At 4/19/08 01:48 PM, Malachy wrote:
At 4/19/08 11:48 AM, Skemmtun wrote:
Well, recently a new rule was added, you can get your whistle status lowered for marking abusive reviews in spam entries. It sucks, I know.
SHUT UP.
IT'S NOT TRUE.
LISTEN TO ME, I'M A REVIEW MODERATOR FOR FUCKS SAKE: YOU WILL NOT LOSE WHISTLE POINTS ON REVIEWS FLAGGED IN SPAM SUBMISSIONS, YOU JUST WONT GAIN ANY POINTS FOR IT!!!
HOLY GODDAMNIT FOTHERMUCKER.
So, an admin declares a new rule, but a review mod says it's not going to be enforced? Let's be fair, here, that's grounds for a reasonable amount of confusion - heck, even I'm getting confused, and I'm usually reasonably quick on the uptake.
tigerkitty stipulates on this page that reviews of spam submissions will not be deleted unless they break any other rules, but the flags will be cleared with penalty. I don't know if another review mod has overruled that since that page (I can't be bothered to sift through the crap between that point and this one to find out), but that's what I've been going on for the past couple of weeks.
Several questions arise from this:
1. Why is Bob declaring new rules if review mods aren't going to be enforcing them?
2. Why is it exactly that the rule is being enforced, seemingly, by some mods, and not by others?
3. If Bob is going to be enforcing his new rule, but the mods aren't, then how the hell is anyone supposed to know which view to go for? Sure, Bob may not be review modding a whole lot, but that doesn't mean that someone won't be unlucky and get their flags cleared (with penalty) by Bob.
Sorry if any or all of these questions have already been addressed, but frankly, there seems to be a LOT of confusion over this issue, and I don't view this thread avidly enough to see everything that the mods drop in to say, so anyone who wants to berate me for not knowing if something has already been mentioned can fuck off.
Perhaps me asking these questions will help clear things up for everyone else who isn't sure, as well (once they're answered, anyhow).