We need moderators - General Discussion Discussion

[–] Arvin G Borkar (9) 8 years ago

The only problem now is, who do we trust to moderate? Like us, Jim is just the creator of this site and he has to pick trustworthy people to help moderate. I wish this could have been done a week or so ago. Now with some many usernames and people using multiple usernames from the same email address (yeah, just found that out); it is going to be tough.

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

There aren't so many trolls around yet, but a couple of them who are have many socks (you and me both were on the receiving end of it).

We don't need a lot moderators for now, just one or two to delete the socks when they appear. A notorious troll has made this site his home, and he is NOT giving up any time soon, I can tell you that.

What made me worried though is that I noticed someone with a nic of a known troll (they usually keep part of the name so that they can be recognized) just posted something silly on some movie board. If this is the same person that has recently been banned from TMDB, we have a bigger problem than we think.

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[–] Skyagent (15) 8 years ago

It is even scarier that they can use one email address for those socks. I do not think one could do that on IMDb. Jim really needs to fix that, if there is a way to fix it.

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[–] Wilson (879) 8 years ago

Removing duplicates from his database shouldn't be an issue.

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[–] Betty (65) 8 years ago

I am sure you don't want trolls like OP to tell jim what to do

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[–] wanton87 (934) 8 years ago

Not sure about the moderators, but yes, I agree, it's gotten pretty bad around here as of late. I think that the best thing right now is to implement the Block/ignore user feature, and I'm hoping that's next on Jim's list of priorities.

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

Block would be fine for regular users, but there are many lurkers who don't have a block option... they are exposed to troll posts. I really don't want trolls to chase normal people away.

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[–] Skyagent (15) 8 years ago

Amen!

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

A brief recapitulation of known socks so far for future reference:

Gameboy started a thread This is IMDb2 admin while Tyler Durden started the same thread on TMDB. This is IMDb2 admin .

Other Gameboy's socks:
Tyler Durden (see above)
Betty (there was a poster called Betty on IMDb's Soapbox and apparently he became obsessed with her (info gathered on IMDb2),
Pinky (there is also a nic OriginalPinky on IMDb2, I'm not sure if this is the same guy, but he's definitely Gameboy's sock)
Jmusacha
Dan
bradnorton

Then there is a guy called BenCeasar (possibly has a sock God) who people accuse of posting dirty pictures over there on IMDb2. Has been banned from there. He hasn't been exactly trolling around here, but I'm keeping an eye on him.

This is what I have so far.

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[–] Betty (65) 8 years ago

There are your socks. Stop promoting yourself

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[–] Moralesantjr (160) 8 years ago

Tyler Dryden is copying off another user from imdb styler durden who posted slot on message boards

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

Anyway, the main point is: trolls and their socks completely ruined the flow of conversation on General Discussion board today. If we don't do something soon, they will ruin the whole site.

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[–] Señor Frickin Braggis (52) 8 years ago

Moderators is a double edged sword though. I hate trolls as much as anybody else but a message board can be ruined by too much of it. Case in point, the Superhero hype message boards are so over Moderated they are a pain in the ass because any topic or post you make is thrown into some cluttered thread.

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

Anarchy is not the answer either. We need at least some middle ground solution.

Today some of us saw what happens when trolls discover that there are no moderators around. They should at least have some healthy amount of fear from mods, otherwise what's to stop them?

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[–] Wilson (879) 8 years ago

Fear is no way to lead.

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[–] Betty (65) 8 years ago

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

Well, I notice that those same trolls who come here behave more polite on other sites that do have moderators. Something to think about.

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[–] Wilson (879) 8 years ago

There is no way to know that they are the same trolls.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

Moderators are a double edged sword... the good part is that they keep trolls at bay... the bad part is the type of person that usually wants to be a moderator tends to want to impose their personal world view upon other posters and the site...

Block function is the most important priority right now... there isn't enough traffic to warrant more than a very light level of moderation.

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

But the problem is that this site is the only offshoot of IMDb without moderators. Naturally, that attracts trolls, especially those banned from other moderated sites. They breed in the environment like this. It would be a smart idea to put an end to this situation as soon as possible.

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[–] Betty (65) 8 years ago

You will be the first one to get banned troll, with your 100 socks

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

I'm happy with a moderator as long as they are able to discern the difference between a troll and someone with a differing opinion. I'd be on PreviouslyTV more if their moderators didn't make you feel like you're attending a church

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

I agree 100%, I also don't want overmoderation. But some basic rules must exist.

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[–] wanton87 (934) 8 years ago

Hmm? I also post over at Previously TV and hadn't really noticed it being too oppressive. I've seen people swearing over there and the mods don't seem to care about that. One thing that I have noticed that they are uptight about is that they don't seem to like it when people start new threads. I guess they want to try and keep everything as consolidated into as few threads as possible.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

It is oppressive and we don't need moderationg, especially from self-admitted trolls who aspire to become moderators so that they can troll ban people

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

I absolutely don't want to be a moderator, if that is your concern, Gameboy.

I'm quite enjoying the meltdown you're having, btw.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

[–] Apis 16 days ago

You just reminded me that I once gave a 10 to My little pony movie, as part of a troll-ish but innocent movement on IMDb "let's bring My little Pony into top 250". That was some years ago. :)

I only remembered it when I was saving my ratings from IMDb, and it was there among other movies I rated.

It was My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade (2006). I don't see that movie listed here, the site owner probably didn't have enough time to save everything.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

admits to trolling.

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

This is really fun. You think that giving a movie you haven't seen a 10 quite some years ago is the same as what you're doing? Many people give movies a rating for no valid reason.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

Your post history shows your weird obsession with trolls. You have admitted to trolling on imdb boards. I am sure you have many socks here. I am sure only a troll like you would be obsessed with trolls. We can see it through your posting history. God knows how much trolling you have actually done.

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

It's a fine community and all... they are very good about keeping things like spoilers under control and stopping trolls but I feel like if you don't think the same way the majority of them do they aren't very tolerant. It feels like visiting someone's parents house if that makes any sense.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

That's the same problem with imb2 but the moderators and admins are friends with trolls and enable them

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[–] wanton87 (934) 8 years ago

Well, admittedly SM, I've only posted over there in the Alaskan Bush People forum, and once in the little house on the prairie forum, but so far it's been okay.

But I agree that we definitely need to do something here pretty soon, and to me, the best immediate solution is the block feature.

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

Yeah I'm not a coder so I don't know how difficult it is to implement but it seems like a pretty basic function on most boards. Hope he gets to it soon.

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[–] earl237 (1106) 8 years ago

One thing to remember, don't feed the trolls. It should be common sense by now, but some people always respond to them, which is exactly what they want.

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[–] Betty (65) 8 years ago

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

I want to be a moderator

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[–] Apis (1624) 8 years ago

You can't, but you can be added to the sock list.

Apparently, the only time we'll have peace and quiet here is when you're asleep.

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[–] heeeyyy (42) 8 years ago

You want to be a moderator, and no one else should be a moderator? Am i getting it right? Moron

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