Moderators- You need to step up

[MoniqueU]

I think the moderation and the members here are great. I was on another board that was aboout 100 times worse then this. Seriously there are alot of really bad forums out there and the Dis is tame in comparison. That is why I like it here.

 

[nhrenee]

What an odd use for windex.

Have you seen the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"? Well, there you go.

I think most of the mods do the best they can.

 

[drag n' fly]

I am leaving this board. People here can be very rude and harsh. (Wee break in thread, multiple ADR thread, etc.) I guess most of the boards I am on are much better monitored because people would be banned for comments like these. Everyone is nice and respectful even if they disagree. I STRONGLY suggest you do this. There are several of us on other Disney boards that don't /aren't coming back. Just thought you should know.

Christine

Op sorry things have been rough for you. You have to have pretty thick skin to post on the CB. For the most part they are a really fine bunch of people with a great sense of humour. There are the select few who may seem a few fries short of a happy meal. Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches a bit. Here is my advice.
May I suggest you educate yourself about the forums and how they are used. Avoid threads that appear to not have a positive vibe to them. Lurk but don't post just because you have something to say. With over 172,000 members the mods have a tremendous undertaking to manage. They are doing the best they can imo. You need to police yourself a bit and avoid those threads that you know are going to make you unhappy.

 

[Lovin' Lorne]

I wonder if this will ever make Fandom Wank?

 

[Acklander]

I agree. Moderators need to step up and take a stand on what's right. There has been so much done wrong the past week, yet not one mod has come out to say so.

 

[nhrenee]

I wonder if this will ever make Fandom Wank?

 

[JRJStarman]

Respectfully back at you, and just being curious, I've tried to work through the posts, have watched as many posts have been deleted, and tried to piece together what may or may not have happened. As an "outsider" looking in, it's a lot of drama and hearsay with a lot of opinionated (and I mean that in a good way) people fighting back. I appreciate friends standing up for friends. All I can see in the past few days if that there are a lot of hurt people, which is unfortunate, but I don't have enough information from either side to pass judgment as to who's right or wrong. From what I've seen the mods have been very respectful. I realize this sentiment has not been shared by many recently, but I only have my own experience to fall back on.

The unfortunate thing is that the majority of people who did talk about the bannings were banned themselves.

This board is seriously overmoderated and big brother is watching you.

 

[dananbethany]

I've been a poster on many, many forums (boy, do I need a life...) and I've learned one thing: No matter what you post, whether it's answered or not, someone is going to read it and someone is either going to think, "How funny!", "She's right!", or "That's the stupidest thing I've ever read!"

I post what I want, how I feel (within the boundaries of the forum I'm posting in of course), and let it go at that.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

you think I should get this looked at?

Please, carry on....

That doesn't look quite as serious as your hairy wart or your fungal toenails

 

[Shutterbug]

I have learned that to post on the internet you need to have a thick skin period.

 

[Lovin' Lorne]

I have learned that to post on the internet you need to have a thick skin period.

That and the knowledge that the people you are talking to, for the most part, mean nothing to you nor you to them.

Maybe it's because I come from a "fandom" message board background, but seriously, the various DIS Board "discussions" are small potatoes compared to the ones I've seen and been a part of. You haven't seen or heard anything until you've posted at a Buffy/Angel/Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings message board.

ETA - Not to mention the Star Wars and Comic Book based boards. Scary indeed.

 

[pepperw23]

I think the DIS and the MODS are great!!

I don't go to any other Disney boards, but I used to frequent a popular crime board. Now THAT was a scary place. You could post "the sky is blue" and someone would come back with "Not when it is raining" You just couldn't win over there ha ha.

I can honestly say I have never been treated poorly or unfairly by any MOD nor any member of the DIS. I am respectful of what I say to others, and they have offered me the same respect.

OP I am very sorry you feel this way, I truly am. Sometimes what is a good fit for some people is not a good fit for others. Have you tired some of the more fun threads here on the DIS? The "food porn" thread is one of my personal favorites (and I was hungry from it until SOMEBODY... I won't post any names had to put a picture of his stinky ol' foot...)

I bet if you go two weeks being choosy about what threads you post to you will find that most people on the DIS are just like you. Looking to form friendships with those that share their love of Disney.

Cheer up.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Respectfully back at you, and just being curious, I've tried to work through the posts, have watched as many posts have been deleted, and tried to piece together what may or may not have happened. As an "outsider" looking in, it's a lot of drama and hearsay with a lot of opinionated (and I mean that in a good way) people fighting back. I appreciate friends standing up for friends. All I can see in the past few days if that there are a lot of hurt people, which is unfortunate, but I don't have enough information from either side to pass judgment as to who's right or wrong. From what I've seen the mods have been very respectful. I realize this sentiment has not been shared by many recently, but I only have my own experience to fall back on.

Thats well and fine in my opinion. As for enough information, true, its hard to piece it all togehter!
I would like to point out to other views I keep seeing, its just a message board. Boy have we heard that one over and over. Get a life, yep! Etc, etc, etc.
Love or hate the real fact that people do bond with another, it happens. Some just click with others in sense of humor, politics, family, ideals, religion, favorite resort, restaraunts, the list can go on and on.
You can be FURIOUS with a poster one day and on another find you agree with a point they have made in another thread. Sorta sounds like getting to know a peer, new family member or friend to me.
Have friendships developed through this message board? Oh yes!
Are they real? Well I can only speak for myself. Am I a recluse that has no friends? No, I simply happened upon here planning a trip a few years ago, found the CB and some great people. Now please understand that I don't watch TV and have made the joke many times that this is my mindless entertainment.
Mindless? Could I have possibly been more wrong? Nope!
I have learned ACCEPTANCE here. I have been able to bring my DD to situations that would not have been afforded to her without this wonderful COMMUNITY. Not knowing if its ok with this poster I can tell you that we took a bus out to paint a homeless shelter in NYC. She still reflects on that day, and has a humble trait that this fostered!
I will never forget the time I found out horrible news about my SDD, and had to get in touch with DH to tell him. I sat crying, sick to my stomach and unable to reach him. It was a group from here that sat with me, on line, for hours to just keep talking, say anything, just don't leave me alone.
Most recently, I found out I have an anneurism in my brain. Wanna talk about having the carpet ripped out from under you!?
If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the kind people I met here, & forged a friendship with, I hate to think how alone I would have felt.
Yes I have my family and friends IRL, but you know what? When everyone around you is looking at you with sad worriesome looks, you tend to not want to vent to them.
Point is we will never all agree and thats fine with me! But can't we agree that these friendships are real?!
I know I have made real life friends here, that are now gone! No explanation, no reason, just gone! How is that to make any of us feel?!

 

[imsorry]

Thats well and fine in my opinion. As for enough information, true, its hard to piece it all togehter!
I would like to point out to other views I keep seeing, its just a message board. Boy have we heard that one over and over. Get a life, yep! Etc, etc, etc.
Love or hate the real fact that people do bond with another, it happens. Some just click with others in sense of humor, politics, family, ideals, religion, favorite resort, restaraunts, the list can go on and on.
You can be FURIOUS with a poster one day and on another find you agree with a point they have made in another thread. Sorta sounds like getting to know a peer, new family member or friend to me.
Have friendships developed through this message board? Oh yes!
Are they real? Well I can only speak for myself. Am I a recluse that has no friends? No, I simply happened upon here planning a trip a few years ago, found the CB and some great people. Now please understand that I don't watch TV and have made the joke many times that this is my mindless entertainment.
Mindless? Could I have possibly been more wrong? Nope!
I have learned ACCEPTANCE here. I have been able to bring my DD to situations that would not have been afforded to her without this wonderful COMMUNITY. Not knowing if its ok with this poster I can tell you that we took a bus out to paint a homeless shelter in NYC. She still reflects on that day, and has a humble trait that this fostered!
I will never forget the time I found out horrible news about my SDD, and had to get in touch with DH to tell him. I sat crying, sick to my stomach and unable to reach him. It was a group from here that sat with me, on line, for hours to just keep talking, say anything, just don't leave me alone.
Most recently, I found out I have an anneurism in my brain. Wanna talk about having the carpet ripped out from under you!?
If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the kind people I met here, & forged a friendship with, I hate to think how alone I would have felt.
Yes I have my family and friends IRL, but you know what? When everyone around you is looking at you with sad worriesome looks, you tend to not want to vent to them.
Point is we will never all agree and thats fine with me! But can't we agree that these friendships are real?!
I know I have made real life friends here, that are now gone! No explanation, no reason, just gone! How is that to make any of us feel?!

I am proud to call you my friend. I can't believe what it has come to around here, every time I posted today I thought it might be my last post.

I'll come right out and say here what I said on another board: "Is saying the mods are doing a great job a 'get out of jail free' card?????" I have never seen such kissing up in my life.

There, I said it! I have made so many friends "here". Sadly, for no reason at all, many are now "gone". Many call some of us "cliques". I find it strange that certain "cliques" have been immune this week. Coincidence? People do realize that some of the mods are members of some of the cliques, don't they??

 

[The Mayor]

Thats well and fine in my opinion. As for enough information, true, its hard to piece it all togehter!
I would like to point out to other views I keep seeing, its just a message board. Boy have we heard that one over and over. Get a life, yep! Etc, etc, etc.
Love or hate the real fact that people do bond with another, it happens. Some just click with others in sense of humor, politics, family, ideals, religion, favorite resort, restaraunts, the list can go on and on.
You can be FURIOUS with a poster one day and on another find you agree with a point they have made in another thread. Sorta sounds like getting to know a peer, new family member or friend to me.
Have friendships developed through this message board? Oh yes!
Are they real? Well I can only speak for myself. Am I a recluse that has no friends? No, I simply happened upon here planning a trip a few years ago, found the CB and some great people. Now please understand that I don't watch TV and have made the joke many times that this is my mindless entertainment.
Mindless? Could I have possibly been more wrong? Nope!
I have learned ACCEPTANCE here. I have been able to bring my DD to situations that would not have been afforded to her without this wonderful COMMUNITY. Not knowing if its ok with this poster I can tell you that we took a bus out to paint a homeless shelter in NYC. She still reflects on that day, and has a humble trait that this fostered!
I will never forget the time I found out horrible news about my SDD, and had to get in touch with DH to tell him. I sat crying, sick to my stomach and unable to reach him. It was a group from here that sat with me, on line, for hours to just keep talking, say anything, just don't leave me alone.
Most recently, I found out I have an anneurism in my brain. Wanna talk about having the carpet ripped out from under you!?
If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the kind people I met here, & forged a friendship with, I hate to think how alone I would have felt.
Yes I have my family and friends IRL, but you know what? When everyone around you is looking at you with sad worriesome looks, you tend to not want to vent to them.
Point is we will never all agree and thats fine with me! But can't we agree that these friendships are real?!
I know I have made real life friends here, that are now gone! No explanation, no reason, just gone! How is that to make any of us feel?!

Holy crap...great post

 

[Cantw8]

Thats well and fine in my opinion. As for enough information, true, its hard to piece it all togehter!
I would like to point out to other views I keep seeing, its just a message board. Boy have we heard that one over and over. Get a life, yep! Etc, etc, etc.
Love or hate the real fact that people do bond with another, it happens. Some just click with others in sense of humor, politics, family, ideals, religion, favorite resort, restaraunts, the list can go on and on.
You can be FURIOUS with a poster one day and on another find you agree with a point they have made in another thread. Sorta sounds like getting to know a peer, new family member or friend to me.
Have friendships developed through this message board? Oh yes!
Are they real? Well I can only speak for myself. Am I a recluse that has no friends? No, I simply happened upon here planning a trip a few years ago, found the CB and some great people. Now please understand that I don't watch TV and have made the joke many times that this is my mindless entertainment.
Mindless? Could I have possibly been more wrong? Nope!
I have learned ACCEPTANCE here. I have been able to bring my DD to situations that would not have been afforded to her without this wonderful COMMUNITY. Not knowing if its ok with this poster I can tell you that we took a bus out to paint a homeless shelter in NYC. She still reflects on that day, and has a humble trait that this fostered!
I will never forget the time I found out horrible news about my SDD, and had to get in touch with DH to tell him. I sat crying, sick to my stomach and unable to reach him. It was a group from here that sat with me, on line, for hours to just keep talking, say anything, just don't leave me alone.
Most recently, I found out I have an anneurism in my brain. Wanna talk about having the carpet ripped out from under you!?
If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the kind people I met here, & forged a friendship with, I hate to think how alone I would have felt.
Yes I have my family and friends IRL, but you know what? When everyone around you is looking at you with sad worriesome looks, you tend to not want to vent to them.
Point is we will never all agree and thats fine with me! But can't we agree that these friendships are real?!
I know I have made real life friends here, that are now gone! No explanation, no reason, just gone! How is that to make any of us feel?!

beautiful, L

 

[The Mayor]

I am proud to call you my friend. I can't believe what it has come to around here, every time I posted today I thought it might be my last post.

I'll come right out and say here what I said on another board: "Is saying the mods are doing a great job a 'get out of jail free' card?????" I have never seen such kissing up in my life.

There, I said it! I have made so many friends "here". Sadly, for no reason at all, many are now "gone". Many call some of us "cliques". I find it strange that certain "cliques" have been immune this week. Coincidence? People do realize that some of the mods are members of some of the cliques, don't they??

There are Dis guidelines (ever changing that they may be) that posters need to follow and I'm sure there are guidelines the Webmasters and Moderators have to follow...most likely directly from Pete Werner...his toy, his rules...so to put the blame on the WM's and Mod's may be unfair...they are taking a lot of heat (and Lord knows I don't see eye to eye with them most of the time) for following direction from the toy owner, Pete...I thinks it's tough to judge them unless we've walked a mile in their shoes....but I agree with both you and Angel...I think they have underscored that fact that many REAL frienships have developed here and peoples feeling are genuinely hurt by the random banning of their friends...I myself would like to hear what Pete Werner has to say on this whole mess.

 

[L107ANGEL]

beautiful, L

Thanks Sista Stair! By the way, she not only has a talent at photobucket, she sings like an angel!
Mayor get those knees better!
Auntie Im, you have the kindest heart!

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I don't know the mods from a hole in the wall, so I have no idea if they're doing a good job or not. What I do know is that this place is buzzing from people just randomly disappearing for no good reason. No one here will say anything about why this all happened, so it leaves us all here walking on pins and needles that we may be next. So, as far as making the DIS a friendly place to hang out, I'd have to say (for this week, at least), it's not working.

Just my opinion - probably not worth the screen space it takes up.

Jen

 

[happygirl]

I don't always agree with everything that the moderators do but, I appreciate them never the less