So, you should know that mods are no longer able to mod on only their own boards now. They have global powers and they are already being abused.
Apparently, a post on SO was reported for deletion (due to personal info) over the weekend. Cjoy saw that it had been reported and instead of deleting it, she C&Ped it on ML.
eta- Global mod powers have been taken away from everyone who is not a global mod. If you need a delete, ESD and other global mods will see it if you report or you can page/pm smock and ESD.
Post by Wrath0fKuus on Feb 11, 2013 13:18:35 GMT -5
Yes, I saw this, and I sent a message to Ellie about it. Not only was it something that was reported for deletion, but it was something reported because it reached into not one but two regulars' real lives.
Post by Wrath0fKuus on Feb 11, 2013 13:32:43 GMT -5
She has not responded yet. There is a whole thread on CE&P talking about this, and the general consensus there is that this is over the line and that cjoy should be removed as mod. Frankly, I agree.
Post by Wrath0fKuus on Feb 11, 2013 13:38:15 GMT -5
I think schadenfreude is all over the boards, but this situation where there was an intersection with real life is a special case that should be shut down immediately.
Part of the problem is that there isn't a clear rule for modding other boards. We had an entire thread on the mod board about this, and the general consensus, as summed up by Ellie was that spam and personal information could be deleted by anyone, whoever sees it first, but everything else should be left up to the individual board mod.
I guess you could debate if personal info was revealed in the SO thread, and the part that cjoy c&p'd didn't really contain personal info, but it's still a very messy situation.
Post by Wrath0fKuus on Feb 11, 2013 14:12:09 GMT -5
It didn't contain direct personal info, but it was plenty of personal info for anyone who knows either of the women off-board to have way too much information about the other.
I didn't see the post myself before it was deleted, so I was never clear on if it contained personal information or just a whole lot of details that people were using to guess who it was.
That's pretty fucked up. It's one thing to be hands off because its not your board, its another to c&p it. And is the consensus on ML that their okay with this?
That's pretty fucked up. It's one thing to be hands off because its not your board, its another to c&p it. And is the consensus on ML that their okay with this?
I didn't see the post myself before it was deleted, so I was never clear on if it contained personal information or just a whole lot of details that people were using to guess who it was.
Either way, it should have been deleted.
I guess we need to better define personal info. If it contained info that could harm someone. That's enough for me.
I agree, Muddled. In this case, connecting someone's sn to the post WAS revealing personal information, even if full names/phone numbers/addresses weren't posted.
Post by fussbucket on Feb 11, 2013 15:12:13 GMT -5
So with these latest developments I've got the running tally so far at:
OK: - mods C&Ping personal info from threads reported/deleted for selfsame personal info on another board - shushing concern for very young victims of sexual abuse - harassing someone with mental-illness issues over the lack of a tracking number for a SS exchange.
Not OK: - making fun of someone's objectively bad but newly maternal hair. - suggesting that do-nothing/disappearing-act Hs are douchey douches.
I'm legit dying that there is a "quasi board war" with SO over ML H's being douches. I need more background on this.
That is bowies fault, haha! bowies made a snark reference to an old (TIP TIC) statement: SO divorced from douchebags. ML married to douchebags. Apparently ML didn't get the TIC part about it.
bowies, if I don't have the backstory correct, feel free to correct me! So, it is actually TIP's fault that SO is at war
I'm legit dying that there is a "quasi board war" with SO over ML H's being douches. I need more background on this.
That is bowies fault, haha! bowies made a snark reference to an old (TIP TIC) statement: SO divorced from douchebags. ML married to douchebags. Apparently ML didn't get the TIC part about it.
bowies, if I don't have the backstory correct, feel free to correct me! So, it is actually TIP's fault that SO is at war
Let's just say I leaned on Ol' Reliable and ML did not disappoint. Like a fucking violin. Muahahahaha.