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xrunner:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on August 28, 2022, 12:00:32 pm ---A gentle reminder to a full-quoter is sometimes good. They may have never thought about it before. And as always, leding by example is the best way on the forum.

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When I had an SMF forum I got so tired of the nested quotes I used the feature below. Fixed that mess real good ...


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sokoloff:
I think judicious use of nested quotes is way better than banning them outright.

Otherwise, you get quotes that are just “I think you’re off by a factor of 10” or “that’s not how it works” that lack explicit sharing of context, making for more time wasting of readers than you were trying to avoid.

Brumby:
Been having a peek at the poll thread over the last couple of hours and noticed that it has been fairly consistent.

What I find MORE helpful is the fact that we have an essentially symmetric distribution that shows two very significant things.....
1. There is a strong leaning towards the centre of these with more or less equal opinion either side.
2. That there are a statistically significant number who feel moderation is too strict and a similar number who feel it is too lenient.

Observation 1 says to me that the Mod team have - all things considered - been pretty much on the money.

Observation 2 says something far more important for the community to take notice - and that is that NO MATTER WHAT action the Moderators take, there will ALWAYS be some who feel it's too much and others will feel it's too little.

SO - next time people want to throw a tantrum at Mod action, just take a step back and realise that where you may feel one way, there will be others who feel the exact opposite.  The Mods have to operate at the balance point, so please cut them some slack if they don't meet YOUR personal expectations!

In the light of this it is very clear that the Mods have been acting in the very best interests of the EEVblog IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLLECTIVE PREFERENCE OF ITS MEMBERS.  Some of you may want to argue the point, but the poll makes this extremely clear.

pcprogrammer:
Yes the polls show the moderators are doing a proper job.

But with only 41 voters on 58265 members is a bit thin. Maybe it will go up and show how other members feel about it all.

The number of members I got from the statistics on the main page.


--- Quote ---2533303 Posts in 165579 Topics by 58265 Members. Latest Member: Skayler
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Edit: Only issue I see with the poll is that due to it not being allowed to post comments in it, it might disappear a bit to soon onto the next page.

dorkshoei:
I didn't realize there was any moderation anywhere on this forum :-).  And no I'm not joking.  There are many times when I've wished a mod would take some action. (I used to be a mod on a much larger forum)

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