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This thread is locked for pervasive inappropriate posting.

I'll also step in for a moment to note that the volunteer moderators — who assist with moderation, escalate issues to administrators, provide input to administrators, and have any moderation action they take themselves reviewed by administrators later on — have done a wonderful job. I insist that feedback about moderation be pointed at moderation as a whole, or me, or CGC, or anyone who isn't a member of this community volunteering their time to improve it. Many of the statements by MrBedrock and a couple other users replying to him have referred to moderators as imbeciles, buffoons, etc. That language is unacceptable when aimed repeatedly at another member of the community here. The insulting language did not explicitly exclude the volunteer moderators, so many will interpret it as including them — which riles up other users to repeat this same language in a way that is, at least partially, aimed at members of the community who deserve much more respect.

Short version: The volunteer moderators have done a great job, so aim feedback more precisely at moderation policy or the work of paid administrators like me or CGC, whatever that feedback may be.

On 9/20/2021 at 6:05 PM, ttfitz said:

 

People seem to continue with this notion, but if I read Sharon's explanation of the sequence of events, the "price is a joke" thing was probably a misinterpretation. From what I remember, there was a lot of joking around going on in the thread, which included some problematic posts (a nude drawing?), and she had locked/pulled/whatever-the-proper term the thread to clean it up, but before that all happened Richard reposted (which can get you in trouble all by its lonesome) which made it more work than she was ready to do. And when the paid Admin came along and read her note about "Richard joking around" (not an actual quote, and not really talking about the price at all), it was taken in the wrong way and became the reason for the thread being locked/pulled/whatever.

This is, indeed, just about exactly what happened. I'm the one who misinterpreted the reasoning — Sharon is more knowledgeable than I am about comic prices, and I misunderstood this comment about joking as the reason it was removed. After all, to use an extreme: If someone jokingly set a price of a billion dollars for a comic that's worth just a hundred dollars, that "joke" would also be a way of skirting around the rules that state that you must set a price in your thread. Something similar to that was the misperceived infraction that led to that warning and the removal of the second thread.

There's a lot going on in that situation of removals and warnings and repostings and such on the whole, and it's too much to get into in a thread like this — the point most people are talking about is moderation policy overall, and delving into everything in this particular situation distracts from that. But many users keep asking "Why would it be removed for the price being too high?" And there's the explanation — a misunderstanding on my part.

This thread very quickly became all about politics; political posting is against the rules on the CGC Chat Boards. The thread has been locked and some warnings will be given.

Hi all, reminder that per the CGC Chat Boards rules, this is not a place for "Inappropriate references (analogies, etc.) to significantly emotional topics such as Nazis", and political posting is also against the rules. It's understandable to discuss how an actor's departure will affect the show, but that isn't where the recent discussion in this thread has gone.

Grogu wants you to talk about some of the many other things in the Mandalorian.

Hi all, I wanted to mention that we've updated the usage guidelines for the Forum Only Selling Area to include dates for the sub-forums, to help users post in the correct place. Please see below.

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3. List your books only once, and in the appropriate sub-forum. Incorrectly placed threads or books posted in multiple places will be moved. Repeat offenders will have their threads pulled completely. Do not post copper or modern books in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only, and do not post golden, silver or bronze books in Copper / Modern Age Only. Opinions vary about when the bronze age ends and the copper age begins, so the moderation team considers 1980–1984 an overlap period; books from those years are considered appropriate for either the G/S/B sub-forum or the C/M sub-forum. Books from before that period should be posted in G/S/B, and books from after that period should be posted in C/M. Books from any age are allowed in Mixed Age Threads and Misc.

Thank you!

Please keep discussion primarily on the topic the original poster has introduced. The original ~20 pages of mostly off-topic posting have been removed.

This is a reminder that the CGC Chat Boards are not the appropriate place for political discussion. See the links below for details. Thanks!

Let's get this thread back on topic, everyone.

Hi all,

Just wanted to mention that we've updated rule #2 in the Usage Guidelines thread for the Forum Only Selling Area:

The rule is now:

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No spamming. Group your for sale items into one thread in each sub-forum. Attempts to take up front page real estate by creating multiple threads are not allowed.

Thanks!