Moderation Reports

chronodekar

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#76
We got a spammer (Thanks to @[Glernaj] for reporting it!) here -

http://thefanfictionforum.net/showthread.php?tid=20775

Locking the thread, banning OP for 1 week and tagging @[Watashiwa] for a perma-ban.

-chronodekar
 

chronodekar

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#78
http://thefanfictionforum.net/showthread.php?tid=19623&pid=1267077#pid1267077

Got a report that a link on the post leads to NSFW stuff. Can't verify it myself (page loading too slowly), so just wrapped it in a spoiler tag.

-chronodekar
 

chronodekar

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#79
http://thefanfictionforum.net/showthread.php?tid=20828

Locking a spam thread and perma-banning the instigators. Many thanks to mgsaintz, Master of Squirrel-Fu, MastaofBitches and TkMacintosh for reporting the matter.

@[Watashiwa],

Anything else, we need done? Also, thanks. Looks like I can perma-ban folks now. :ph43r:

-chronodekar
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#81
http://thefanfictionforum.net/showthread.php?tid=19718&pid=1197318#pid1197318

Removed a broken link image that was setting off Avast. Special thanks to NuitTombee for reporting it.
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#82
Moved the story "Ranma and the MGCA" from Ranma 1/2 Previews to the Restricted section because the MGCA is pure fetish fuel.

Update: Moved the story "Sailor Moon and the MGCA" from Sailor Moon Previews to the Restricted section for the same reason.
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#85
Moved a thread in the Video Games section to the video games section and deleted an identical thread in the Challenge Section due to requesting porn outside the Restricted section.

Also, he's rather rude in making requests. *Harumphs*
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#88
Legit shocked we never saw this. kcourtkat had an avatar that is too large for the forum in addition to being marketing spam, and has for years, since their last visit was in 2012. I suspect that the account was compromised in some manner. I'm nuking it and messaging them, taking no further action. Thank you Obfuscated for reporting.
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#90
Mod abused a bunch of posts out of the State of the Forum thread to a myBB upgrade thread.

I may or may not create a sockpuppet to test the user experience for myself. That or temporarily de-admin myself. That might be better, I still have super admin account in my back pocket.
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#91
Yeah so no sockpuppet or power loss was necessary. Hurray!

Oh but I totally just created a new category of poster just for chronodekar that's made him the sole moderator with access to the administrator control panel. I'm sure that won't come back to bite me in the ass...

(because I still have root admin access)
 

chronodekar

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#92
Not exactly a report, but more of a comment. We have 2 reports about the same user necroing a thread from back in 2013 and another from 2011. Now, I did not read over the entire thread, but at a glance, it looked like the poster was on-topic. Which leads me to conclude that the necro was OK. At least, it's how I understood the rules. Please PM/reply here within a day or two if you disagree. If I don't get any objections, I'm going to close the Moderator Notice.

-chronodekar
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#93
Oops, more than two days, but I went and dealt with the report anyway.

I also hit the thread necro-er with a warning since they seemed to have done so intentionally and didn't seem particularly contrite. We spoke, and although I have yet to respond to their latest I plan to with some variation of this post.

Basically, TFF has a lot of old content. A lot of it was written by people who moved on to other things and left works unfinished. It's always sad to see the line of threads from years ago because it means that TFF is an old forum but not an active one. Seeing any of the old names, author or thread, pop back up is occasion for excitement. Realizing it's not them or a story is disappointing. Finding out that the bump is continuing an old argument or fandom disagreement is downright insulting.

The person in question believes they were promoting dialogue and activity in the thread. Unfortunately, they were instead called out and the threads remain dead. Rather than necro dead threads and get peoples hopes up, I would much prefer you create new threads. Yes it's harder to get attention, but it's easier to keep the momentum going once you do, because the subject stays the subject and doesn't turn into people yelling at you.

Anyway, this is my late explanation for what I did.
 

chronodekar

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#94
Watashiwa said:
Oops, more than two days, but I went and dealt with the report anyway.
Sorry about that. It's a busy time for me. :(

-chronodekar
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#95
Deleted user juanpablo and banned him for his grievous spamming.
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#98
The Ero-Sennin has stepped away from his administrator role with The Fanfiction Forum and rejoined the ranks of the registered. Thanks for your help over the last two years.

I've removed him from the administrator pool, and for the time being will not be looking for a replacement in case he changes his mind.
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#99
Killed an HP thread outside of the HP section advertising a guy's fanfic on AO3.
 
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