Reposting Essentially Same Content
ATTN: GA.W Users
Guys & gals, good vibes only, but the feed is getting jammed up with reposts of the same content. Even if you post out of excitement, I'd say it's polite to scan the feed and delete your post if you're not breaking news...... ♥️
We had five Colombia stories on the front page, two of them pinned. I reported four of them and nothing was done. Looks like the mods like it this way.
Bit of a leap.
one, how many mods are working at any one time?
two, what tasks must the current on duty mods attend to?
it's possible that at certain hours, there are multiple mods, and other hours only a lone mod keeping the ship running. (I am not privilege to the modding schedule, so I don't know, but I guess)
mods have to attend to multiple duties: checking the deport feed, checking the modmail, dealing with the board in general (keeping an eye on the posting feed, etc)
Remember ALL mods are volunteers who give their time to support our community. It doesn't mean they can do everything always all the time.
Just saying.
There's a notification when a post or comment you have reported has been addressed. At that point it's either removed or not, a mod has looked at it. I got all the notifications and the reported posts were still there so it's a policy issue. Mods have even made posts about not posting duplicates themselves so I'm left confused.
Hmmm... OK. I mean, if you get the notice that it's been addressed, then that does suggest or indicate the mod has either taken action or chosen not to.
Pretty sure its a judghment call. The mod has a lot of personal discretion as to whether he/she thinks a particular action should be taken: i.e. removal of duplicates - evaluating just how duplicate are they?
I think that the mod team have general outlines and guidelines in place, but there is a LOT of individual discretionary action. But don't quote me on that.