Posts by northernmaker7

Friends are friends, but work is work.😁 I get it, and thanks again.

As far as I'm concerned, the key is fine.

Christian Howard2, I appreciate your understanding.

The women posting in the silicone threads mostly follow those specific types of forums and rarely engage in other discussions. Is it embarrassment or just lack of interest? It's hard to say. Consequently, that specific thread consists mainly of users with very few posts who aren't particularly tech-savvy on Reddit, which might be why this issue went unnoticed for so long.

There was some moderation in the form of removing links to similar topics, accompanied by warnings that we didn't want to allow advertising for other sites. We all assumed that this style of communication had been acceptable to the moderators over the last six months. That was our mistake.

I would like to clarify one more thing. Until this year, the site http://www.justplasticsurgeon.com/ was considered a helpful supplemental resource by the women participating in the silicone threads.

On that site, which has stricter moderation, posting before-and-after surgical photos is permitted. In fact, those photos are exactly what attracts people considering such procedures. They provide the best sense of realistic expectations and desired outcomes.

Since uploading photos isn't allowed here, the workflow functioned like this: a user wanting to show her starting point or her results would simply share her Nick used on Just Plastic, either publicly or via private message, for anyone interested to look up.

In fact, this friendly exchange of information between the two sites made the discussions much more meaningful and clear. Therefore, I hope you will reconsider your decision to ban links to that site. The two platforms are naturally compatible, and since that communication was cut off, Reddit has lost its appeal to the women following the silicone threads.

Regards,

Hello,
I am writing to the Zoe Kravitz moderators to lodge a complaint regarding the moderation of the silicone subforum. As stated in the original opening post, this thread is intended for women who have undergone, or are considering, aesthetic procedures of this nature.

This thread has existed for a long time and remains one of our most read discussions.

Until recently, the atmosphere among the women interested in this topic was largely positive. Shared experiences—both good and bad—made this Reddit community a vital resource for advice, support, and expressing concerns. I say "was," because that is no longer the case.

Over the last 30 pages, specifically starting from page 372 with a post by Little Puppet, there has been an endless tirade directed solely at one specific surgeon and all the women who had procedures performed by him.

She does not hesitate to directly accuse other users of being fake patients, doctor clones, or even his mistresses.

Furthermore, she accuses the forum of misleading women through fake patient accounts, providing unethical marketing space for the aforementioned doctor.

In her latest description, Little Puppet admits

that she has no personal experience with this doctor whatsoever.

Most women participating in the silicone thread have tried to ignore the angry outbursts from this user, which clearly stem from a personal conflict between her and the surgeon. In just six months of posting here, her behavior—which is surprisingly insulting and dismissive of others' choices, words, and lived experiences—has fractured the community and destroyed any chance of constructive discussion.

If the relaxed moderation style of Zoe Kravitz is why these issues persist, I ask the moderators to move the silicone thread to a more appropriate section where stricter oversight can restore a polite and cultured environment for discussion.

Thank you.

Petra, I’m not calling for you to be stripped of your moderator badge at a disciplinary hearing. I don't view this as a resignation, either; I’m simply asking you to pause and reflect. This isn't some personal vendetta—too many people have been bothered by how you've communicated for it to be just a whim. Your mistake was taking a side instead of remaining neutral. That’s all. It happens when things get heated, but good grief.

I understand the technical hurdles involved in moderation, especially when dealing with volatile topics.

Instead of playing the victim, you’d be better off just admitting you slipped up. It happens to everyone; no big deal.

There is more to this than meets the eye.

I thought you all were still here.

+1

I am fully behind Aaron Phillips2, Ksi, Alex Miller3, and the rest of the group. Frankly, I found the way certain women on this forum presented their views quite offensive; they seemed more interested in protecting their little cliques than practicing basic tolerance or decency.

Furthermore, the language Petra used when she locked the thread was insulting to women, as she implied we are only capable of discussing trivialities like hair care. It would be a class act if Petra offered an apology.

urbantinker8 said:You do realize you're kind of in the minority here, right?

And as for this whole idea of descriptive grading—if my memory serves me correctly, back in those golden days of the 80s, people didn't exactly fail out of school because of a lack of written commentary.
I mean, we probably don't need to add more bureaucracy to the mix, especially when we already have maybe three kids in the entire country failing a grade every year.🤦

You could always provide detailed, descriptive feedback alongside a standard numerical grade, couldn't you? It seems like a reasonable compromise.

But if we went ahead and scrapped numerical grading entirely, both here and in the current system, I imagine things would just descend into total chaos.

Some members of my family were part of that generation where numerical grades were scrapped up through 5th grade. Look what happened. When they hit middle school and instead of smiley faces and hearts, an instructor from England handed them a D or an F, it was more of a shock than if they had been getting low marks since 1st grade. Honestly, it was brutal for the kids.

We aren't some wealthy nation like Finland. Life is hard, and not everyone can afford an ideal 9-to-5 schedule that supports family life. There are people in this country who don't see their children for two or three days at a time because of shift work. And what now? No one is lecturing them; they chose those jobs themselves. It isn't that simple.

They also need, without all the heavy philosophy, a clear and straightforward system to track their children's progress.

Here is a small example from my kids' school.

If I haven't mentioned the moment when a teacher leaves the classroom after school (talking about elementary school) and tells parents what needs to be brought, prepared, organized, or baked for TOMORROW, then I am screwed.

Specifically, my shift work makes it impossible for me to react between 11:25 PM tonight and 8:00 AM tomorrow to prepare product boxes, toilet paper rolls, buy a specific wide brush, or whatever else is required.

And now everything depends on what kind of kid you have.

If you have a motivated child with straight As, they might take charge of their own responsibilities and things work fine.

If you have a distracted or uninterested child, it creates unnecessary chaos that doesn't actually help my child learn to be prepared.

I will say it again: this kind of nonsense doesn't bother me much in middle school, where you can be a bit firmer, but for grades 1 through 4, such ridiculousness truly drove me crazy. 🙂

As for whether schools have decent internet systems for posting basic notifications online? There is simply no interest, time, or willpower for it.

After significant resistance, we finally managed to get a teacher to post updates on a bulletin board so I can check at 6:00 PM what is needed for tomorrow or the day after. It’s better that way; even if I have to check the board daily, I don't have to go insane trying to check my phone constantly while at work.

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I have no idea why it isn't working for me now.

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