ENWorld Edition Bias

[Charwoman Gene]

Just look at how the thread titled Why do you keep playing 4E was moderated if you can't see any difference in how things were handled then I respectfully withdraw from having this discussion with you sir.

Are you saying there is a secret conspiracy of 4e love? Rediculous.

 

[Shadeydm]

that's a mod difference.
edit: also respectfully withdrawing

Very well however I expect if that thread had been critical of 4E instead of thread crapping being deleted it would simply have been locked and gone bye bye.

 

[Creeping Death]

... asshats ...

That is like one of my favorite internet words. It even sounds funny.

 

[diaglo]

Very well however I expect if that thread had been critical of 4E instead of thread crapping being deleted it would simply have been locked and gone bye bye.

Plane Sailing has admitted to a 4Elovefest. read the Understanding change thread by Truename.

 

[Echohawk]

Very well however I expect if that thread had been critical of 4E instead of thread crapping being deleted it would simply have been locked and gone bye bye.

I'm reasonably sure that it is against the forum rules to discuss moderation decisions in the manner that is occurring here. I respectfully suggest that if you have an issue with the moderation of a particular thread, that you take it up privately with the moderators involved.

 

[Shadeydm]

Are you saying there is a secret conspiracy of 4e love? Rediculous.

No I am saying that pro 4E and anti 4E commentary are moderated differently. I would love to see stats on the subject like pro 4E threads locked vs edited and anti 4E threads locked vs edited but thats not going to happen and isn't likely to change anything regardless of the results.

Anyways I have nothing further to say on the subject. I certainly don't envy the Mods given the climate around here and the obvious need for the site to hitch its wagon to 4E a tough tightrope to walk to say the least.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Im in the camp that thinks that the site focus is slighly for 4e focused now, but I can undertsand thats because that is where most of the new stuff is comming from. I also think that the members here are still slightly more pro-3E than pro-4E.

I also have issues with the poll choices since being pro-3E doesn't neccesarily make someone anti-4E (not that it excludes it either). Better choices would have phased the poll from Pro-4E to Pro-3E instead of Pro-4E to Anti-4E.

 

[Shadeydm]

I'm reasonably sure that it is against the forum rules to discuss moderation decisions in the manner that is occurring here. I respectfully suggest that if you have an issue with the moderation of a particular thread, that you take it up privately with the moderators involved.

My apologies if this detracted from your enjoyment of the thread. I was merely responding to the OP originally and then subsequently to some follow-ups. I can see how this might be viewed as something of a derailment and as such will refrain from further commentary on the subject.

Sorry.

 

[Obryn]

On the management side... I have to say that, given the fact people running ENWorld have a financial stake in the success of 4E (I distinctly recall Morrus complaining about how badly they were doing on 3E merchandise after the announcement of 4E) I think it'd be hard for some kind of bias - or something that might as well be a bias, in terms of how it looks to us posters - to creep in.

Well, the moderators - AFAIK - have absolutely zero financial stake in ENWorld. It's not a paid job. Really, the only person who does that I know of is Morrus. Frankly, Russ is about the last person I could see encouraging moderators to moderate differently based on (of all things) edition preference.

It's a conspiracy theory that doesn't pass the laugh test, as far as I'm concerned.

-O

 

[Haffrung Helleyes]

I voted fair and equal

I think the moderation is fair here. I am pretty pro-3E these days, but have never been moderated.

What I have noticed is the absence of a few pro-4E posters who used to post 10 or more times a day, always promoting 4E and never discussing anything else. I seriously wondered at the time whether they were merely doing their job!

Now that they are all gone, I think the climate is much better here, and I am enjoying EnWorld much more.

Ken