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maxiep said:
Please stop with modding sob story. We get it; you're terribly underappreciated. "Nobody knows, the trouble I seen..."

If you want me to be a mod, then I'll do it. However, I'll be the laziest ass mod this forum has ever seen. Mostly because I just don't care. I generally try to steer a discussion toward the topic at hand and either add a smart ass remark or occasionally offer my thoughts. Other than that, if people want to get into pissing matches, it doesn't bother me.

It sounds like MM is more interested, however.
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You don't get to play the "I just don't care" card when you start a thread complaining about moderation. You clearly do care, otherwise you wouldn't be trying to tell us how to do our job.
 
By the way, I'd like to apologize to the forum in general for starting this thread. It was due to the fact I didn't understand how the forum software worked and lamented what I thought was the permanent banning of yet another forum member. Now I've opened up this shit storm of a thread. Anyway, I'm sorry.
 
maxiep said:
By the way, I'd like to apologize to the forum in general for starting this thread. It was due to the fact I didn't understand how the forum software worked and lamented what I thought was the permanent banning of yet another forum member. Now I've opened up this shit storm of a thread. Anyway, I'm sorry.
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You could have PM'd one of us, or posted in one of the threads that were already discussing his suspension, but you chose the most public option available to you.
 
maxiep said:
By the way, I'd like to apologize to the forum in general for starting this thread. It was due to the fact I didn't understand how the forum software worked and lamented what I thought was the permanent banning of yet another forum member. Now I've opened up this shit storm of a thread. Anyway, I'm sorry.
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Smooth move, Ex-lax...
 
maxiep said:
By the way, I'd like to apologize to the forum in general for starting this thread. It was due to the fact I didn't understand how the forum software worked and lamented what I thought was the permanent banning of yet another forum member. Now I've opened up this shit storm of a thread. Anyway, I'm sorry.
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Sounds like an excuse a mod would make. Sly, Nate, Denny, I think this guy is making a case for being your next mod.
 
Natebishop3 said:
You could have PM'd one of us, or posted in one of the threads that were already discussing his suspension, but you chose the most public option available to you.
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The first option never occurred to me and I'm too lazy to do the second. Sorry I'm such a disappointment to you, dad.
 
Natebishop3 said:
See, this is why the forum is moderated by people and not bots. Because people (IE me and Sly) can tell when someone is clearly joking and when someone is actually attacking another poster.

If you can't tell the difference, I don't know what to tell you. Didn't you say you weren't going to post here anymore?
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yep.

So when Maxie and I were chatting and calling each other names with smilies after the post, that was viewed as an attack by one of our human mods. That right there is why I can't tell the difference, and that right there why I don't know what to tell you
 
maxiep said:
By the way, I'd like to apologize to the forum in general for starting this thread. It was due to the fact I didn't understand how the forum software worked and lamented what I thought was the permanent banning of yet another forum member. Now I've opened up this shit storm of a thread. Anyway, I'm sorry.
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Yeah, I know. I made the same mistake. I was under the mistaken impression that Mediocre Man had been banned back when he was suspended. It wasn't just wishful thinking. It actually said "Banned" below his avatar, so I assumed (incorrectly) that he had been banned.

Hey Denny,

Do you actually pay for this forum SW? If so, I urge you file a bug report with them and tell them they need to fix this. It's just some text in a database field somewhere that says Banned when it should say Suspended.

BNM
 
Natebishop3 said:
You could have PM'd one of us, or posted in one of the threads that were already discussing his suspension, but you chose the most public option available to you.
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I thought you said you LIKED to encourage these types of discussions about how the forum operates and how the mods make decisions. I know I've learned more form this thread (that "Banned" below someone's avatar doesn't mean they've actually been banned) than I did that other self-indulgent whinefest.

BNM
 
Mediocre Man said:
yep.

So when Maxie and I were chatting and calling each other names with smilies after the post, that was viewed as an attack by one of our human mods. That right there is why I can't tell the difference, and that right there why I don't know what to tell you
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I've tried to answer this for you Sunday.

We have a strict no personal insult rule here in the forum. It's a rule that I take very seriously because I think when allowed to go unchecked it can destroy forums. To be perfectly honest, yes, I felt pretty confident that you and Maxie were kidding around. But I edited the posts anyway. One of the biggest reasons I edited those posts was because of previously complaints and accusations you've made against me as a moderator. In the past when I've left some insults, ones that were just a couple of people joking around and then stepped in and edited others you've made very public accusations of me not being fair, playing favorites and being inconsistent in how I moderate. And in taking a honest look at what you were saying I would have to say I agree with you. If you're going to have a no personal insult rule you can't leave some and edit or delete others.

You have been the loudest voice in this forum for consistent, black and white moderation. If I edit or delete one personal insult I must delete all of them. That is a standard that you have publicly demanded in the past. And again, I have to admit you're right in that. It's not fair to allow some insults or to try and read intent in a insult. If we were to add a just joking clause to the personal insult rule then everyone is going to claim that they're just joking. It's your previous complaints about my moderating that helped me to see this.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I've tried to answer this for you Sunday.

We have a strict no personal insult rule here in the forum. It's a rule that I take very seriously because I think when allowed to go unchecked it can destroy forums. To be perfectly honest, yes, I felt pretty confident that you and Maxie were kidding around. But I edited the posts anyway. One of the biggest reasons I edited those posts was because of previously complaints and accusations you've made against me as a moderator. In the past when I've left some insults, ones that were just a couple of people joking around and then stepped in and edited others you've made very public accusations of me not being fair, playing favorites and being inconsistent in how I moderate. And in taking a honest look at what you were saying I would have to say I agree with you. If you're going to have a no personal insult rule you can't leave some and edit or delete others.

You have been the loudest voice in this forum for consistent, black and white moderation. If I edit or delete one personal insult I must delete all of them. That is a standard that you have publicly demanded in the past. And again, I have to admit you're right in that. It's not fair to allow some insults or to try and read intent in a insult. If we were to add a just joking clause to the personal insult rule then everyone is going to claim that they're just joking. It's your previous complaints about my moderating that helped me to see this.
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Great. So him telling me to go fuck myself and you asking if my wife thinks its an insult to fuck me are not personal insults that this form seems to have such a problem with, but me jokingly calling maxie a whore, after he jokingly said something to me (both with smilies) is a personal attack.
 
maxiep said:
By the way, I'd like to apologize to the forum in general for starting this thread. It was due to the fact I didn't understand how the forum software worked and lamented what I thought was the permanent banning of yet another forum member. Now I've opened up this shit storm of a thread. Anyway, I'm sorry.
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un-rep.

Watch maxie "moonwalk" aka backpedal.

:blazerwookie:

(It's all good, FAMS.)
 
Mediocre Man said:
Great. So him telling me to go fuck myself and you asking if my wife thinks its an insult to fuck me are not personal insults that this form seems to have such a problem with, but me jokingly calling maxie a whore, after he jokingly said something to me (both with smilies) is a personal attack.
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Is telling someone to go fuck themselves an insult? As far as my comment goes, you're right. I will delete it. I apologize to you and the entire forum for posting it.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Yeah, I know. I made the same mistake. I was under the mistaken impression that Mediocre Man had been banned back when he was suspended. It wasn't just wishful thinking. It actually said "Banned" below his avatar, so I assumed (incorrectly) that he had been banned.

Hey Denny,

Do you actually pay for this forum SW? If so, I urge you file a bug report with them and tell them they need to fix this. It's just some text in a database field somewhere that says Banned when it should say Suspended.

BNM
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I've modified the software before, when it was needed. I'll look at this later today.
 
Denny Crane said:
I've modified the software before, when it was needed. I'll look at this later today.
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See, there you go. Maybe this thread will actually lead to something constructive. Wouldn't that be nice.

BNM
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
BNM's best contribution was repping me?

Not complaining, just curious.
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It's his form of a cowardly, passive-aggressive insult in the form of a back-handed compliment. Maybe I should start a thread about it.

BNM
 
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