Timeline for "Boilerplate" mod messages are "impersonal" and leave users "confused"
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| Feb 24, 2020 at 21:33 | comment | added | wim | Related: Several posts with my OSS contributions were bulk deleted by a moderator | |
| Oct 24, 2019 at 4:19 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | The do look like scare quotes to me too. I can't articulate why. | |
| Oct 24, 2019 at 4:15 | answer | added | Cody Gray | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 23:47 | comment | added | Nate S. | @LindaJeanne, I think they're not scare quotes in this case, but actual quotes from Robert Harvey's words about the mod messages he received. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 23:44 | comment | added | Mark Amery | @LindaJeanne Not scare quotes - just plain quotes. They convey that I'm quoting Robert's feelings about the messages; all the quoted words in the title are taken from the comment of his that I quote in the post. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 23:35 | comment | added | LindaJeanne | What's with the scare quotes around boilerplate, impersonal, and confused? I can't tell what they're trying to convey. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 23:07 | answer | added | De Novo | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 21:11 | answer | added | Diane M | timeline score: 8 | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 20:05 | comment | added | Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik | @El'endiaStarman CMs (unlike moderators) get paid for this. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:43 | answer | added | Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik | timeline score: 17 | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:38 | comment | added | Em C | @SonictheAnonymousHedgehog different styles I guess - personally I do try to choose the most appropriate template as a starting point and edit from there, but I'm sure other mods do things differently. Just wanted to clarify in case you didn't know :) | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:36 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | @EmC True, but from what I've seen, moderators either just use a boilerplate text, or if they want a custom message, just start off from a blank form. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:30 | comment | added | Em C | @SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Not quite true; mods can edit the template text before sending and the different reasons will still show up. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:23 | answer | added | user351483 | timeline score: 12 | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:20 | answer | added | George Stocker | timeline score: 52 | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:16 | comment | added | El'endia Starman | @SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Plus it takes time and effort to write a custom message. The CM team has been overworked lately and it would not surprise me if they just wanted to put more time towards putting out other fires. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:12 | history | edited | Mark Amery | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:06 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | Moderators do have the option to send a custom message, but in that case, the suspension reason will show as generic "rule violations" rather than something more specific. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:06 | comment | added | Mark Amery | A pre-emptive note, because I can already imagine the comment thread here derailing: there's a separate question to discuss the merits of Robert's suspension. Let's keep all the detail and debate around Robert's suspension there. | |
| Oct 23, 2019 at 19:04 | history | asked | Mark Amery | CC BY-SA 4.0 |