TrashcanMan79 wrote:Mods, god love each of you for all the time and effort you put into a largely thankless job, but I think we might have overdone it a little bit on the "Mormonism and the arts" thread. Was this single post of Scratch's really worthy of being split into its own thread? While we're at it, were each of these spin-off threads really necessary?
More off topic: Mormonism and the artsMORE off topic: Mormonism and the artsEven more off topic: Mormonism and the artsContinued off topic: Mormonism and the artsOverkill, guys - total overkill. If this is the direction the board is going, I think things are going to be a lot more difficult around here for moderators and board members alike (and whatever lurkers might be trying to follow a conversation spread over six threads and two kingdoms). Let's make life a little easier for everyone:
chill.
Much love.
Trash,
In order to split threads like that, the mods have to first open the thread and then pick off the category of posts they are trying to remove. They have to go back through the dialogue (when the could be posting themselves, you know?) and decide where to begin picking off the posts they need to move.
When they do that, they are trying to maintain even the integrity of the derail.
In the case of the arts thread, it looks like the thread was split multiple times due to derailments or non-Terrestrial comments.
Yes, they could have been merged, but seriously, if one of four moderators hit all of those splits, they might not have noticed that others had split remarks prior.
I think the thing here is that we need to remember that there are 4 mods in and out of here, doing their best to moderate the board and like, you know, they might actually like wanna enjoy you know, like posting on the board you know, like as a man and not a, like you know, moderator and if folks have a big hairy problem with that, I suppose they could like, you know like, follow the rules of the board.
