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After the departure of the unlamented Mod XI the P&R board was pretty much left alone by the mods for quite a while. When Alpha took over we started getting modded again and the rules have tightened up considerably over the last 6 months or so.

I actually feel bad for the mods here, we're a bunch of sadistic contrarian sorts and we like to argue so this subforum must be a quagmire for them.

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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminAlpha

A gentle reminder, please get back on topic everyone. Thank you.

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When people see that some posts were yanked for offenses that were allowed to stand in other threads, they complain that the Mods are corrupt, biased, and generally unsavory examples of human beings. Whereupon, of course, it is explained for the zillionth time that the Mods are only volunteers who are doing their best, that they are not salaried staff who are paid to watch the site 24/7 reviewing every post, and that violations need to be reported. Then, when people report violations, the whining starts about debate being stifled.

Sometimes I think I could make a fortune selling diapers around here.

K.

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I am miffed that posters in the Zimmerman threads would be reporting others.

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Its like jumping into a pool and complaining you get wet.

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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminAlpha

Fast Reply: I was incorrect about getting on topic tis true, I saw the title and thought might have been changed. I confess I did not read the 8 pages in total, just the few posts before I posted. My bad[:-]

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And yet on 5/29, 5 weeks ago, you sent out of the blue, a gold bordered message that you were giving a *FINAL WARNING*... what was that, on your first day on the job?

Since no other mod had said they had a problem with anything in that thread, and in fact zero warnings had been received (and no posts had been removed from that thread, in spite of your claims to the contrary

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

, it's the poster's who complain to the MODs. If I don't like someone else's post, I've always figured it's my job to deal with it.

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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminChi

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And yet on 5/29, 5 weeks ago, you sent out of the blue, a gold bordered message that you were giving a *FINAL WARNING*... what was that, on your first day on the job?

Since no other mod had said they had a problem with anything in that thread, and in fact zero warnings had been received (and no posts had been removed from that thread, in spite of your claims to the contrary

I was training Rho that day and instructed her to send that Final Warning. A total of 31 posts were removed from one of the threads in question.

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ORIGINAL: Powergamz1

Not one single post of mine was removed, because not one single post of mine came even close to a rules violation. And how do you send a final warning to an individual, without any before it, and then suspend posting privileges immediately, while refusing to say what the violation was?

No, this is a clear cut case of someone using their new mod powers to get back at people who had disagreed with them as a member.

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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminChi

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And yet on 5/29, 5 weeks ago, you sent out of the blue, a gold bordered message that you were giving a *FINAL WARNING*... what was that, on your first day on the job?

Since no other mod had said they had a problem with anything in that thread, and in fact zero warnings had been received (and no posts had been removed from that thread, in spite of your claims to the contrary

I was training Rho that day and instructed her to send that Final Warning. A total of 31 posts were removed from one of the threads in question.

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

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After the departure of the unlamented Mod XI the P&R board was pretty much left alone by the mods for quite a while. When Alpha took over we started getting modded again and the rules have tightened up considerably over the last 6 months or so.

I actually feel bad for the mods here, we're a bunch of sadistic contrarian sorts and we like to argue so this subforum must be a quagmire for them.

What I have learned is that the Mods are not the problem, it's the poster's who complain to the MODs. If I don't like someone else's post, I've always figured it's my job to deal with it. I have never reported another poster, and I am miffed that posters in the Zimmerman threads would be reporting others. Its like jumping into a pool and complaining you get wet. And, also, I agree w/you that politics and religion is a bit more open season and the participants should know this going in and shouldn't be whining to the overseers for help.

I would not want any moderators wasting their time trying to "clean up" a Zimmerman thread. I may have to rethink my participation.

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
the post the warning referred to was something that isn't even mentioned in TOS

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ORIGINAL: Powergamz1

Not one single post of mine was removed, because not one single post of mine came even close to a rules violation. And how do you send a final warning to an individual, without any before it, and then suspend posting privileges immediately, while refusing to say what the violation was?

That leaves the appearance that this is a clear cut case of someone using their new mod powers to get back at people who had disagreed with them as a member.

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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminChi

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And yet on 5/29, 5 weeks ago, you sent out of the blue, a gold bordered message that you were giving a *FINAL WARNING*... what was that, on your first day on the job?

Since no other mod had said they had a problem with anything in that thread, and in fact zero warnings had been received (and no posts had been removed from that thread, in spite of your claims to the contrary

I was training Rho that day and instructed her to send that Final Warning. A total of 31 posts were removed from one of the threads in question.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

lol...its not a secret.. except that you are low balling that number