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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2998338" data-attributes="member: 158">No, if you were to start saying that stuff to me, I wouldn't ban you, I'd call the FBI. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> We've had mods threatened before, sometimes with personal information about them or their home and family. That <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> gets taken dead seriously, and a stupid little ban is the least of our concerns.However, most "calling out" or questioning still falls right within what the FAQ says: If you really, really disagree with a moderator's position on a [moderating] issue, please don't argue about it on the boards. That means no calling out of moderators, no challenging their decisions in the thread, and certainly no attempts to go over a moderator's head. The incidents you refer to fall right into that category.Nope -- complaining about it in public on the forums will, and usually only if it's either really egregious or we've had previous run-ins with the person. If I temp-banned or perma-banned everyone who had something bad to say about us, It would be a lot quieter around here. Sometimes people just don't realize what actions get a mod to the point of banning somebody.In e-mail, you can rant, rave, cajole, reason with, praise, or say what you want to me. It doesn't mean I'll necessarily change my mind (or even LISTEN if it's senseless) and it doesn't mean I'll go my own course, either. I've had my mind changed many times in the past from a well-thought-out e-mail. But call me a name publically on the forums, or say that Umbran/Pielorinho/Morrus/Rel/etc. is a loser or doesn't know what they're doing, or they're better off getting kicked out, etc. and it's vacation-time. Preserving the peace and letting people get on with discussing RPG's is the goal; whatever I feel like gets that job done is my first recourse. If it's something that doesn't require immediate action, it gets discussed. Sometimes HEAVILY.</blockquote>

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