Do Moderators close threads just to justify their role?

[Crothian]

I'm pretty sure the mods would love it if they had nothing to do. That would mean they didn't have to "censor" people or deal with problems. And as a long time user of these boards I have not seen any evidence of censorship or any of the things being accused here.

 

[Mark]

I'm pretty sure the mods would love it if they had nothing to do. That would mean they didn't have to "censor" people or deal with problems. And as a long time user of these boards I have not seen any evidence of censorship or any of the things being accused here.

If I am not mistaken, it is only really censorship if you have the right to say what is being censored. Nevertheless, it appears our careless-spelling friend has given them something to do...

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I'm pretty sure the mods would love it if they had nothing to do. That would mean they didn't have to "censor" people or deal with problems. And as a long time user of these boards I have not seen any evidence of censorship or any of the things being accused here.

Yup, i'd say the mods are down right tolerent when it comes to these things. Following the forum rules, and haveing people to enforce them if nessasary doesn't = censorship were i come from.

But anyone who doesn't agree with me is in fact a cannibal and a hippie joo.

And that's a step beyond uncalled for, a joke is one thing, but insults like that aren't really funny.

 

[Umbran]

It's also considered polite to discuss your grievances on thread closings with the mods in e-mail before you go soliciting opinions from the unwashed masses.

Rather than call the integrity of the mods into question publicly, you could have asked and been reminded that the "no OT poll" rule had been instituted shortly after polls became available, because the EN World population apparently could not police itself on the matter.

The thread was closed for reasons of policy. And the policy isn't arbitrary.

[Edit - not to make light of another poster, but one might expect a bit of sarcasm from a user with the name "Kibo". A good rule of thumb on the internet - when in doubt, assume the writer was trying to be amusing, sarcastic or ironic, and failed.]

 

[EricNoah]

And just to repeat what everyone else has said...

OT Polls ... we don't do them, they just got out of control and made much more junk in the General forum, and we got lots of complaints from the community. OT discussion, on the other hand -- fine! It's as simple as that.

 

[Triumph]

Re: Re: metamoderation for the masses

Wow, you'd better explain this last bit because where I come from that's just appallingly insulting no matter how you spell it.

I assume you come from a place that has never aired a little show called South Park. Cartman likes to put the words "hippy" and "jew" together when insulting Kyle. At least Kibo didn't say that anyone who disagrees with him is a cannibal and a donkey biting uncle er.

 

[EricNoah]

Re: Re: Re: metamoderation for the masses

I assume you come from a place that has never aired a little show called South Park. Cartman likes to put the words "hippy" and "jew" together when insulting Kyle.

Kibo's about to learn that he shouldn't immitate every idiotic thing he sees on TV.

 

[Triumph]

Re: Re: Re: Re: metamoderation for the masses

Kibo's about to learn that he shouldn't immitate every idiotic thing he sees on TV.

Uh oh. You're not going to go all "Captain Needa" on his ass, are you?

 

[EricNoah]

I have no idea what you're talking about. In any case, I'm gonna close this one so I can move a copy over into the mod's forum. This is actually a pretty serious situation.