• How I became the Worst Moderator Ever
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Now that I am officially the Worst Moderator Ever, thanks in large part to that hellion Jessi Slaughter and her muggle parents, I thought it would be good to offer my perspective on what went down that fateful day. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NhyfX.jpg[/IMG] [b]Before The Fall[/b] I wasn't always the worst moderator ever. People used to think I was pretty cool, at least when I wasn't banning people for talking about black people. Or if they didn't, they kept quiet about it. The moderators thought I was such a good moderator that they elected me Lead Mod along with Dragon! Even my old-time nemeses like mephis spoke of my banning fairness in all things, peace and war. I put in many hours going through reports, cleaning up after spammers, answering PMs, and checking the refugee camp regularly. I always reduced people's bans if they said they were sorry. Nobody is perfect, but I took moderating seriously and tried to do the best job I could. [b]New Rules[/b] At some point, Garry decided to turn Facepunch into a for real business, which made everyone here very proud. Now, one of the important things about running a business is avoiding the appearance of impropriety. We had to make sure warez was not discussed, etc. At one point, I can only assume Garry decided Facepunch's reputation for participating in 4chan-style forum bombings and raids, and 4chan memes in general. It had always been kind of sort of against the rules, but this time it was serious. So one day, Mr. Gestapo posted an announcement in the mod forum. I don't remember the exact wording, but the gist of it was that we were now to take a zero-tolerance policy on participation in or discussion of 4chan raids and harassment. Permabans were to be issued. [b]Jessi Slaughter, Part 1[/b] Then along came this Jessi Slaughter thing. Kid makes obnoxious video, 4chan decides to ruin her life, hilarity ensues. My personal feeling was that it was in pretty poor taste, given that she was obviously suffering from pretty horrible self-esteem problems and probably neglected by her parents. "Hey, Mr. Gestapo," I said. "Some of these people are basically cheering on 4chan in this. Does this fall under the purview of the zero-tolerance policy on 4chan? Should I permaban them?" "Go for it," said Mr. Gestapo, and so I did. So did several other moderators, although I did the majority of the bans. Now, mass bannings are not unprecedented. Veteran users will remember the "idiot culls," and I and one or two other mods fumigated a couple Nazi groups back when groups were introduced for the first time. [b]Jessi Slaughter, Part 2[/b] Somewhere in the middle of this it began to become clear that something had gone terribly wrong. For one thing, it was difficult to draw the line between out-and-out advocacy of 4chan style raiding and general dislike for the kid. In a severely misguided effort to be fair, I just banned everyone who said that she "deserved it." And there were so, so many. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jG5nR.jpg[/IMG] Many people, mostly GD regulars did not take well to the total extermination of their friends. They challenged the bans, flooding the forum with angry posts. Already in a nasty mood after learning a friend of mine was in jail for domestic violence against another good friend of mine, and, at that moment, full of contempt for people who would advocate the bullying of a child (ironic in retrospect) I made my second mistake, which was to argue back aggressively and arrogantly. I said dumb things like "who said moderating had to be fair" (which had a well-reasoned argument behind it, but one which I failed to make) and made the whole thing look even more vindictive than it was. [b]Jessi Slaughter, Part 3[/b] I think I went to bed at some point. As I mentioned before, I reduce people's bans in the refugee camp all the time, and I had planned to go through the refugee camp the next day and sort through the threads. It wasn't something I was looking forward to, but given the negative reaction from FP and the vast number of people involved I figured it needed to be done. I was, of course, spared this task when Garry logged on to find this whole mess and permabanned me. I learned later it wasn't intended to actually be permanent, but to learn me what it felt like to be permabanned from a forum after spending so much time there. The point was well taken, and I remind myself of that every time I consider permabanning a user. I apologized to Garry, and he told me some words of wisdom about how I cannot be an effective moderator if everyone hates me. I thought that was a good point. [b]Conclusion[/b] So, having established that my banning spree was partially based on prior instructions to keep 4chan stuff away from Facepunch, was done with permission, and was not the sole work of Me, and since most of you are not mad at me about anything in particular right now, I figured it would be a good moment to apologize to you guys for the things I did do wrong. I erred on the side of banning and banned people for advocating raiding when they really weren't. That's not fair. I'm sorry. I treated people overly harshly because of an unrelated personal problem. You don't need that. I'm sorry. When you guys questioned my judgment, which you have every right to do, I blew you off rudely. That was an inexcusable act of arrogance. I'm sorry. These were the mistakes that made me the Worst Moderator Ever. I regret having made them and will try very hard not to make them again. I hope this thread has cast some light on my role in this fiasco that hurt my constituents and the people around me and I did not have intercourse with that woman. Thank you. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sYC3y.jpg[/IMG] P.S. [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/tales-from-the-galactopticon]Vote Galactopticon[/url]
rated heart double checked to see if you ever banned me glad ventilated is no longer mod...
I still love you, bro. :love:
I forgive you. It's just a shame that Facepunch can't impeach.
I like every moderator
Became?
:h:
I still don't forgive you :saddowns:
Jessi Slaughter? Oh no, at least half of those bans were justified. It was the [B]dumb[/B] (and exclusively the dumb) racism bans.
we only hated u cuz u were black
Apology accepted. After all, you're only human [img]http://cdn0.mattters.com/photos/photos/468818/calculon.png[/img]
We love you man.
I was gonna write "cool story bro", but then you'd ban me.
Don't post, it's a trick. Jessi Slaughter Redux is going full steam :smugdog:
You know how you can fix that? Unban my Main. maybe if you actually listen to my year, (literally I've been asking and begging for a year now) of constant begging, you guys would actually become cool in my opinion. [b]EDIT[/b] In all seriousness you are forgiven. It takes a lot to run a board of this size. I got sick of modding on the other forums, keep being blamed and shunned for enforcing the rules and shit. Fuck that. [b]EDIT 2[/b] Sorry, for fucks sake this came out so wrong. That one dumb cunt litinfold or whatever just fucking randomly permad my ass I should have added that. That too for a unjust fucking reason. Hell, he responded to me with 'Too bad.'
We hate you go away [img]http://images.myspace.drewpydraws.com/justin-04-faggot.JPG[/img]
shoulda left all those people banned but ok
A personal appeal from Facepunch Moderator TH89.
th89 for god 2012
[QUOTE=icemaz;26253928]Became?[/QUOTE] Wasn't he always the worst mod ever? I mean, those racism bans
And the banning anyone who says a even slightly racist joke? Seriously I liked you a whole lot before I saw that all the time and the Jessie Slaughter thing, which you just cleared up a bit for me
i agree you are pretty fuckin' bad
Telling people to "Deal with it" and "who said moderating had to be fair" when banning people is pretty much the worst thing to say as a moderator. Forgiving you for saying those things will take a long time, these scars you made for yourself won't go away easily. But at least you are trying and you are apologizing even though it was a long time due; I give you some credit for that
Now what about all the "racism" bans
I'm still not really a fan of how the moderators talk when they're in the GMF and even when they're out of it.
Also, why do you ban people for racism? I've always pondered that. We ALL ponder that.
I love you bro don't worry. rated heart
[QUOTE=icemaz;26253928]Became?[/QUOTE] go [QUOTE=flyboy463;26253956]I was gonna write "cool story bro", but then you'd ban me.[/QUOTE] away [QUOTE=Signature;26253972]You know how you can fix that? Unban my Main. maybe if you actually listen to my year, (literally I've been asking and begging for a year now) of constant begging, you guys would actually become cool in my opinion.[/QUOTE] please this is a very serious thread TH89 is pouring his heart out!
Can you rap us up a story? I'd prefer it if this thread was read as a rap, or it's offensive to me and that's racist.
I read it as: "Moderator with balls"
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