Political Forum?

[Lampada]

Ханна, у тебя создалось впечатление, что предупреждения и баны выдаются на форуме незаслуженно или по непонятным причинам? Можешь примеры несправедливости или предвзятости модератора привести?

[Hanna]

Ханна, у тебя создалось впечатление, что предупреждения и баны выдаются на форуме незаслуженно или по непонятным причинам? Можешь примеры несправедливости или предвзятости модератора привести?

It's a good question, and I can't answer it very well. You know I always supported and appreciated your style of moderating, but the job has got really difficult since the Ukraine situation started.

A lot of the problems seem to be with people who write in Russian, rather than English. I don't always read the long posts in Russian, and even when I do, I am not sure what the problem was - why somebody got banned or a thread closed.

I don't like that people are attacking your style and complaining. That is a tough job which requires bilingual skills and very thick skin. I couldn't do a better job.

I don't know how relevant the complaints are. I know that politics is not a big interest of yours and I sympathise that the Ukraine issue might be something that concerns you personally. We had one person from Eastern Ukraine participating and he got scared off - such a pity.

The Political Forum has become really intensive.

I don't have any answers to what the problem is, or any concrete suggestions for solutions. but some kind of problem exists, when so many threads have to be closed. How can we prevent that?

I also think there are people who deliberately misbehave: Trolling or being rude to Mod. Arguing about moderation in the thread should not be allowed. They can PM or write here for example. Swearing, being hysterical or gravely insulting groups of people or an individual is not necessary. That should lead to consequences that are consistent. Trolling, i.e. for instance asking questions that the person already knows the answer to, with intent to start a quarrel should not be allowed.

I am sorry Lampada, I have no good examples and no good solutions to offer!
I just want to see the forum as a healthy exchange of opinions and a place where people can come and learn or participate in a debate without there being so many locked threads.

Personally I will use this forum less - I have become addicted to it, it's pathetic.... But I still want to see it survive.

Maybe it's nothing? But I opened the forum and noticed so many locked threads, plus I noticed all the complaints, that's why I thought I'd start a discussion.