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In an odd way your comment was on topic as it got the down-rating it deserved and demonstrated rather well why the rating system now in play is both useful and beneficial to the forum. Personally, I think it should be taken a step further and anytime a comment gets more than 3 downrates or a moderator downrates a comment it is automatically hidden by the "Low Quality Post" function. In that way it would make moderation a bit easier.
Too a point that makes sense. Really though even we can make bad judgement calls. Case in point. Mind you just to show we arent the oblivious parents. Let me tear this down.
He was actually posting all the time as a mod, just look at his post count and post history,
This seems fair, but erocker certainly didnt post as much as its made out to be.
then he decided to quit because he didn’t like the way things were going.
See this is a conjuration. A result or statement of fact based whole heartily on nothing but conjecture and skepticism attempted to be passed on as truth. I have a problem with this because while I understand subject matters will "pull" from other subjects to help "prove" a point or offer "acedemic" plot tools that help people solve problems and come to conclusions, this is not one of them. After all the thread is about down votes. Even by a stretch has 0 to do with erocker.
A proper example of how to draw on other subjects is thermal paste application and then discussion of the subject matter of heat transferring metals. not on topic-ish but it contributes. you see?
It’s reasonable to be curious what happened.
This (in my reading of it anyway) is a bit of a play on "I can say what I want" in which case sure. but that doesnt mean your on topic, or that you can derail as you please.
Anyway, I was just replying to tatty as you can clearly see, so it was on topic.
This is an example of daddy said. You see I have a problem with this line the most. Self justification doesnt mean anything to me anyway, so naturally this wouldnt work because I dont care who you talked too. Further tatty was responding too someone that was already off topic. That doesnt mean tatty was on topic but more importantly it doesnt mean he was trying to continue that line of discussion, and it certainly doesnt mean your on topic. Unless you mean your on the topic of being off topic, in which case I agree.
So I downvote so I can make a mental note. Later I discuss it, or simply have a beer and forget. Either can happen. Now if I downvote and the system is modified to LQ automatically because im staff I would need to adjust how I downvote. Simply because this was more of a mark that I need to discuss with a super mod. Also to let the member know I'm not pleased with the response.
As you can see here in this case anyway, its always more then just a downvote (as the system currently stands and with my methods personally) because Its not just that in the end. I'll think about it more, I'll discuss it. I will understand it. I will even think to myself am I just in a bad mood? Should I really be fighting this so stringently? Are the members just used to getting away with it? That will make me seem like a monster.
Of course thats just my mod style. Alot more thought would need to go into the up/down vote system for something like that to be implemented. Other mods have different styles. I try to be super nice. I have for years, but I am pretty much a robot when it comes to rules, after all without them we live with the animals. I do try to think off all the angles possible though, so in that regard if you ever catch points from me, just know I really tried my best to make sure you had a way out first.
Will anything come of this thread? Not sure, not my section. Will I hand out points if conversation derails again? It is in the rules. But I also might just unfollow this thread. I do that alot when things are under the jurisdiction and eye of another mod and the members are behaving.
who knows, im a fickle fellow.
