The idea of naming and shaming

[reveal]

You do? - All I see is TILT!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I have the highest rep on CM. So, really, it's not a good indicator of a quality poster.

Slightly better != perfect. That's why am I ultimately not convinced.

 

[Lanefan]

For the serious post:

There's a pillar of military leadership: "Praise in public, chastise in private." There's great wisdom to this. I'd rather take someone, have him or her receive a ban and then let him or her know privately why he or she got that ban. There's much less of a chance that someone will become resentful and starting to act up more here because of feelings of persecution.

Which is all very well and good, except it'd be nice to know in some cases and in a public way *why* something/someone is being moderated; often is the time when I see some red letters in what seems like a reasonable thread, or it gets closed, and think to myself "what brought that on?". (of course, sometimes it's obvious, but that's not my point here) Sending an e-mail to a mod. might answer this for me, but doesn't help anyone else and would just cause more work for the mods...

Lanefan

 

[LightPhoenix]

For the serious post:

There's a pillar of military leadership: "Praise in public, chastise in private." There's great wisdom to this. I'd rather take someone, have him or her receive a ban and then let him or her know privately why he or she got that ban. There's much less of a chance that someone will become resentful and starting to act up more here because of feelings of persecution.

Speaking of this, I didn't even realize I had a message from you until today, and I couldn't reply to PM. So... I know.

(Oooh, secret moderations! Ahhhh!!!)

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

I don't agree with the list of the banned, because I've seen at least as many people banned for rising to the bait of those who should have been banned as I have people who deserved to be banned.

I don't agree with rep, because there is no quality control and if a bunch of trolls wanted to come in here and start screwing around with the rep system (posrepping each other and negrepping innocent posters), then the mods would have more to worry about.

Rep only "works" on sites like Circvs Maximvs because it doesn't mean anything and doesn't have any rules. I can get posrepped or negrepped as much due to whim as due to the quality of my posts. Yes, in the long run, a person with high rep is probably well received, but I've seen more than one person "in the red" who was still a quality poster, they just didn't have popular opinions.

EDIT: Since my first paragraph could be seen as being anti-mod (especially considering a certain conversation elsewhere), I'll clarify. It is also incumbant on us, as members of ENW, to report (not respond to) anyone who we feel is doing something wrong.