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We often get reports where it's an internet slap fight top to bottom, and that's not necessarily visible in the mod log.
It IS visible in the reporting system where two people are reporting each other repeatedly and the mods are basically being asked to be mom or dad, the general consensus in those cases is "I don't care who started it, both of you go to your rooms!" :)
Best advice I can give you is do not take the bait, do not feed the trolls. ;)
Yeah. I’m be harassed on an other account. I’ve reported this person for spamming/stalking me…. You guys haven’t done shit about. Their comments are still there.
So tell me again how there’s no mod bias?
Link me to a thread, I'll take a look.
The problem in threads like this is that these kids report everything they disagree with, and people with an ounce of maturity don’t. I’m fine if someone wants to mouth off. So I don’t report it. Yet when I respond in kind, I’m the bad guy- they’re the victim, and my comments get removed.
These kids are playing you. They’re running the show and you’re culling the herd for them.
So you want me to post a link to one of my alt account publicly? Don’t you have a mod log of complaints? Check for the one where multiple reports of harassment were submitted.
That’d be the dipshit you’re doing nothing about.
No, you can PM me anything you'd like me to look at, just keep in mind, as a moderator I can only take action in the communities I'm assigned to, but I can reach out to other mods and site admins.
It’s here in politics.
I see the new reports, I'll PM you.