Arpig
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Joined: 1/3/2006 From: Increasingly further from reality Status: offline
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~FR~ I like the moderation the way it is nowadays. Since I've been on here, I've seen it extremely heavy handed to almost nonexistent. Personally I'm in favour of less, the more we are allowed to run free the better is my view (and this from big government socialist type!). I don't mind the swearing, the personal attacks, or any of that, but I did spend a long time exclusively down in P&R, so my view might just be a little jaded. I was [Awaiting Approval] once that I can remember (many years ago) and I don't recall having many posts that were anything but silliness pulled (and even most of those stay). I've found that if you write and ask why something of yours was pulled, and do it in a non-antagonistic way, you get a pretty reasonable answer. I did that a few times a long time ago, but haven't asked in years, I wonder sometimes, but usually I just figure oh well, there was something about it they didn't like. But I have noticed a greater emphasis of late on "anti-hijacking" measures. Thread drift/hijack...fine line and always a judgment call. Personally, I think that if the post is related to the topic in any way it should stand. Side tracks to start up an old fight from another thread (commonplace down in the basement) annoy me, even when I do it, I go back and think "Why did I post that?" I have noticed some posters getting away with things I thought would get them modspanked, but rather than assume its some sort of clique at work, I just figure the mod on duty has their reasons. Maybe its because it is their friend, maybe they agree with what was said, maybe they thought it was funny, maybe they just didn't notice it. Who knows, who cares? I don't like when they lock a thread at all. Either pull it or leave it is my opinion. Locking it and leaving it up is just annoying, it leaves arguments unresolved, points uncountered, and basically its just unfinished. i really wish they wouldn't do that. In the final analysis, if you don't like the moderation, don't bitch about it. Either go to Fet, or volunteer to do it yourself. Since I'm willing to do neither (the first option sucks, and the second...well nobody would ever be able to complain about being over-moderated. ), I just accept it, knowing that the mods will change and the style and emphasis will change over time. I've outlasted several sets of mods, I lived through 11, so its not a big deal to me.
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