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VideoAdminAlpha -> RE: How Many Strikes? (7/8/2010 8:34:25 PM)
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ORIGINAL: AQuietSimpleMan
I have been Moderators on lots of boards, this is the first one where there was public spanking.
I get the whole, "Stay on Topic" or "Continued derailing of this thread will get it locked" I even understand "-User Name- This is your first, last, and only warning STOP, if you need to contact me to find out what I want you to stop please click here"
I believe Moderators should be faceless, nameless, identities used solely for the purpose of order, When a Moderator is a Personality they show a real or imagined preference in what they say, If they joke around with "Mr. Smith" and laugh at them, and then turn around and Spank "Mrs. Jones" eventually "Mrs. Jones" might thing "Mr. Smith" can do no wrong especially when you see them do exactly what you did that got you spanked.
I think Public correction, other than being Moderated with the [awaiting approval], is asking for trouble, when you do this, anyone who didn't care for that individual poster now feels validated in their treatment of said poster.
Prime Example when Lobodomslave or whatever "Kevin" when he would get Moderated, he would come back and ask all the same questions, sure what he asked occasionaly was annoying but I have seen him dressed down for asking what I thought was a pretty interesting question.. The point is, is that when I saw all his moderation, I looked forward to being bothered by his post, there was a type of validation that came with his moderation.
Being directly commented on by a Moderator with a post that says they dislike your opinion, is in my opinion inappropriate because as a moderator they should be impartial to all situations and only uphold the order of the site, by giving such an opinion they tell everyone how the moderator is alligned in their beliefs, in effect telling them who they can pick on because the Mods don't like him either.
All that said, I always remember this is a free site and I am glad something like this exists, without it I wouldn't have as much fun as I do. The Mods, Admins, CyberGods, can do whatever they like, it is in effect their world and they get to be the sheriffs here.
QSM
However, Mr. Smith usually gets spanked too. I know that in all probability you were speaking about Me when you said something about a Moderator disliking your post. I DID state I thought that thread was snarky, yet I did not pull it, so apparently, even though I disliked the post. I freely admit it, I thought was a slap at the site. However, even though I am the Collarme cheerleader, I left your post up. I would rather do it in my Moderator nick, then be sly and come on with my regular nick and lambast your view, and then Moderate the thread therafter, like what previous admins and mods have been accused of. I personally,(although I admit I am human and can be wrong) think the more ethical way is to tell you how I feel about that particular subject as a Moderator than under an alias, that actually, YOU know. As I said, I said I thought the comment was snarky, I did not say I thought YOU were snarky, as I normally admire your posts. We have a right to our opinion also,at least when concerning the site, some of us cant help it, after all the time we put in, the site is a part of us, although truly, we try to put those out of our mind when making moderator decisions. Im sorry you thought that was a spank, trust me, there are quite a few,(including people that I have had long friendships with, but had to spank) that will tell you that was NO spank of mine.[;)]
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