I need a mod

[Amalfimamma]

I've been thinking all day about this and I need a mod to contact me please as I've been unjustly accused of 2 crimes by an over zealous mod who refused to listen to my reasoning.

I do not wish to be on my 3rd warning because of someone who refuses to listen to valid reasons for a certain post.

I am also worried about the willy-nilly accusations made of illegal behavior by the mod which are completely false. And as we all know there are people ready and willing to jump on any little excuse to put in their ever growing file on me to use at their convenience

Thanks

Errrrr if an MNHQ moderator has felt the need to chastise you twice in one day then I’m sure they had reason to.

But in any case, you’d need to contact them on [email protected] to discuss anything further

Hi OP

Please do email us at [email protected] - we're happy to discuss any concerns you have.

I was chastised numerous times. For the one post and accused of illegal behavior which only he saw.

I have emailed lily

Thanks for bringing this up Amal. I have noticed that the moderation decisions on weekends seem to follow different rules to those in force during the working week. Haven't been able to decide if this is due to us having extra spies watching on weekends, flooding the moderation team with complaints against targeted posters, or if it is down to a different moderating team working the weekends.

It's very important that decisions are seen to be fair, and that there is a way of appealing against unfair decisions that doesn't end with the original moderator having the final say. Too many brilliant women have already been permanently banned from mumsnet for the crime of failing to tiptoe across the eggshells in a suitably decorous manner. Most of them are now enjoying the freedom of Spinster.xyz and it has been lovely hearing from them again, making me realise just how much of a hole has been left by their absence from FWR, and how discussions here have been bridled by fear of being crushed by the ban hammer.

I hate to see the hearts and brains of mumsnet FWR migrating away from the place that gave us a place to meet and raise uncomfortable questions when the rest of the world was enforcing total censorship. Mumsnet managed to stand against the narcissistic fury of Father's for justice and the other MRAs, they were brilliant back then.

Mumsnet FWR has a unique place in our hearts, and was for a long time the only place in the world where women could speak freely about their anger and fear as the TRA agenda was being steamrollered out under cover of #nodebate, violent threats and social death.

They have earned our loyalty, but we need to be able to trust that moderating decisions are fair and based on the clearly stated guidelines. The suspicion that irrational decisions are being made by one or two moderators abusing their power in order to punish women they dislike is causing harm and could be eliminated by a clear and fair appeal system.

What stealth said.

Hello @stealthsquirrelnutkin, thanks for your comments - we’d like to address some of the points you’ve raised wrt the fairness of our moderation.

While it’s certainly not an exact science, and we’d never claim it is, it’s our aim to be as fair and consistent as possible - while also taking into account that all important context and nuance. It’s absolutely not the case that anyone on the Community team is ‘abusing their power’

• we’re a pretty collaborative bunch, and will usually seek a second, third, fourth... opinion before making tricky decisions. No mod is an island etc.

We’re also happy to admit when we make mistakes, and will roll back on decisions which, in hindsight, were the wrong call. If you think any decision is unfair, or have suggestions as to how we can do things better, let us know - we’re always happy to look into it.

Well this is a bit odd.

You're saying a mod has went rogue and suddenly started emailing you and accusing uou of random criminal activity? And you think there are unknown people out there who are keeping a file on you? Like you see on tv?

I knew someone who posted on here for years without problems. One day she tackled a thread about “why I don’t like women” by copy-and-pasting some of the worst posts, but replacing references to women with refers to black people. Most got the point, but some didn’t and reported her for racism. She was completely banned from MN and nobody replied to her emails.

Bluntness 100,

Yes and no. The mod did email and accuse me of 2 acts which are prosecutable in the uk and a certain "lawyer" has reported me to mn under the defamation act for a comment i made about looking for a preferably not disbarred solicitor, so yes, I assume they are keeping a file of my posts as it wouldn't be the first time