Backseat modding

Alright you all, and anyone else planning on posting, get back on topic.
 
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I never really understood why backseat modding was a problem?

Because while a Mod has the authority to close and relocate a thread, regular users do not. If they tell someone that his/her thread is in the wrong place, then that person will just make another thread. It's best to just report it and move on, otherwise you will get a warning for mini-modding and contributing to clogging up the forums.
 
I don't think it's such a bad thing, really. I mean, there's been times I've been able to help people with their problems, and if nobody else is around to help, why can't I? I have noticed a lot of that kind of behaviour, though.
 
people like Jake. and I are both secretly mods without the colour so you better listen up yo

.....Saying that is even worse than Backseat modding. On so many levels.
 
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so far i only did this for that _X_ guy. i don't know if this counts, it annoys me when people post on the wrong board so i post telling them.
 
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so far i only did this for that _X_ guy and some people when they post on the main board. when i tell them, i say it is on the wrong board politely. unless i'm in a bad mood i just say it like

this is on the wrong board.

Aww...that's not even bad even on your worst day XD
 
The reason it happens is because there is a lot of youngsters under 13, and they just annoy the heck out of everyone older, so It's not really backseat modding, everyone just hates you.
 
The reason it happens is because there is a lot of youngsters under 13, and they just annoy the heck out of everyone older, so It's not really backseat modding, everyone just hates you.

Jesus loves everyone tho
 
ahhh... I'm guilty of such a crime. I think I've only done a major one once or twice though, and it was because someone else was back-seat modding and they were wrong. So I was back-seat modding a back-seat modder?!(confusing, I know).
I was letting the thread maker know his thread was indeed not wrong, but would be better if he perhaps changed the title(the title made it seem like it was a "looking for" thread). The second time was just me telling someone the thread was fine as it was. Someone else tried to come in to back-seat mod a Selling thread saying it was suppose to be an Auction thread, when in reality it was an open Selling thread. The dude was taking in offers and was going to go with the highest/most promising offer. He didn't want to do an auction because he wanted the decision to be his, not for the villager to go to whoever "wins"; which mind you could be a lower amount than he would want. So I understand his decision to sell instead of doing an auction.
Anyways, I'm rambling. o.o Now that I know it's frowned upon and see Kaiaa's point(a well explained one at that), I shall refrain from doing such activity from now on. I usually use the report button for such things anyways xD, it's a lot easier and less time consuming to me.
 
I guess I'm guilty of backseat modding now ;w; I actually didn't even know that was a thing so I apologize, but what Kaiaa said makes so much sense!

While we do understand that you are just trying to help, most of the time the advice given out causes people to make duplicate threads in the correct place. The mini-modding we see all the time is something along the lines of "This belongs in _____" / "You should have posted this here ______ :) "

When you do stuff like that it almost always causes people to correct their mistake while in itself is good, but now, there are two copies of a thread and one has to be deleted because it's now spam. Instead of telling them where their thread belongs, it's so much better to report it because a Mod will move it and let the person know that the thread was moved to the correct place. This saves time, keeps the forum nice and tidy, and no one get's in trouble.

Although, the person I posted on had already made a thread on the correct sub-forum and then made another post on the wrong forum. But, I'll be sure to not do this anymore! I just like helping people stay out of trouble! <3
 
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