LaTigresse
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What I did like was that we rarely saw her post in any threads except for warnings to "settle down". She kept her distance and that promoted the impression that she wasn't friends with any regulars and was just there to do a job.
And THAT is one of my biggest, (seriously!), beefs with moderation here now.
There is that insinuation that there are people who are in the know, as to who the moderators are. In my opinion, they should be 100% anonymous. Bar none. NO ONE should know who they are and they should not be participating in the forums except specific moderator duties.
I didn't always like Eleven. Sometimes I thought she/he was a right uptight nasty tempered cunt.......but I did half way respect the way he/she handled her/himself in that regard. I never once got the feeling that anyone REALLY knew who it was.
The way things are now allows the illusion that there are special people, favourites, etc.....
As an aside and FYI, I do not post under my regular nick AT ALL, have not done so since I took on the Alpha nick. Eleven, like other mods, had a regular nick....still posts under it even. As to illusions, I can assure you there are no favorites or special people. HillWilliam and I spoke on many occasions under my regular nick on the phone and in email,so by your reasoning he should be special and favored, but , as you can tell by his posts, that is not true. ( I truly hate that he feels that way, but understand the reasons why and agree I would probably feel the same were the roles reversed)
If you try to say that a moderator should not post at all except as a moderator with their duties, how do you possibly expect that, as volunteers, (with the exception of myself,) that you will ask VOLUNTEERS to not post at all except for in their volunteer positions, when the reason I picked them, and asked them to serve, was that they are/were all avid and regular posters and showed their love of the site through those posts? You expect them to not post AT ALL except as a moderator? What of the posters, some on this very thread, that are ex moderators? When it was decided that their service was no longer needed, should they not post now? Or should they not have posted while they were moderators? Because in fact they all did. They did not post on threads they moderated. That is different then Xi's term. Posting and moderating on the same threads were commonplace.Not so now. Do you think telling someone that their acceptance to volunteer when asked that will result in (Hopefully) many years of non participance on boards they agreed to help moderate because of their love, or that, while curtailing their posts while in duty, they should not make any personal or lighthearted comments because they will be seen in a lesser light, will actually even be able to be accomplished? Would not those non humorous moderators, bent on preserving the "sanctity" of moderation be even less well received? They would be called even uglier names than now.
As far as others that have moderation duties on site that may have posted here earlier,( not that it matters to some of you), the fact of recent hospitalization and medication for some serious health problems, coupled with the fact that they are so loyal to the site, may have contributed to their posts in this thread. It's not always easy to remain professional and non emotional, when the criticism is taken personally because of loyalty to the site and users, and it appears to be all negative. That is not intended as an excuse, but instead of calling someone psycho, this may make it more understandable. *shrugs* Except for one,with mitigating reasons, I would daresay that while users are free to vent all their observations of staff, we try to remain professional enough that the users dont always know our opinions. We agree to uphold the rules, as much as HUMANLY possible, no matter what our personal opinions on a specific matter may be. I have rambled long enough.
The thread is back. If a post was pulled, it was either in violation of TOS, or more likely referred to a post or poster that had a post pulled. Obviously, it is up to the posters, but it would be compassionate to take into account possible health issues and matters related to health concerning some posters, and letting sleeping dogs lie and going on with the subject at hand, which interestingly enough, specifically said was not about moderation. Carry on.
I am saying, and you and your minions apparently do not GET IT.....is that there is a PERCEPTION of an inner circle circle jerk.
If a person VOLUNTEERS to moderate, then that should be part of the deal. Anonymous. No one fucking knows who they are. No alluding to anyone knowing. Nada, zip, zero, zilch. If that VOLUNTEER doesn't like the terms of their service, they don't have to volunteer!
I think we've seen the......quality......of temperament. I am baffled, based upon past behaviour, that person was ever chosen to moderate. Then again, I have pretty high expectations of people in leadership positions. I wouldn't want to confine myself to the expectations I have of moderators and wouldn't volunteer. I also wouldn't expect to be asked to volunteer. But given the spectacle seen on here, I am clueless as to what those expectations of moderation even are.
It's beginning to feel like there is a crew of kinky, over the hill, church ladies running the place. Half off their meds, having over emotional break downs.
That being said....the only members who's long term, consistently steady behaviour, I would ask to volunteer......probably wouldn't take the job. So I do understand that there is a probable lack of available quality.
I like the potential this site has. But it's clearly malfunctional at best right now.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one!
Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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