Request to the moderators

[klem]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

I have been active member on these boards for over 5 years, most of the time as a lone moderator. I've learned to respect the members and opinions. Yes we have errant posters, which will always be the case.

This thread created by you is evidence of moderator tolerance. The forums rules prohibit criticism of moderators. Our moderators know that all update threads eventually become a venue for negative posters. Go back and review some of them. Moderators would prefer negative posters be contained on that thread, than extend their transgression range into the rest of the forums.

I respect the fact you are a veteran poster here and you are being accorded some slack. Don't tell us how to moderate or make accusations. This is the busiest IL2 and COD forums on the internet. We have an excellent team of experienced, intelligent and tolerant moderators.

The tone of your posting indicates your frustration. I suggest you might want to think to spend time on another forums where you will be more comfortable. Drop back in every now and then to get the latest COD news.

nearmiss, I'm a bit confused. Perhaps I didn't explain myself properly.
I am not criticising the moderators or trying to tell them how to do their job. I was asking for help in what are, to me at least, important communications from 1C/BlackSix/Luthier etc.. I don't mean the run of the mill Threads.

Please let me explain that I don't think it's making accusations to say that some threads get buried under a lot of rubbish or that some posters seem to have a self-indulgent agenda. If I have developed the view that some posts are vitriol or some posters are deliberately provocative its because thats how they seem to me but none of my posts in this thread accuse any individual, its a general observation. Many moderators agree the problem exists. I don't care about that as long as it doesn't bury the company's useful information. That's what this request is about.

Spending time somewhere else and only dropping back every now and then is precisely what I don't want to do for two reasons. One, I want to keep as up to date as possible and two, if I don't visit the forums regularly how am I ever going to find the useful information under the pile of rubbish that accumulates on top of it?

You say I can report posts but what happens if I report 225 posts as 'Off Topic' or 'offensive' or 'obstructive' to me because thay prevent me finding Blacksix's answers withput spending two hours trawling through them all?

Perhaps one answer is to ignore anything past page 3 (I cant say "after 3 days" because in just 2 days there are already 330+ posts to get through).

Anyway, if the moderator's position (I don't know how you arrive at a decision) is that the request can't be granted, there's nothing I can do about it but I have to say the important threads are being made useless by the amount of rubbish that piles onto them.

Just to be clear, are the moderators saying the request can't be granted?