Robot Santa

Firstly, this is most definitely a no-discussion forum. Seeing as this topic was created with "debate" in mind - I can't see much good coming from it to begin with. Secondly, regarding moderation as a weapon: The moderators act out of their own judgement(s) and free wills. Reporting someone does not automatically accrue anything against them. Every report is reviewed by (usually two but sometimes more) humans and a consensus is reached before warnings are issued. So have no fear, no matter how many spam reports we receive, no one will receive a warning unless a forum rule is being broken in the reported post(s). As a side note, I've seen a lot of reports and posts regarding moderation as a weapon / mods being shady / rules and warnings being unclear... I'm a fan of transparency so I try to communicate as much as possible regarding our processes and decisions. Feel free to DM me if you have questions or comments.

This. Further posts will receive a warning.

You engaged in hijacking almost the entire first page of an alliance announcement with off-topic comments. That directly violates forum rules. If you need more specifics, I will gladly discuss it with you in DM's. Moderation is not personal - it's just my programming. Topic HijackingDerailing a thread, or inducing topics that are not related to the original subject.

7 pages of reported content to review when I log in... whew. General reminder to keep conversations on-topic, civilized, and chill. This serves as everyone's verbal warning.

I don't want you guys to feel like the mod team is ignoring your posts, but at the same time I don't know what you want me to say in response to an allusion.

If you feel that posts are violating rules, feel free to utilize the report button. If a post gets reported it is guaranteed to be reviewed by the moderation team.

You can always quote a post in a new or more recent thread if you feel the need. Many people do that. It's also worth noting that rules aren't enforced arbitrarily. If something makes sense and isn't a clear rule violation, I will typically not deliver a warning.

I usually just lock threads for gravedigs and maybe give a verbal warning but we've been seeing them happen fairly frequently over the last month. I guess leniency breeds complacency. All future gravedigs I see will receive a warning point. Topic locked.

This thread has received multiple reports for going off-topic and flaming. Locking it down.

Reminder this is not a discussion forum. Alex already ruled on this so I'm locking this.

As the newest mod, I cannot stress this enough: If you feel like a post warrants moderator action, use the report button. Every moderator gets a notification for every report when they log in. I typically log in to 1 or 0 notifications. Mods are people too with limited time to comb all the content for violators but we put in time to help out the community. If content gets reported, it will be addressed via the rules. Guaranteed, every time.

Please stay on topic in this thread. If you suspect a player of cheating then please post an official report in the appropriate subforum (https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/forum/133-game-reports/ ) and the staff will look into it. Further off-topic posts will receive more than a verbal warning.

Moved to Orbis Central. Please refrain from posting things that aren't alliance announcements in Alliance Affairs.

Acknowledging that micro announcements aren't always the most interesting or coherent posts - that does not make their threads a free-for-all. Keep it civil in here or I'll be coming down your chimney tonight.

Just a general reminder - utilizing the report feature will get a mod response much faster than trying to tag individual mods in a post. To everyone else - please keep threads on-topic. This is your verbal warning.

Just as a general reminder, a much quicker response can be had if you use the report feature rather than trying to tag us in posts. This thread is from 2015 and it's being locked now.

Locked for spam.