100024-moderators-youre-too-trigger-happy

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This is a general complaint about the forum moderation on the WildStar boards.  I don't know if you are volunteers or Carbine employees.  Certainly my tone would be less harsh if you are volunteers so bear that in mind.
 
Overall, I think you're doing fine.  So far, spam threads have been kept to a minimum and that is, in my opinion, your number one job.
 
But I do have a bone to pick with your thread closures.  Simply put, you close threads WAY too quickly.  
 
I am not talking about threads with profanity, or name calling, or trolling.  I am talking about threads that you deem are no longer pertinent.  Take for example many feedback threads that have devolved into one of the above.  There have been more than a few now that I wanted to chime in on (constructively) that I could not because you closed the thread (some even had Carbine posts in this - closing a thread with a dev post in it is a cardinal sin in my book unless the dev is the one closing it).  Another example would be during the DDOS attacks - there were several closed that started up that were not the main threads that only had a few posts - no issues there - but one over 10 pages long getting closed just because the threat passed is totally unacceptable.  The attack happened, the threat continues - to argue that the topic is no longer relevant like the mod did when he closed the thread is asinine.
 
So, overall, good job.
 
But stop closing threads so damn fast.  Allowing feedback on only the topics you choose or only within the amount of time that you (arbitrarily) choose is unacceptable and now how free and clear communication between devs and players happens.	
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			And here I am wishing the mods were more trigger happy.  Like Warframe forum mod trigger happy. Relocate, rename, edit, lock, hide, ban...  Good times...	
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			Tough?I would be willing to bet money that those threads you want to reply constructively to are either duplicates of existing topics, topics that have already gotten a dev response, or your constructive input has already been given.I've never seen a lock or delete on a thread that honest to god did not deserve it in any way shape and form. I may have seen one or two that happened to in beta before we had full time moderators, but even then it was a matter of sending a PM to get it unlocked.	
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			The only thing I'd like to see change with the moderation?  When they close a thread because there are a zillion similar threads, please be more consistent about linking to the one they're not planning to close, so folks interested in following the topic don't have to work as hard to keep participating in it.	
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			I don't think they go far enough. Honestly if I was a game developer I would rule the forum with an iron fist. It would be a white knight/black knight sea of blood.	
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			As someone who is a volunteer mod on another forum I can say the mods are pretty lenient here.	
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The only thing I'd like to see change with the moderation?  When they close a thread because there are a zillion similar threads, please be more consistent about linking to the one they're not planning to close, so folks interested in following the topic don't have to work as hard to keep participating in it.
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Hey everyone,
 
We absolutely do our best to facilitate constructive conversation on these forums, and there are many things that we carefully consider any time there is a thread closure. Since this type of thread violates the Code of Conduct, I'm going to go ahead and lock this one down. Anytime you have feedback or suggestions about the moderation of these forums, please email them to theredphone@carbinestudios.com.
 
Thanks,Team WildStar	
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