Secret Moderators

[Ausfree]

On this Forum there are Moderators and Secret Moderators. My question is this!!!!!!!

How can you be a "Secret Moderator" when you announce to all and sundry that you are a SECRET MODERATOR.:confused: whats the point??????????

[JamesH]

They are trying to distract us from the double secret moderators.


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[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

They are trying to distract us from the double secret moderators.


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"Cheif Do they they use the counter counter code or the counter counter counter code" asks 86?

[abaddonxi]

Shhh.

[Narangga]

They are trying to distract us from the double secret moderators.


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Do they have anything to do with 'double secret probation'?

[Ausfree]

Ahhh!!! I get the message, it's all a secret!!!:twisted:

[Ausfree]

Actually, I think we should bring down the "Cone of Silence"!!!!:D

[justinc]

Actually, I think we should bring down the "Cone of Silence"!!!!:D

"Absolutely Chief! but hang on, my shoe is ringing...."
Great show that. I remember a scene from 'The Nude Bomb' movie, where Max says to 99 after encountering a big sign with a skull and crossbones and the word 'Achtung' in the alps while being persued, "...Just our luck 99 to come upon a poisonous achtung!!"

:D

JC

[hodgo]

:ninja: Just as I thought 86, :bat: bats in the attic :vampire: [bigsad]

[digger]

Ah the old secret moderator being a secret secret moderator trick huh?

Well, you really want to know....

OK ... would you believe that there are 20 moderators and 34 secret moderators?

NO?

OK, would you believe 10 moderators and 20 secret moderators?

NO?

How about a bunch of boyscouts with a whistle?



MMMM almost convinced him.... I missed by that much!

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

do secret moderators carry cyanide pills in their mouths so if sprung, they bite down and the secrets goes with them as the die a quick death?

[bob10]

Secret moderators, with bats in the attic, in a cone of silence......another fine mess youve gotten me into Ollie! :unsure: Bob

[DeeJay]

Nei Nein 99 :D

[hodgo]

Secret moderators, with bats in the attic, in a cone of silence......another fine mess youve gotten me into Ollie! :unsure: Bob
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++

Has any one told the Chief or the President about this, all these loose cannons are a real worry. and why has not Fang been used to rat out these infiltrators, he is a good ratter.

[mikehzz]

This thread is descending into KAOS. Can we get some CONTROL back please? :)

[Ausfree]

Ah the old secret moderator being a secret secret moderator trick huh?

Well, you really want to know....

OK ... would you believe that there are 20 moderators and 34 secret moderators?

NO?

OK, would you believe 10 moderators and 20 secret moderators?

NO?

How about a bunch of boyscouts with a whistle?



MMMM almost convinced him.... I missed by that much!:clap2::clap2::clap2:
OI!! you lot, my original question was a serious one!!!:D:D

[incisor]

:clap2::clap2::clap2:
OI!! you lot, my original question was a serious one!!!:D:D
you had to be there :D:D:D:D

[dullbird]

do secret moderators carry cyanide pills in their mouths so if sprung, they bite down and the secrets goes with them as the die a quick death?

I learnt in my First aid course the other day that Viagra is more dangerous to people than cyanide. so does that mean when they bite down on the pill to die a quick death there all going to go with a Fat and therefore still give there identity away?:D

[Narangga]

:clap2::clap2::clap2:
OI!! you lot, my original question was a serious one!!!:D:D

Absolutely.





And there have been some seriously funny replies too. :D ;)

[p38arover]

I learnt in my First aid course the other day that Viagra is more dangerous to people than cyanide.

Well, stop giving it to Ian! :mad:

[Ausfree]

[QUOTE=dullbird;1453245]I learnt in my First aid course the other day that Viagra is more dangerous to people than cyanide.

So if Viagra is more dangerous than cyanide I can see why they refer to a dead body as a ..............................................stif f!!!:wasntme:

[Narangga]

[QUOTE=dullbird;1453245]I learnt in my First aid course the other day that Viagra is more dangerous to people than cyanide.

So if Viagra is more dangerous than cyanide I can see why they refer to a dead body as a ..............................................stif f!!!:wasntme:

:Rolling: :Rolling: :Rolling:



But remember its a secret. ;)

[Ausfree]

Has anybody noticed that no"Secret Moderators" have posted on this Thread.;) Maybe they are worried about blowing their cover!!!:twisted:

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Has anybody noticed that no"Secret Moderators" have posted on this Thread.;) Maybe they are worried about blowing their cover!!!:twisted:However, there was a "roving English ninja"! :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Oh Yea!
our ONLY secret mod has a cover like----


Grass on a cricket pitch;)

[The ho har's]

Oh Yea!
our ONLY secret mod has a cover like----


Grass on a cricket pitch;)


WEEDS oh weeds where you...he must have doned that cone of silence;)

Mrs hh:angel:

[Ausfree]

Come on out 'Weeds" we know you are hiding there somewhere!!:):)

[Tombie]

http://www.wikidforum.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/moderator.jpg
TEN RULES OF MODERATION................


Don’t over moderate. Moderators should be invisible and silent unless they are participating in a thread. Beyond that, STFU and leave things alone. You are there not to prevent or to monitor but to solve problems when problems exist. Going into a thread and posting a warning about what may or may not occur in the future is condescending and insulting. No, you are not smarter than me and no you don’t know what I am thinking or what I’m about to write.
When in doubt, err on the side of doing nothing. It is difficult to hear tone in typed text. Give people the benefit of a doubt. It’s better to overlook a questionable personal attack than to falsely accuse someone of making a personal attack. If you missed something, the person making the attack can always report it and it can be dealt with then. If you make the wrong call and accuse someone of being rude or hijacking a thread in error, you will inflame the situation and you will be criticized for your over zealousness.
Being rude is not a violation of the rules. Not everyone needs to sugar coat replies with pastel paintings of unicorns and sprinkle fairly dust. Some people are just to the point. There are more than enough people who will blow smoke up someone’s ass in order to get on their good side.
Participate in the forums. If you’re going to moderate a forum, you need to be an active member of that forum and contribute posts. Lurking is not good enough. Being an active participant lends you respect and credibility among the membership if respect and credibility is deserved. It also gives members a baseline to judge your remarks so you are not misunderstood.
Be accountable. If you move a thread, post in the thread that you are moving it and why. If you lock a thread, state your reasons for locking it clearly, concisely, and in a neutral tone. This is no time to be a smartass.
Be humble. There is great power in an apology if you screw up. If you make a poor decision, own up to it. Correct it and issue an apology. People will respect you more in the end.
Be objective. Do not moderate a thread where you are involved in a contentious debate. There is no reason a moderator should not enter into debate or offer strong opinions. But if the thread does not go your way, alert another moderator to the problem and let someone else deal with it. Locking a thread to shut people up will quickly peg you as an abusive moderator and you will lose all respect.
Serve the membership, not the management. You are there to serve the membership to benefit the community as a whole. Your decision should be based on that mission. You are not there to kowtow to the other moderators or the forum owner. There will be times where doing the right thing for the membership means doing something contrary to what the owner may want. Follow your principals and do the right thing. The worst that can happen is that they fire you from a non paying job for you holding on to your principals.
Chill out and lighten up. People come into the forums to ask a question but they stay for the sense of community. Those who are not interested in the community will ask their question and leave so they don’t play a large part in the community. Good or bad, it is the regular forum members who make or break the community. It has been often stated in the new web reality known as WEB 2.0, user contributed content is what will make or break a forum. To think that a forum can survive and thrive simply as a tool for hosting chats is simplistic and shortsighted. There are lots of forum hosting sites out there to choose from.
The forums belong to the membership, not the creator. Contrary to popular belief, the forums do not belong to the forum creator. Sure he created the platform in which it thrived but the forum, as in all internet forums, are created by its membership. Yes, the creator can shut down the forum if he wishes but so can the membership. Moderators should take the position that they are there to serve the greater good of the membership. Taking the position that your forum is a private site and management can do whatever they want is a recipe for destroying the forum and drive away membership.

[dullbird]

Thanks Tombie :lol2: now STFU before I lock this thread and move it to secret moderator land, where you're never going to see it again! even if I was the one that ****ed it up in the first place....:p

[digger]

Thanks Tombie :lol2: now STFU before I lock this thread and move it to secret moderator land, where you're never going to see it again! even if I was the one that ****ed it up in the first place....:p

STFU? from a moderator?

I assume this stands for "STOP FILLING THREAD UP?":p

NOW WE HAVE HAD SECRET MODS, CAN WE HAVE SECRET ROCKERS TOO?

[Outlaw]

Just remember that the Secret Moderator is the holder of all our Secrets so better not **** him off :angel:

Now it's the Secret Ninja Moderators you really need to watch as none of us know or remember who they are :eek:

[Ferret]

In some of the more enlightened and transparent forums, everything is out in the open. What do we get here? - nothing but dictatorship, conspiracies, secrecy, grammar and spelling corrections. We need a secret moderator forum too.

[abaddonxi]

We need a secret secret moderator forum to talk about the secret moderators talking in the secret moderator forum.

[klappers]

We need a secret secret moderator forum to talk about the secret moderators talking in the secret moderator forum.

exactly :wasntme:

[incisor]

In some of the more enlightened and transparent forums, everything is out in the open. What do we get here? - nothing but dictatorship, conspiracies, secrecy, grammar and spelling corrections. We need a secret moderator forum too.

grand isnt it!

;)

[Ausfree]

I wish to register a complaint with the Secret Moderator........my Thread has been hijacked and gone all serious!!!!:D:D Humour and good natured ribbing is the original intention!!!!:BigThumb:

[Ferret]

Hey, what happened to my picture exposing the existence of the 'Secret Moderators' forum. Removed secretly by a secret moderator in an effort to cover it up? Just what I thought would happen. :twisted:

[vnx205]

Hey, what happened to my picture exposing the existence of the 'Secret Moderators' forum. Removed secretly by a secret moderator in an effort to cover it up? Just what I thought would happen. :twisted:

Someone mistook it for a picture of a Janome sewing machine and moved it to that forum. :D

[Basil135]

So, if a moderator in the first instance, speaks to a real person in the second instance, and mentions to that person that they were a moderator on said forum, and the second person corrected the said first person, and no-one else knows about this, does this make the second person, being a natural person for the sake of the demonstration, a secret moderator?

Additionally, if the said first person corrects a third person, being a natural person for the sake of the demonstration, and this said third person is unaware of the status of the first person, again for the sake of the demonstration, it is assumed that the first person is a natural person in the true definition of the term, does the first person become a secret moderator to the third person, even though said third person is not a member of this or any other known forum?

[TimNZ]

So, if a moderator in the first instance, speaks to a real person in the second instance, and mentions to that person that they were a moderator on said forum, and the second person corrected the said first person, and no-one else knows about this, does this make the second person, being a natural person for the sake of the demonstration, a secret moderator?

Additionally, if the said first person corrects a third person, being a natural person for the sake of the demonstration, and this said third person is unaware of the status of the first person, again for the sake of the demonstration, it is assumed that the first person is a natural person in the true definition of the term, does the first person become a secret moderator to the third person, even though said third person is not a member of this or any other known forum?

Thanks, now I have a headache! :D

[vnx205]

So, if a moderator in the first instance, speaks to a real person in the second instance, and mentions to that person that they were a moderator on said forum, and the second person corrected the said first person, and no-one else knows about this, does this make the second person, being a natural person for the sake of the demonstration, a secret moderator?

Additionally, if the said first person corrects a third person, being a natural person for the sake of the demonstration, and this said third person is unaware of the status of the first person, again for the sake of the demonstration, it is assumed that the first person is a natural person in the true definition of the term, does the first person become a secret moderator to the third person, even though said third person is not a member of this or any other known forum?

I would have thought that was obvious. I'm surprised that you needed to ask.

BTW, I assume you did a search before asking. I'm sure the topic has been covered many times before.

[mikehzz]

The first person is only a natural person in the true definition of the term, not the false definition of the term. The second person is a real person AND a natural person but only for the sake of the demonstration. The third person is only a natural person, but for the sake of the demonstration as well. I'm pretty clear on it now...they speak to each other in instances and someone might be an SM.

[Mick_Marsh]

On this Forum there are Moderators and Secret Moderators. My question is this!!!!!!!

How can you be a "Secret Moderator" when you announce to all and sundry that you are a SECRET MODERATOR.:confused: whats the point??????????
I read a "Secret Moderator" not as a moderator whose identity is undisclosed but as a moderator who moderates in secret, in a darkened, dingy room, embarassed of their moderations, preferring to moderate in seclusion.

That would make me a "Secret Poster".

[bob10]

So, I imagine Patsy Cline would sing ..... " My secret moderator's no secret any more ", sung to the tune of... well, you know. Bob.[bigwhistle]

[Basil135]

Another theory, I have had, is that a Secret Moderator could be a known moderator on another forum of lower standing eg: Toyota Prius Lovers Anonymous.

Being a known moderator on such a forum, one could understand their need for it to remain a secret on such a well respected forum such as this. :p

[The ho har's]

Another theory, I have had, is that a Secret Moderator could be a known moderator on another forum of lower standing eg: Toyota Prius Lovers Anonymous.

Being a known moderator on such a forum, one could understand their need for it to remain a secret on such a well respected forum such as this. :p


Yes some dodgy forums with dodgy people on them out there, no wonder he wants to keep it a secret here;):p:D

Mrs hh:angel:

[LOVEMYRANGIE]

Yes some dodgy forums with dodgy people on them out there, no wonder he wants to keep it a secret here;):p:D

Mrs hh:angel:

So...... its a he then.......

Or is it........????


Sent from my secret iPhone in a secret location in complete and total secrecy and no one knows I did it.....

[Mick_Marsh]

News Flash!
Evidence of secret moderators secretly at work found.
Here
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/fcs-military-variations/50799-marketplace-notices-including-links-sale-auctions-wanted-ads.html#post1455426
here
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/fcs-military-variations/50799-marketplace-notices-including-links-sale-auctions-wanted-ads.html#post1455858
and here
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/fcs-military-variations/50799-marketplace-notices-including-links-sale-auctions-wanted-ads.html#post1455866
Freaky

<post slowly fades to the theme of "The Twilight Zone">

[incisor]

huh?

what am i missing here...

[Mick_Marsh]

A 101 for sale post.
Gold to the 101 tragics.
(Wouldn't worry about it, probably moved)

[The ho har's]

huh?

what am i missing here...


Oh dave don't worry about it......

[fernockulated]

STFU? from a moderator?

I assume this stands for "STOP FILLING THREAD UP?":p

NOW WE HAVE HAD SECRET MODS, CAN WE HAVE SECRET ROCKERS TOO?


Hmmmmm,mods and rockers ey?

sounds a little Bodgey to me :)