JUDLEERN says ...

Who are the moderators on this site? Just curious

I think I saw a post closed down by a moderator, or poor language, so I know there is one. But as far as who they are and how many they are, I don't know. Rather than get my 'arse' booted frmo this site which I come to all the  time, I'll keep my nose  clean.

Annie

This was posted by the "editor" in "Nursing Link is Proud to Introduce Two New Forum Moderators"

Posted about 1 month ago

NursingLink is proud to introduce two new forum moderators, ABusyRN2go and StarlightRN. Both ABusyRN2go and StarLightRN have been top users and have helped NursingLink grow as a community. As moderators, they will have the power to move threads to correct forums and delete inappropriate posts material (those that violate our Terms of Use).

Join me in congratulating ABusyRN2Go and StarlightRN!

Does that answer your question(s) JUDLEERN? 

When I was a moderator on another site, we had two nicks, one for moderator and one for personal postings.  When you were online as a moderator, you could not post in any discussion personal opinions, etc.  When you were online as your private nick you could do these things.  Another thing a moderator is supposed to do, when they are in moderator mode and is done on other sites is to remain neutral in certain postings and admonish both sides and or caution those who are posting vehemently, calling names and being generally rude.  Doesn't seem to be this way here.

Deb,

Is that the description for the moderators on NursingLink?

I agree....there doesn't seem to be much of that going on.  If there were more of that this site might be more civil...especially in the political forums.

Just my thoughts on the subject. I think that any and all monitoring should come from the staff.

I haven't personally had any problem, but I have been offended by some things that have been said about a particular member. Nothing was done. Then some others were saying somethings about another member that were mild in comparison and it was deleted immediately. Could this be politically motivated?

I agree with CDnurse, I do not think someone should be able to engage in a discussion and be a moderator of that forum. . I think it should come from the staff as well, because I do not think they are being objective......

 Well, speaking here as a moderator I can tell you it is very hard some times, I stopped posting my personal opinions in detail in the political forums once I became a moderator, I have TRIED to post everyone getting along,  once I had over a dozen complaints about a member here being soooo nasty and rude to others I DID post at that time to TRY and get this member to back off and be nicer to all, but I made a reference that EVERYONE should be professional, I did not say a word to this member until I had so many complaints I bit my tongue OFF many times I read this persons posting and the rudness that was spoken to others, I did NOT want to close off the discussion because I believe we ALL have the right to our opinions, I have been blasted many times on here for MY OPINION, but still believe we live in a free country, but the posts need to be productive and rudness and nastyness is NOT productive, I made a point using this to try and make THAT point. I am still human and make mistakes as we ALL do. I DO spend hours every night reading through posts and have many many members who help me in alerting to inappropriate posting, we moderators can not be everywhere, some of you should be ashamed of yourselves for the things said here. I DO feel like a kindergarten teacher, I have 7 children and 6 grand children I can see childishness believe me. I am trying to stay impartial but I am STILL entitled to MY opinion as far as my views on things here on nurse link. I have NOT deleted anything from this site to this date. We ALL have one thing in common we are all Nurses or in progress, we have MORE in common than we think, I hope we do not let a differing political views define us on this site. If anyone has an issue with me personally I am always available to chat, one on one if you wish, if you want to criticize me make it constructive do not grand stand, I am trying to make this site a great site for all of us. Many of the problems others have brought up are being worked on as we speak, so I hope we can continue this post in a productive manner as well. Sorry for being long winded.

 Good points Deb thank you very much, I do not even know what a blog is??? I have heard my teenagers mention it I thought it was something on 'MY SPACE" no?? Guess I need to go ask one of my teens what a blog is, do we have blogs on here?? If so I guess I did not know that, if so please tell me where I can find it, are bad things being said on a blog? Is a blog for trashing someone? Sorry forgive me my age is showing, I need to go put my baby dinosaur to bed now.

 I just asked my son about a blog, he said it is a place to post long talk on anything you want, so in a sense you must be correct, we are blogging! Okay now that  THAT is cleared up I hope we can move on, you are right Deb nobody should be making rude and nasty comments and putting others down, maybe we can make it a NEW rule from tonight on...everyone can appologize and we wipe the slate clean, I am going to make a point of making a comment at every point someone is being nasty and rude to ANYONE else no matter WHO it is. Maybe a kindergarten teacher approach would work what do you think?

 No I actually do have a club, I beat the tree when I am mad! But yes beating someone else MAY fall under illegal, I said May! lol I will go ask my husband if there is a legal loop hole to the club idea.

AbusyRN2go says ...

 Well, speaking here as a moderator I can tell you it is very hard some times, I stopped posting my personal opinions in detail in the political forums once I became a moderator, I have TRIED to post everyone getting along,  once I had over a dozen complaints about a member here being soooo nasty and rude to others I DID post at that time to TRY and get this member to back off and be nicer to all, but I made a reference that EVERYONE should be professional, I did not say a word to this member until I had so many complaints I bit my tongue OFF many times I read this persons posting and the rudness that was spoken to others, I did NOT want to close off the discussion because I believe we ALL have the right to our opinions, I have been blasted many times on here for MY OPINION, but still believe we live in a free country, but the posts need to be productive and rudness and nastyness is NOT productive, I made a point using this to try and make THAT point. I am still human and make mistakes as we ALL do. I DO spend hours every night reading through posts and have many many members who help me in alerting to inappropriate posting, we moderators can not be everywhere, some of you should be ashamed of yourselves for the things said here. I DO feel like a kindergarten teacher, I have 7 children and 6 grand children I can see childishness believe me. I am trying to stay impartial but I am STILL entitled to MY opinion as far as my views on things here on nurse link. I have NOT deleted anything from this site to this date. We ALL have one thing in common we are all Nurses or in progress, we have MORE in common than we think, I hope we do not let a differing political views define us on this site. If anyone has an issue with me personally I am always available to chat, one on one if you wish, if you want to criticize me make it constructive do not grand stand, I am trying to make this site a great site for all of us. Many of the problems others have brought up are being worked on as we speak, so I hope we can continue this post in a productive manner as well. Sorry for being long winded.

Abusy, I'm going to share something with you.  Below you will find a post you submitted to The Truth About Obama.  I have never engaged in discussion with you and at the time of this posting I had removed myself completely from all the other political sites.  I had moved on and as my words in the forum clealry convey I wished for a positive atmosphere, BUT you chose to stir the pot and create a very nasty posting about me which was somewhat threatening in nature.  You are correct no one is perfect....we are far from it, however you clearly do not have the capability to be neutral as a moderator should.  You say you are interested in keeping things peaceful and without name calling but you do that yourself.  It doesn't quite add up to me. 

Rated: -1 | Posted 5 days ago

You can be as sarcastic as you want my dear young inexperienced mg1021 but those of us who have been RN's 30 years or more now can tell you that you never know who you are putting down and being sarcastic too, we have some talented nurses on this site and I can bet you that one of them may be saying yes or no to you when you go to apply for a job one day, you should practice now being a nice and a decent person instead of rude, sarcastic, mean, condescending, a bully, a wanna be know it all, trying to show off, it is one thing to support Obama, that is all well and good, but you seem to think you need to be rude and nasty to anyone who disagrees with you, do you want to know the truth about Obama? YOU do NOT know the truth about Obama! All you know is what you have read or seen on TV. Only Obama and his God know the truth about Obama, so get over yourself and try and not be so harsh to others.

A busy RN is here

O.K. Moderators - that "Anna William1" scam email is once again being sent out - and they were online last night, and again just now, probably distributing more. Can't anything be done about this?

lawyerRN says ...

O.K. Moderators - that "Anna William1" scam email is once again being sent out - and they were online last night, and again just now, probably distributing more. Can't anything be done about this?

Can you give me more information on what this is? I am niave to this sort of thing and wouldn't know what to look for that would equal a scam> Thanks

lawyerRN says ...

I used to get lots of these in my regular email - you get fewer if you use an adderess with numbers and characters - they are usually sent sequentially to email lists.

This is a very powerful criminal enterprise in Nigeria, very organized (this is not an urban legend - it is real). Law enforcement (over there) fights it, but it is difficult.

The main thing is that they prey on the good hearted nature of people, or just plain greed. They make upo as story designed to get you to give them banking info,. Then they can withdraw your money. They will ask for account numbers and such.

It takes all forms. Here's one, a shortened version:

"You have won the Nigerian lottery! Send us your bank info so we can deposit the ten million dollars in your account."

If you think people don't fall for this, I've had several emails from Nursing Link people who were unsure of what to do. One had even responded to the scam email, wanting to help!

A word of advice: NEVER  RESPOND AT ALL...   If you do, even to tell them to shove it, they now know there's a real person behind that particular address, and you may be inundated with these things!

I reported this one to a moderator, and within a day they had removed the offending party. So if you get one, report it right away!

thanks, i have recieved this things on my email, but i was smart enough to know it was a scam. People will never stop will they?

Anna WIlliams was put on the black list and banned from the site the first time these letters came out. Evidently she has come back on with a slightly different profile name.  I didn't get the e-mail, and can't seem to find her profile. This may have already been address, but I can't be sure. IF someone could send me a link to her profile, I'll make sure it's taken care of, if it hasn't already been taken care of.