Yet another mod AMAA
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BurgerEatersInc
Oct 14, 2025
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#901
Can the blocked people see the blocker's message?
Oct 15, 2025
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#903
BasixWhiteBoy wrote:
Can moderators be active members of the OTF community? Like, if I applied in a few years, could I still actively post here and interact with friends and fellow community members?
not if I apply first
Oct 15, 2025
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#904
AwesomeAtti wrote:
@arraslynx always open for business. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns (seriously).
How do you know how diverse the staff and moderator team are and that they don't already meet your thresholds?
The community policy doesn't allow harassment and abuse... this can cover a lot of harmful content. EVERY reported comment is reviewed and action taken if it violates the community policy. Once you report it, you can also DM me if it's urgent. Not all actions we take may be seen publicly. I like your suggestion about more feedback.
Hmmm... hatred towards AI... is that another way of saying technophobe? That isn't covered by the community policy... people can trash talk Windows, macOS or Linux too. I don't think this is harmful. I do think targeting and attacking someone based on protected identity factors (such as nationality, race, disability, religion, gender or sexual orientation) can be very harmful and will be addressed (again, please report and DM me).
You can block others and this will prevent them from commenting on topics you create, DMing you or being paired in a chess match.
actually its more like them doing it to intentionally annoy me. I have an example of this
calling someone "clanker" is usually considered a slur or form of hate speech; considering how i present myself.
and i've also told him multiple times to stop, as he uses it as a form of hate speech
AwesomeAtti wrote:
Yet another mod AMAA
"Anything"?
Oct 15, 2025
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#908
Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
Do you prefer web or app
Web for sure!
It's much more power than the app, and also much easier to debug if something goes wrong.
But I don't get why many people nowadays only use a smartphone. That's fine to repeat lines on Chessable or play a casual game, but for anything more a laptop or desktop feels far superior.
For example, for creating opening repertoires I always have many windows open, at least multiple game databases, an engine database, my Chessable course, other related Chessable courses, and my notebook (e.g. a chess.com library).
Could you do all of that on a smartphone? I guess, at least once you connect 1-2 large screens and mouse+keyboard for faster navigation. But at that point, why not use a laptop in the first place?
Oct 15, 2025
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#909
ArrasLynx wrote:
calling someone "clanker" is usually considered a slur or form of hate speech; considering how i present myself.
I take hate speech very seriously and have even written about it here.
It is indeed a slur... and might even be used as a way to dehumanize someone (similar to calling someone a dog, pig, rat, disease, and more). The examples you provided are not hate speech because they do not attack you based on any of the protected characteristics I listed. They did not say "you're a [slur] because you are from [country]" or "because you are [gender]" or "because of your religious beliefs".
"Hate speech" has a very specific meaning and definition. It does not necessarily mean comments that may be hateful.
I would urge you to block and ignore them. Do not engage with them. Do not start a conversation with them. Do not respond to them. Do not publicly talk about them with others. You've told them to stop. If they continue to target and harass you please let me know.
Favorite part of being a mod?
Oct 15, 2025
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#911
Define7890 wrote:
Favorite part of being a mod?
Meeting other mods in person! I've met up with fellow mods at twitchCon and in tournaments.
While I've been farming @IM_CoachMarkus on chess.com, OTB my score is terrible!
What happened with piano James?
Do you consider insulting a language (like calling it "barking") as a hate speech?
Oct 15, 2025
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#916
VVV_XYZ wrote:
Do you consider insulting a language (like calling it "barking") as a hate speech?
Hate speech has a very specific legal definition in many countries. I'm not a lawyer and I'm not The Hague.
If the intent is to demean or dehumanize people because of the country they come from it could be. Context is important but please do not post it here.
Oct 15, 2025
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#917
SnomGxd wrote:
Can you share an interesting life story
I used to live in Saudi Arabia. That was very interesting.
Oct 15, 2025
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#918
ARandomHuman45 wrote:
how did you become a mod? was it difficult?
I was enjoying the community, helping others, and discussing all kinds of chess.
At the time, I was running events in discord and collecting an FAQ of the most common improvement questions.
I was offered a mod role multiple times but wasn't interested back then. When I saw that I could help get rid of some trolls I accepted.
Wasn't difficult at all.
Atti, you and the other Mods of Chess.com are a SIGHT BEYTER than Reddit, even if people complain about y'all sometimes...over there in Reddit, if someone posts a provocative forum and then cuts people down or is extremely sarcastic/personally provocative to the Commenters, as soon as someone [righteously] fires back with the same vitriol as the OP of said forum, then the mods there instantly jump in and ban the commenter, regardless of how much other commenters complain to the mods about the OP and his/ her forum...Reddit seems to support the bad forum posters (even in some very questionable subreddits which feature very bad things; things unsuitable for normal humans...I know historically I'm not blemish-free in my own comments here (my personal apologies to you and your fellow Mods on here) but whenever I see a post/comment unfairly dissing a certain group or person or even nation (especially my OWN), then I feel compelled to respond...