Feedback Once again not smart moderation.

Yea, I've got an infraction about posting in the wrong section a thread.
Here is the email:

And yes, the thread got deleted.
Ok I accept, it probably was the wrong thread (it was in the Programming > PHP section). I have no idea where should I post it, I will not bother posting it again now.
My question is, wouldn't be smarter to simply move the thread in the correct section and in the same time I'd know where to post the thread instead of deleting it?
I mean, let's make a conclusion about both cases.
I get an infraction (1 point) in both cases.
First case: Thread gets deleted, I understand the fact somehow the thread was posted in the wrong section, but have no idea where could be the right one. Result: Don't post again. Try other forums.
Second case: Thread gets moved to the right section. I know where should I post next time. Result: I get replies from someone. It results a trade. I stay more in the forum.

 

So, that is an other reason to delete my thread? Ok, I am sorry, I haven't learned by heart all the sub sub categories lol.

Right now I saw the "hidden" sub sub category in the buy, sell and trade section, in the service sub category, is programming.

 

Dude you are buying a service so it was kind of obvious that it belongs in BST .

 

Is that still a reason to delete the domain and not move it?
The point of the thread is, why my thread got deleted instead of moving it, and not why I've got an infraction.

 

Stupid moderation strikes again!

I was selling a torrent search engine site.
My thread was deleted and I got an infraction with the reason: Inappropriate / Disallowed Post
I believe, once the "smarty" mod red the word torrent immediately deleted my thread The script I am using gets the search results from an other search engine site.

So, what was wrong in this case?

That thread was old, great to know it was moderated so "quick".

 

I am selling a simple specific search engine site. Google can work in the same way too, if you know how to search.

 

Seriously @digitalpoint, where did you borrow these moderators?
I reported my own thread just to let your moderators know that a thread I have posted was in the wrong section, because I didn't knew where was the correct section and I get an infraction point ?

 

I'm sorry, but isn't that one of the moderators job, to see what is reported?

 

Ok, I see, the report option is just useless, since nobody sees them.
In my point of view a mod should first review the reports and than go fishing for threads and posts. It is a reasonable way to do things right step by step.
Anyway, thank you for letting me know how the report system works (if we can call it so).

 

Good reason to don't bother checking them.

I guess you must have a lot of luck to run across something that isn't allowed.

It would be silly to try searching for threads against the rules when other users already found some of them.
Why do you go to the extrema by mentioning only? What I said, is first thing to do is check reported threads and than look in the forum for other threads/posts.

I am trying to help here since what was done was wrong. It's fine you can keep the wrong way doing moderating.

 

My experience with the reporting system doesn't match yours. I've seen action taken on posts I reported. As for limiting the mods to not acting on what they run across until the report queue is empty... that'd be counter-productive.

I take it you've never run one {or at least run one right, that's obvious based on your posts}. Are you in the habit of drawing maps to places you've never been?

 

More likely is that they are using the forum, reading threads, and happen across something that is not allowed. You don't suggested they ignore what they plainly see and do nothing since some might also be in the report queue to review?

I would assume that they use and read the forum and deal with what they come across and also deal with items in the report queue. Seems like common sense. Not sure why it makes you so irate.

 

All this over 2 infractions? Seriously dude, try living on the edge a little and have a nice rotating infraction count of like 7 or 8 constantly.

That's how I like to do it, though I haven't had time lately to pick any infractions up.

Big effing deal you got a thread deleted, you learned something (the proper place to post it), now go post it there if it was that important.

 

What's the point on giving your own experience, when digitalpoint himself approved that reported posts/threads are not in the top of to-do list for moderators.
I received the infraction about 3-4 hours after my post, so I don't think my thread was seen in the "new posts". A moderator had lots of time to review repoted posts.

If they just do so w/o checking first reported threads, they wont make to the second page of a section.
"Not sure why it makes you so irate."
If you read all the thread, you'd probably understand why.

Regarding the firs post of this thread, my deleted thread was moved as it was the right thing to do.
It doesn't work in that way, if my thread gets deleted, why should I write again? There are hundreds of alternatives out of there.
From all of this, my time spent in this forum is decreasing.