The New Mods

[mthrnite]

I'm guessing you guys never heard of leniency? You guys completely DELETE a post, topic, or whatnot just because of the slightest thing. I'm not going to lie to you guys. You are making things to strict, and half of you are like...12? 13?

Here you present an excellent example of why you get so many of your posts deleted. Let's break this down:

The first part makes a point, whether valid, or invalid, it wouldn't be deleted, even on a bad day:

I'm guessing you guys never heard of leniency? You guys completely DELETE a post, topic, or whatnot just because of the slightest thing. I'm not going to lie to you guys. You are making things to strict

Then, of course, comes part two:

and half of you are like...12? 13?

This is pretty classic troll stuff. First you make a criticism, then you flame, then your post gets deleted and voila, you can easily say it's because of the first part, when it's naturally because of the second part... the flame.

You then can retort that the second part isn't that bad, but it's an insult coming from you. In fact it's your primary insult, the one you fall back on all the time it seems. We warn you not to insult people on the board, and sure, you're not out and out calling someone a fag or an idiot, but it's still an insult, and you've been warned.

We present you with ways to keep yourself out of trouble, and it's like a compulsion for you to do it again and again. Someone not familiar with you might not see through the tricks, and actually come down on your side, but everybody else sees right through it, especially the mods, who are more than familiar with what you do and how you do it.

It wouldn't be that hard to contain yourself, it's not like you're ignorant, but you don't choose to, for whatever reason, so you get modded and warned regularly. The warnings stack up, and then you'll be gone, all because you have to include the "second part". If you could get your point across without the insult, that would be fine, but I'm not going to go in and black out the insults just so the relevant content of your post remains, I'm just gonna delete it, all or nothing. Trust me, a little self control goes a long way, and I hope you learn that before it's too late.

 

[science]

you're not out and out calling someone a fag or an idiot



Sometimes he does

all hail my nipples!

You have no nipples, for you are gay.


kthnxbai.

 

[Sinkhead]

all hail my nipples!

You have no nipples, for you are gay.


kthnxbai.

Not any more

And in regard to our strictness, I can't speak for the other mods, but we're learning as we go along. That's what I love about this forum, backstage, there are no guidelines for mods, no instructions to tell us what to do in a certain circumstance, we just use our own opinions. We have to think that although something may be funny, will it cause a flamewar? Different people think differently to ourselves, and we have to think of their opinions as well. Then there's the almighty Report button, the reporter seldom gives a decent reason. Most of the ones I receive just say 'spam' when actually they're insults, or name-calling etc... That doesn't help.

And lastly, remember we are all people. We aren't out to make members have a bad time, we're trying to keep everything running smoothly for the masses, which may have the effect of making a few spammers and flamers end up a little disgruntled...

- Sam