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Alaira314160 karma

But please take no for an answer. Do not be the multiple people I've had on the phone who won't accept my answer or worse, keep calling back all day. Also, please do not, under any circumstances, attempt to sneakily buy them off the poor person on the other end of the phone. We are not paid enough to deal with that sort of underhanded shenanigans, nor are you going to be willing to fork over enough, trust me. ;)

Alaira31457 karma

How do you determine that users have been moderated without knowing about it? As far as I know, that's not something your tool can differentiate, because it can't tell exactly who removed a comment. Was it automod acting on a filter(which sends a message)? Was it a mod who took action, complete with form-letter notification? Was it the admins with their anti-hate team j/k they don't do anything ever, it wasn't them. Or was it the situation you're claiming, with rogue mods censoring users and not telling them? As of the last time I used your tool(and it is a useful tool, so thank you for that), these situations look identical on your interface. So how are you telling them apart?

Alaira31421 karma

I've noticed they are more cheerful than those who were planning on going straight home

Maybe this is because of stress related to finding childcare or work coverage beyond the planned vacation. I know I'd be pretty stressed out if I was suddenly told "oh, sorry, we need to stay here. No, I don't really know when you'll get back home." and then had to negotiate with my boss by phone(do you guys even have phone coverage there? When I went on a cruise last, my phone stopped working at all, not even roaming, once we were away from FL) to try to not get fired for failing to show up for my shifts. Remember that some people, when stressed, take it out as anger.

Alaira31415 karma

Not just scams, but also falling for misinformation or being manipulated by advertising. All of those things exploit the same psychological manipulation tricks, ones that have nothing to do with your level of "intelligence!" The only defense is a combination of knowing how the manipulation works and understanding that you are vulnerable to it.

Alaira31411 karma

Illegal in many suburban and urban areas, unfortunately. :(