[wp-forums] Putting member on moderation

[Otto]

Got it.


-Otto

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Half-Elf on Tech <ipstenu at halfelf.org>
wrote:

> Otto, with that in mind, care to pick up his email to plugins about all
> this?
>
>
> Otto wrote:
>
>>
>> Okay, new general rule:
>>
>> In the future, if somebody is grumpy about moderation or moderators and is
>> calling it out on the forums, please don't take it on yourself.
>>
>> I'm not saying this was handled incorrectly, but it easily could have gone
>> badly. Still could, actually.
>>
>> So, in the future, email me. I don't mind. I can handle grumpy people. I
>> can sometimes disagree with the moderators. I can also happily tell
>> somebody they're banned forever and not to be such a jerk in the future
>> (although I rarely have to go that far).
>>
>> Point being, when you're in a position of immediate power and also
>> directly
>> involved, it's easy for that conversation to go horribly wrong. A third
>> party with the power to hit either side with the big stick (me) and who
>> kinda doesn't care (also me) can be objective. And I've gotten shockingly
>> good at mellowing out and dealing with this sort of thing over the years.
>> ;-)
>>
>> You don't have to be the jerk. I can be the jerk for you, nicely. Or to
>> you, if you're wrong. Either way, pass it up the chain. :-)
>>
>>
>> On Sep 14, 2014 4:56 PM, "andrew nevins"<andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Mmmmm let's hope it doesn't continue
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Jan Dembowski<jan at dembowski.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nope, you did right. That wasn't a review, that was... sour grapes. ;)
>>>>
>>>
>>> The
>>>
>>>>
>>>> other post in the support forum? Self-promotion is not really cool
>>>> either
>>>> and that was correctly deleted too.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not saying the author has poor intentions but that original post
>>>> lead
>>>> to the solution that he was promoting and his own hosting company.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jan Dembowski
>>>>
>>>> andrew nevins<mailto:andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sunday, September 14, 2014 5:42 PM
>>>>> Okay :)
>>>>> By the way I deleted the user's review of the plugin (on the original
>>>>> account) when I blocked it.
>>>>> Could you take a look at it and see whether it should*/*n't be deleted,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> as
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> a second pair of eyes?
>>>>>
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