An apology to the ATS moderators

Greetings. This thread is meant for the moderator and administrative staff of ATS. It is an apology of sorts I feel compelled to make, to whomever it may concern.

One of the reasons I registered with ATS was because the site rules appealed to me. I was thankful and excited that I could share my ideas, but do so far, far away from a savage, lawless land of internet forum. Then someone taught me how to use the "ALERT!" feature on member posts. Because I love this site and the rules that protect against certain kinds of undesirable posting behaviors, I took it upon myself to be acquainted with the rules and help alert infractions.

And before making an alert just now, which I have done dozens of times, I actually read this:

We encourage members to alert us to posts that might be a potential problem. However, please be aware that this feature is intended for flagrant violations of our Terms & Conditions such as trouble makers, insults, inappropriate content, and potential copyright violations. This feature is not intended to alert staff to minor issues like 1-liner or off-topic posts.

The last line struck me and I realized that most of my complaints were probably citing this posting behavior as the reason for my alert. I'm not sure why I never read it before! But now I did and all is well.

I would like to apologize to the staff for unnecessarily increasing their workload with complaints for minor rule infractions. I just felt a need to apologize, that's all. Thanks for granting me the indulgence to do so.

Ban !
Whistle blower !

Now you are going to have to seek asylum in Russia !

Do they even have Alan parsons there ?

reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha


I think they added that line just for you.





2nd line so you don't go reporting me to the mods.

Originally posted by FortAnthem
reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha

 

I think they added that line just for you.

I was thinking the same thing

2nd line so you don't go reporting me to the mods.

I'll find some other dirt on you

reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha

On the other hand, i have read a thread in which someone complained of the prevalence of off-topic posting on ATS, and a moderator advised using Alert.
Perhaps the compromise answer is that we should not use the feature for a single post which we deem to be off-topic, but a persistent stream of off-topics on a thread is a reasonable thing to complain about.
Maybe somebody will confirm that as a ruling.

reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha


NARC!!!!

...olepticBuddha.



Just teasing.

No biggie. We get minor alerts from time to time.

reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha


You're fine, it's all about helping to keep the place tidy, with 5,000+ new posts a day the staff has no chance of seeing everything and we'd rather wade through a few minor alerts to be sure the bad ones are getting dealt with.

Thanks for your concern but you have nothing to apologize for.

Springer...

Originally posted by AshleyD
reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha

 

NARC!!!!

...olepticBuddha.

Just teasing.

No biggie. We get minor alerts from time to time.

I believe we now have a new shortened nic for our " good friend " .

( sorry NARC!!! ... )

Originally posted by Timely
I believe we now have a new shortened nic for our " good friend " .

( sorry NARC!!! ... )

It's not a new one, trust me -_-

Originally posted by NarcolepticBuddha

Originally posted by Timely
I believe we now have a new shortened nic for our " good friend " .

( sorry NARC!!! ... )

It's not a new one, trust me -_-

Full caps and TRIPLE exclamation marks !??

Surely you jest !

( no I did not call you Shirley! )

reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha


Youre probably one of the people that call 911 because McDonalds runs out of Chicken McNuggets

Originally posted by Sharingan
reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha

 

Youre probably one of the people that call 911 because McDonalds runs out of Chicken McNuggets

Hell yeah Thanks for stopping by.

reply to post by Sharingan


Meh, I do when they run out of the barbeque sauce...can't eat a food-like product without lots of barbeque sauce.

reply to post by Ahabstar


The staff would like to apologize for Ahabstar and his allusion to eating non-food products.

reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha


Actually, I never read the rules.

reply to post by Stormdancer777


We guessed.

Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha

 

Actually, I never read the rules.

That's OK. Yeahright didn't either.

Originally posted by yeahright
reply to post by Stormdancer777

 

We guessed.

I knew that was coming

Originally posted by intrepid

Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by NarcolepticBuddha

 

Actually, I never read the rules.

That's OK. Yeahright didn't either.

Does anyone?

You guys worry about being put on the NSA watchlist, try getting put on the ATS watchlist.