, it wont be long before it gets buried by other topics.
    Sorry but I'm not going to debate the reasons why threads get closed. I don't know the reasoning behind the mod's decisions in every case. It wasn't the point to my original post to justify every moderator action anyway. I do know that if you have an issue with a particular mod decision, the best way to resolve it is by private message to the mod who made that decision.
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