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Originally posted by Halx
We've dealt with abuse of power in the past, and I wont deny that it can't happen again, but we give you guys the ability to call us on it. If you see a moderator blatantly altering "anything they want" then you come to me.
Now, about the influence, forgive the grandure, but all these rules that I've set are designed to keep those who care about the TFP happy. You're all here for any length of time because what you see interests you. The moment you start to think that things are shaking apart, we could possibly lose you. That's why we keep things tight around here. It may be a sharp learning curve compared to the rest of the internet, but that just ensures the quality of the crowd.
I can't stress enough that I need to know what's going on around here. If you are concerned about something, send a PM my way and let me know about it. I gather vibes and I take action on them. So, you won't influence me by staging a vote, per se, but if you give me the impression that my goals aren't being met at the current pace things are going at, you can do so much with one little message.
As far as the banning goes... someone fucked up. It doesn't take a lot to fit in here, but the law of averages provides us with several dimwitted individuals that we would rather rid ourselves of.
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halx, you just made a very, very big decision for me that will go unnamed but a couple of friends are aware of what I had in mind. now I am smiling and am happy.
the thing that gets to me a lot of times is the way many mods do the 'it never happened' bit. i know it is a great way to go at times, you know uh 'all is good' and such, but i think we all learn from mistakes and if we ever mention anything most of the time we are jumped on.
example: I wondered how one certain user had been doing. i noticted the person vanished a few weeks back so i went into chat and asked if anyone had heard from this person in awhile. i get concerned when people vanish more than two weeks. anyhow, a mod told me that i could maybe get info from his profile. nothing else said.
i do this. i see banned and think 'oh well, the user fucked up i guess.' on this banned user i had no idea (and i shouldn't know in a sense) why but i figured it could be just cause. when back in chat i typed 'banned?' and before i could finish typing 'the user must have slipped up' one mod went fucking coocoo. the same one who said 'read the profile' told me quite shortly to "never mention (said banned user) again, EVER and keep it to yourself!"
i understood i should not had put a question mark bye 'banned' because it show i am asking or wished to know what happened. i did not. but i never had the chance to say such; but that happens.
however, if i said that this mod was 'having a bad day' would imply that he jumps on people every two days. i am not trying to be 'smart', i just think it is highly unproffesional to be downright rude when a person has no clue whatsoever.
another example is IRC. you can ask about any user (if they will be honest) about 'invisible rules' or 'my day sucked so i'm enforcing a rule and if you don't like it tough' without stating the rule once. this happened just last night.
i don't get it.
for the sake of all we have rules we abide by because, as you stated, we want everyone as happy as possible. so rules are strong and should be. but these 'my day sucked' invisible rule things is out of hand, especially in IRC.
btw, the bold command on my screen makes the word you do in bold become, well, bold. dark. i stated one sentence in room in bold because i was cautioning a friend on something we were discussing. everyone was chipping in. and bam. again, invisible rule broken, i get bitchslaped.
partially my fault for not PM'g you these things. i try to now bother since you are so busy and normally do in chat, which irealize may be worse cuz you go there to have fun or observe, not be bothered.
i will do my part better.
one other thing. i do not like naming names because it is so easy to forget one, but i give a special bow and thanks to
Spectre, Redraven40, Cynthetiq (ya dork), Phredgreen, Cheers, Hanxteer, and
Jad.
i have had spectre and phred remove a post because i rule slipped my mind. both were
very cool about it and they simply said 'this had to be removed because...' instead of the normal power trip 'do not do that again if you don't wanna be banned.'. that kind of treatment makes all of us look like dipshits. it's like saying 'come here because every respects each other' and the it is a mod who does the opposite. it makes tfp look bad.
i yes i know people are human. i fuck up. you fuck up. he fucks up. yadayada
i am fairly content here right now. besides one mod needing to chill the hell out life here as been good.
and after ten years of being on-line, this is the best handled forum or bbs i've ever been in. period. i would hate to see it go to hell.
thanks for listening.