Thanks for clarifying, I had not read your DM when I posted that.
To be clear, and if anything, I made sure I said there was no way Jason was doing anything wrong.
So it is literally you who’s “ascribing malintent to my actions without evidence”
“Rules for thee but nor for me”, amirite?
So flag that one post, why would you flag all the others?
Could you point out where exactly is it that I “ascribed malintent to others’ actions without evidence” in the other posts tat you flagged and hid?
Because if you can’t, then it is you who is ascribing malintent to my actions without evidence, which as you implied, should not be tolerated in this forum.
It’s clear to anyone reading these posts who you’re talking about. Barely-veiled accusations of malintent are still accusations of malintent. Without evidence, they constitute a personal attack, which is clearly prohibited by the Code of Conduct.
The CoC also prohibits derailing topics. You were warned to stop arguing about moderation in the “Expanding ZCAP” topic. You chose to continue to do so. Therefore, you have been suspended.
Woah… the Zcash Foundation’s Executive Director is coming down hard on posts…
When this happens, is it flagged by users or by the moderator?
Edit: The first post doesn’t violate any rule IMO.
It’s surprising (but nowadays less so) to see posts hidden on this forum, given that it serves as a space for the Zcash community to interact. The very essence of Zcash emphasizes on decentralization and censorship resistance, making this situation a tad ironic.
To quote @zooko:
You can’t have decentralization, censorship resistance, self sovereignty, ownership of your own stuff without privacy.
Ah, open dialogue! Remember when that was a thing? Whether or not it tickled your sensibilities or made you clutch your pearls. In any case, seems like Zcash decided to take a scenic route away from the straight path it once flaunted to its ever-faithful bagholders.
Out of topic, but IMO, when flagging a post hides it from everyone, anonymously, this creates too much censorship. There should be a way to upvote and downvote. Posts should not be deleted just because someone disagrees with it.
Auto-flagging is a feature of the Discourse software, and a very useful one, in my opinion: What happens when you flag a post - users - Discourse Meta
Posts that are flagged (including those that are automatically hidden) are added to the moderation review queue, and the moderators then have various options, including rejecting the flag (and un-hiding the post), keeping the post hidden, deleting it, etc.
Posts that violate the Code of Conduct may be deleted (or hidden until the poster edits the post).
Hive solves this
@Shawn @Dodger is there a way to add some forum widgets that would allow users to tag their comments with keywords?
It would be helpful to keyword search into an aggregated page by topic… “Fees” for example
Simply use the search function at the top of the forum.
Also, off-topic.
Anyone can flag a post that they believe is off-topic (or otherwise in breach of the forum’s Code of Conduct by clicking on the three dots under the post…
…then clicking on the flag…
Flagged posts are added to a moderation queue for @decentralistdan and I to review.
Depending on the Trust Level of the user flagging the post, it may be immediately/automatically hidden, pending review by the moderators.
I see what you are saying, but it’s a tricky balance, because if you don’t flag it, a Mod has to manually read through every thread and find where people are driving off topic and may miss things, so flagged helps save time.
If it gets flagged as off topic it hides it (if only temporarily) until a Mod can move it to the appropriate thread. The software does inform them that it’s an off topic flag in an attempt let the user move it themselves.
Either way if it’s something else against the CoC Mods usually let the user know via DM what the issue is if it’s not clear.
When I was moderating there was more than a few times a DM and asking them to kindly change or move their post was met with indignant refusal, they knew the forums CoC and simply didn’t care. Most of the time though people are reasonable and adjust a few things and carry on. The key is to keep respectful discourse even when correcting someone.
Also, it looks like Polkadot uses the exact same software we do, just with a different skin.
Agree, if someone does flag something it can be helpful for whoever flagged it to comment as to why they flagged, respectfully.
Some users that bristle if a Mod flags it may not be as defensive if they understand as a community we are working together to be better.
As someone who is no stranger to being flagged, I would appreciate and respect so much more if there was a reason why it was flagged. And not just something generic “Community violation”.
As Jack posted above, the forum software only has so many choices for auto-action, auto-notifications when flagging. So if someone flags it would be up to them to follow up with a more specific why as a courtesy.
By default the flag system is anonymous to the user being flagged, this is to prevent possible harassment by either party. If a user chooses to remain anonymous a Mod will need to follow up at a later time with the person flagged to hopefully clear up the situation.
The forums CoC is quite clear, we spent a lot of time refining it, I suggest all users read it:
I’m not a Mod, and I didn’t flag it so can’t specify why you were flagged for that post. It seems pretty relevant to the thread to me.
