Yes. It is all Tom's fault. And Zee Germans'.

I’m reminded of this classic by Sean O’boyle

Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
Guess I'll go eat worms
Big fat juicy ones
Long thin slimey ones
Itsy bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms
Downgoes the first one
Down goes the second one
Oh how they wiggle and squirm
Big fat juicy ones
Long thin slimey ones
Itsy bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms
Up comes the first one
Up comes the second one
Oh how they wiggle and squirm
Big fat juicy ones
Long thin slimey ones
Itsy bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms
No body likes me
Every body hates me
Guess I'll go eat worms

Can you give a few recent examples for bullying please?

I like the <<He was so outraged that he was unable to report the post.>>

I'm only on page 19, you should change your layout - it looks a lot less dire.

No big deal, but 2 mod's posted within that 40 min's, if you check the history.



When mod's are actively posting on a thread with such content on it, and the content remains without comment, it isn't obvious to me how having patience would help (if you fancy taking the time to explain that to me, I'd be grateful, since it isn't clear to me).

You've started to refer to yourself in the third person, which is a bit strange.

Also, not everyone who agrees with you is a "conservative" and everyone who disagrees is a "liberal". It's more nuanced than that.

Edit to reply to Cliini without making another post:
I can't speak for other mods, but I don't keep my EF email open all the time. If I did, I'd lose my mind. I look at reports maybe once a day. It's entirely possible I'd be participating on a thread and not view a particular comment as offensive at the time, and keep moving. Later when checking reports I might see it in a different light and think okay, that was a bit much.

We have to keep in mind that EF is a very diverse group of people from all over the world. We have a lot of language differences despite all speaking English. There are some cultures who find a particular word offensive and others who don't think anything of it at all.

I was recapping on what I thought I had read, not my personal view.

A good example would the UK's Conservative Party & the BREXIT debate, you don't need to agree & can change your position at any time.

Seeing that reported posts are NOT shown on EF but a separate email account, it is normal that it takes a while as not everyone checks that email every 30 minutes.

Also see what 3wishes already said.

It's also possible in a fast moving thread, especially when on a mobile phone that you have only skim read or not read every comment.
Mods can't use the ignore function so occasionally don't bother to read every post in every thread.

What's the typical number/range of reports you receive per day?

I think Mods should have their pay halved for every reported post they react late to, and halved for every unreported post they didn't respond to, although they could have.

This should act as a genuine incentive to the moderators to perform around the clock 24/7 with their massive remuneration package in the balance.

Yea, as 0 / 0 is still zero

7 from yesterday but just 2 members.

Some members report many times a week.

The person who reported the original complaint at the beginning of the thread has not complained since, hence the immediate action as it's probably important.

I have reported instances to other moderators. I am reluctant to respond to you because I find you to be very angry. I don’t like to interact with angry people. If you find that to be a psychological defect on my part, so be it.


However a good example in this thread is where FMF refused to answer directly about deleting my account culminating in telling me I was like another member he is fond of dissing. And all the resultant groans. Maybe you don’t think that’s bullying. I do. I was told to think of this as banter. Not to me. I asked the question because I knew EB was leaving.

For now, I’ll see what happens wirh Eb’s replacement and decide.

My answer would have done the job at the time, the Editor Bob administrator account was the only active admin account at the time. I don't see it as bullying.

I don't expect you will notice any changes with the new administrator

"This is the problem with you" is quite different from saying that you have psychological problems, which you imply by asking for a diagnosis. That's what I call putting words in my mouth, and yes I reserve the right to react in an unkind way to this kind of misrepresentation, especially after you've clearly ignored the qualifiers in what I said before just so you can "disprove" what I didn't say in the first place.

Alright, who's the Karen here?

The sort of of member that complain about useless moderators who don't instantly respond or ignore their responses. They believe that EF should have a customer services hotline manned (possibly abusive term) 24/7 365 days a year.

Oh that. I’m still trying to understand your response there. Please reserve whatever rights you want. It’s more your constant harangue wrt feminism, wokevists (whatever that is) and BLM.

Well, now that you mention it, how come the mods private handy-numbers are not published in the mods-list? (sorry, mobile numbers for the Brits).