Mods shouldn't be allowed to remove posts that protest Mods

Glamorous Rammus·8/27/2019, 10:53:09 PM·4 votes·6,493 views

Forgive me if I'm wrong but I think that allowing Mods to remove certain discussions is just an abuse of power.

The reason I say this is because I hold certain things about Boards to be true:

1 - Boards is a place to create open discussion, especially with specific concerns. Open discussion should be encouraged in order for the players to make themselves heard and address certain issues with their overall experience. A civil discussion should be left open to keep the community strong. If the game doesn't suit the players, there is no game. RIP Treeline. If you want the game to suit the players, you let them voice their concerns, and you take their concerns seriously enough to do something. Treeline for example, might have gained more players had Riot listened to the concerns current players were facing. Riot chose to ignore the concerns because of a dwindling player base. The relationship is inherently destructive.

2- Moderators are there to encourage open discussion, and keep things civil. Enforcing any "Rules" that circumvent the essence of an open, civil discussion is an abuse of their position. Anytime a post is made regarding concerns about Mods, then Mods will adhere to crude explanations about how criticising their positions is just creating a platform to harass people.

Essentially, Mods just can't handle any scrutiny about their positions, and will remove any posts that threaten their authority. Mods are a concern to many players, and this is a platform for all the players to be able to voice their concerns. Mods shouldn't be allowed to interfere with any posts that are trying to have a civil discussion about REASONS Mods are ineffective.

If a Mod reads reasons they are damaging to the Boards, no matter how civilly stated these reasons are, Mods will take it as a personal attack. This needs to stop. If anybody has the authority to monitor these specific discussions, that authority needs to be with Riot employees specifically.

STATING REASONS THAT MODS ARE INEFFECTIVE IS NOT DESIGNED AS ATTACKS, BUT SIMPLY OBSERVATIONS OF INEFFECTIVENESS

80 Comments

ModThe Djinn8/27/2019, 11:03:23 PM12 votes

We typically don't remove posts protesting mods, as long as it meets two main guidelines:

  • It is placed on an appropriate board.
  • It is critical without being insulting.

As this board (Discuss the Boards) itself is testament to, there are a lot of critical threads that we leave up, because they're not breaking any rules.

Critique away. If I couldn't handle it, I wouldn't still be here. :)

Sirsir8/28/2019, 2:29:10 AM7 votes

They don't. They remove TOXIC posts that protest mods. As they should.

The Highest Noon8/28/2019, 1:58:25 AM4 votes

Why shouldn't mods be able to remove posts that go against the rules of targeting people

DBS Ronovon8/27/2019, 11:38:25 PM2 votes

I critiqued the MODs in a post yesterday, and as a person who hates Riot a lot for their dumb crap, I still kept my critiques honest.

I basically said, although the MODs can be robotic at times with their canned replies to certain things, they are all pretty cool, helpful, and professional. The MOD's aren't the problem, its Riot's Higher ups who manage Development and Other facets of the company in Leadership roles. They are complete trash and I will insult the crap out of them, and they will never read a single word of it, so it probably will never get removed.

Ulanpo is a great MOD too, I have had crap deleted and it was all relatively valid reasons why, and I cannot complain really.

As far as suspensions, well, that was all my doing, but I completely disagree with the existence of Perma bans and 14 Day suspensions.

Chat Bans, thats okay I guess.