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Originally Posted by Rel  The second is on the nature of moderator warnings. When you see one of us bust out the ominously colored text, read it. |
Just to chime in- I tend to actually seek out recently locked threads in order to see what happened. By reading the
ominously colored text-
even in threads I didn't or even have an intention to participate in- I constantly remind myself of the boundaries. It helps rein in my own baser instincts.*
Its worked pretty well so far- in all my time here,
AFAIK, I've only had one "Time out" and that was for something I posted in haste while sleep deprived and thus was poorly composed...
Which resulted in an entirely justified kick in the pants because even though I didn't say what I meant, what I said was ultimately my responsibility...and what I said was pretty inflammatory.
On the whole, I can honestly say I haven't seen too much in the way of mods overusing the Banhammer. Keep up the good work, y'all.
* Which is why I once proposed having a section of the website- call it "The Abyss," why not- devoted to the banned threads. It might be more educational than the forum rules sticky.
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