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How can I "moderate" my own Topic?

Notify the mod of the forum and it will be up to their judgment.

I have done that a few times and there was no action taken, none whatsoever.

reply to therau2000
There is a "hey mod" button, or notifying the mod of the forum, and if nothing was done that could have been their judgment call to leave the remarks. *shrugs* You can always PM the mod and ask them however. Sometimes there may be circumstances we are unaware of that filter into the equation, on the whole I have found most prefer to leave the posts as is unless against forum rules or something similar. When you "hey mod" you can read what is usually modded at that time.
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At one point I posted a new Topic. A User posted a #1 reply: a real slap-in-the-face personal attack. I did not answer that reply but someone else (a registered User) did post #3 reply and he was NOT harsh. Although I did use the "hey mod" to have #1 reply deleted, nothing happened.

However, although I did not in any way "hey mod" #3 reply, it was deleted by a moderator a couple of days later. Makes no sense to me!

reply to therau2000
This FAQ may be helpful »Site FAQ »What are the Rules on Posting?

Thanks for the reference. I had read it a couple of times.

When we post something we often get responses that we weren't looking for or expecting to get. That's just the way life is. What you took as a slap in the face, may have been just someone chiding you a little, and that's not against most forum rules. It may be discourteous if you get "smartass" replies when you're looking for serious input, but it hapens... more often than not.

Other than "hey mod"-ing a particular post as "Off Topic" or a blatant flaming post, there's not much you, personally can do. You can choose to ignore the post and move on, or you can brood over it for days and let it ruin your experience on the site. We've all taken some "shots" from time to time... some good-natured, and some not so good-natured. It happens. I suggest that you let your skin thicken a little and not take the idiots too seriously. Take their responses for what they're worth and just move on to the next posting.

The moderators here, for the most part, try not to step on anyone's toes too hard. That's why your request, probably, did not ellicit the result you were expecting to see. A "smart-assed" remark, normally violates no forum rules. It may be discourteous, it may be in bad taste, but that doesn't make it "illegal".

When you've been around here a little longer, you'll begin to recognize the quality, helpful posters and and the ones who post just to see themselves in print... the the ones who have "opinions" on everything, whether they know anything or not.

As to why it took a couple of days for the posting you objected to to be removed... it could be that the moderator received multiple objections to its content from other, regular, members. And he/she revisited the content from a different point of view.

Also... if your intent is to receive only serious responses, it is often helpful to flag your post as "[Serious]" in your thread/topic title.
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reply to therau2000

I sort of agree with this, but it's been my experience that all "hey mod" requests are reviewed, as a matter of course. Being that the mods are, with very few exceptions, unpaid volunteers(draftees), and most of them have other lives other than being online, it does sometimes take awhile for them to review all the requests. Because we don't see the immediate effect, does not automatically indicate that it wasn't looked at.

It might be nice to get some notification that a particular post was, indeed, looked at, but I can see that slowing the process down even more, and that, it would seem, would be at cross purposes.

Keep in mind that "hey mod" isn't only to complain or carp... it is also used to send positive feedback, too.
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"I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”

My understanding, which could easily be wrong, is that there is actually a mod "queue" as in a list of posts to be reviewed.

I believe I can safely assume that there's some button/link that says a post is reviewed (in order to remove it from the queue). Tie the functionality into that button/link and there's no extra effort by the moderator.
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reply to drew

Maybe I misrepresented my idea...

These would be generated regardless of outcome. Just a "hey, thanks for reporting the issue. we've looked at it."
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Think of it as any other CS operation... there's an acknowledgment the request has been received and then follow-up, even if it's a form letter.

For example, World of Warcraft's CS department uses scripting in their response to player conduct reports:

quote:

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We will investigate your report and take all necessary and appropriate actions to address this matter. Due to privacy concerns, we will not be able to notify you of our findings, nor of the actions necessary for resolution of this issue.

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I really don't have a personal horse in this race so it's not overly important to me. I already disagree with a number of moderation practices this site employs, specifically the anonymous moderation, but I just (now.. sorry tmp, fatness, we go a way's back, don't we? ) do my best to avoid breaking rules regardless of whether or not I agree with them. This ensures I don't have to deal with it personally.

That being said, while I trust you state , I'm merely offering up a standard online customer service practice that's designed to instill confidence in the customer that an issue was at least reviewed. Do it, don't do it, not a big deal. Just my humble opinion on another way we can improve this site
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reply to therau2000
Well, I will chime in with a 2 cents here. On the rare occasions I have asked about a mod, I have found a quick answer except once. That once I simply asked another mod to help me and had my answer. I really don't care if it shows whether a "hey mod" is read or not probably not checking it one way or another and would prefer not to have a PM stating it however...something to delete etc. (no offense to the probably good and interesting messages it would generate either).

I think if you have a serious "hey mod" question and nothing is done about it there are already recourse's to the site without adding one more *shrugs* i.e. ask the mod of the forum or ask another of your favorite mods, or ask fatness.
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