Re: Moderator deletion of serious discussion in the Wall Observer
Yeah, I don't mind sharing what the report was for as people have a right to know it requested and it can help prevent further mistakes either by that user or staff, but who reported it should be left up to the individual if they want to make themselves known.
Thanks for the reply. Should that be taken as confirmation that this was a mistake by staff, and such reports should be marked as “bad”?
That said, this is a serious thread. Much though I enjoy interposing a moment of levity, I share your hope for serious answers here.
Thanks for the reply. Aren’t “off-topic” reports for WO supposed to be marked as bad by the forum moderators?
I didn't remove them but there's a few reports against you there for off topic posts.
Thanks for the reply. Aren’t “off-topic” reports for WO supposed to be marked as bad by the forum moderators?
Report button in WO should be remapped to OP (infofront currently) or removed entirely and that would take care of this issue.
It shouldn't be removed as people can post malicious stuff in there that would need to be removed quickly. There's been multiple waves of spambots recently and many or posting malicious links so they need to be acted upon ASAP.
We know how to use a PM system.
I assumed that you were making a rhetorical point, Hueristic, which is why I did not reply. Unfortunately, this being the Internet, theymos for needs his staff to do 24/7 immediate handling of stuff that needs to be nuked from orbit.
As alluded in OP hereby, to date, I myself have thus far reported exactly one post in WO:
It was pure, unadulterated spam from a pure spammer account that staff summarily “nuked”, thus deleting all of its posts and banning it in one shot:
Quote from: https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php
- Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #2875279
Quote from: https://bpip.org/Profile?p=mikiejohnson727
Meta Log
DateTime | Action | Detail |
11/6/2020 6:26:20 AM | Changed to Archived status | Nuke user |
I try to do Kitty proud. 😼
You are adept at raining down source merits for criticisms that suit your petty personal grudges. It is far from the first or only time (and I will admit, to my shame, that I have been the beneficiary of that in the past). Do you need an “unapplication” filled out for you?
but please don't report WO posts for off topic... Something grave like doxing or plagiarism should be reported but other than that - leave it to infofront to decide and use "Ignore" judiciously.
I actually do not use the forum’s ignore function. I tried it, when I was a new user. Didn’t like it.
I do not even ignore you and cryptohunter, whom I consider to be two sides of the same coin.
On the other hand, my mental ignore function automagically files the majority of the forum in “taken under advisement”. 🗑️
To those for whom nullius posts actually pose a problem, there's the Ignore button -- it works quite well, I should know.
True, I have decreed that nutildah and some others are banned from reading my posts.
nutildah obeys.
So sad to hear. 
Awww. I have a soft spot for cats. 😿
This nonexistent cat wonders
if you would report as off-topic the posts that
I myself (repeatedly), Toxic2040, and JayJuanGee made
to discuss Lauda and/or kitty AI image generation of “cat-shaped objects”.
if you would report as off-topic the posts that
I myself (repeatedly), Toxic2040, and JayJuanGee made
to discuss Lauda and/or kitty AI image generation of “cat-shaped objects”.
In a yet-unpublished post (ironically in reply to mikeywith in Reputation; I should finish that), I remarked that I sometimes find it helpful to read a post without looking at its author’s name. That applies both to good posts, and to things that come off as surprisingly... otherwise. If you come off the way that you did, then—well, then you will get the response that you got.
I totally appreciate your insightful technical posts and your posts about privacy (if you have a look at my post history you'll also find quite a few topics advocating for privacy). Also a reason why I'm not using an ignore button here. In general I'm not using it at all and had no trouble so far.
After all it's an discussion forum (with some rules).
After all it's an discussion forum (with some rules).
True. I am not sure how I missed this back in January. (I first happened across it last month or so.) The bilingual multiple versioning of your own post is a remarkable effort. (And I know something about putting time and effort into posts, including some of those deleted in this instance.)
You are obviously just as much an ignorant n00b as I myself produce
surely annoying
spam walls.
spam walls.
So, don’t get
so extremely butthurt
that I called you out in due turn.And I've never questioned fluffypony's quotes from your post.
You called it a
fluffypony post
—which it was assuredly not.- Newbie protip #1: Read the rules. WTF is it with n00bs who do not read the rules?Quote from: The “Report to moderator” page for any Wall Observer postSpecial Wall Observer rules: bitcointalk.org moderators do not moderate the Wall Observer thread for multi-posting (except obvious spam), trolling, or on-topicness. Do not use this form to report those violations; instead, contact the thread owner. Reports of other rule violations are OK here.
Quote from: Bitcoin Forum
A reply of yours, quoted below, was deleted by a Bitcoin Forum moderator. Posts are most frequently deleted because they are off-topic, though they can also be deleted for other reasons. In the future, please avoid posting things that need to be deleted.
Obey. 
I am way ahead of you, in OP on this thread—even with the same quote that you have helpfully highlighted for me:
For my part, I am usually supportive of the moderators; they have a hard job, and I have no wish to make it harder. However, if I were to say nothing about this publicly, then I would hereafter need perpetually to second-guess myself on whether I have permission to discuss Big Tech censorship (!) and Bitcoin transaction censorship (!!) on this forum. Inter alia.
Quote from: Bitcoin Forum
In the future, please avoid posting things that need to be deleted.
I would feel thus a chill wind blow over my ability to engage in serious discussion here, if I did not place the individual who deleted my posts on notice that I will call out exceptionally stupid moderation decisions.