Attention to Mods!: On Getting a Post Reported

Lisnaholic · 08-26-2015, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

... For me though, I'm really only concerned with inflammatory behavior. It can and will infect the board if it's not dealt with directly. Having someone point it out is actually a healthy act in the sense that they're protecting the quality of well being on the site. The mantra "Snitches get stitches" doesn't really apply in this situation.

^ Yes, I agree with this; talk of snitching misses the mark. Snitching is when a member of one group (schoolboys, criminals) is betrayed to an enemy group (teachers, police) for some action they had hoped to conceal. In the case of reporting a post, there is no attempt at concealment, and no enemy group - unless that is how we perceive the mods?

Why not say that reporting a post is like this: you are in an office or restaurant and you notice that the toilet is blocked. It's a helpful gesture to report the problem to the janitor and makes life more pleasant for everyone.

Yes, I know it's an imprecise analogy but at least it upgrades the mods from "the enemy" to janitors. (No need to thank me, mods

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