I'm pretty sure it's due to the fact that questions have been raised regarding the actions and intentions of the moderation crew, and I know that I feel myself that it's a good time to reflect on the forum guidelines and perhaps rethink what they are and how they are enforced. Modified isn't "ruled" by the mods; it seems to me that there is enough uproarous response to the issues that have surfaced to begin addressing what is really important rather than the censoring of single words, when that censoring is more the enforcement of a formal boundary than of actual censorship. I can only speak for myself but its very likely that the mods have more to consider and worry about than the removal of single words at this point in time.
Jeremy wrote:he was appointed by somebody in the middle of what was probably a mental breakdown.
Ummm Ouch. Heeellllllooooo! I can read that.
And it's been over two years now.
You deny that Rob Fuller was in the middle of a mental breakdown when he made you a mod? He'd just locked the entire forum because one person called him a nazi in a topic about why we shouldn't eat meat and he was unemployed spending all day on his computer...
Belittling others isn't going to get anyone anywhere.
What does it matter how someone came to be a moderator? That does not really affect in any way the nature of the person in question or that person's ability to moderate and mediate.
Stop bickering.
Your points are meaingless anyway.
Erik Chan wrote:Belittling others isn't going to get anyone anywhere....
Stop bickering....
Your points are meaingless anyway.
hmm...
I made a throw away comment in responce to something Nic said about Brad being an admin - and then responded to his comment. I wasn't trying to make a point, I was just clarifying something.
Other people clearly agreed with the other points I made in this topic - including Brad, so it seems like you're in a minority. I think it is an issue that Sam would find things a lot easier if he learnt to interact with people better and I think he did raise some good issues. You are of course intitled to disagree with that if you like but I don't think it's "meaningless" and I think the fact that there is so much discussion on the issue (in a few different topics) validates my opinion.
Erik Chan wrote:Belittling others isn't going to get anyone anywhere....
Stop bickering....
Your points are meaingless anyway.
hmm...
I made a throw away comment in responce to something Nic said about Brad being an admin - and then responded to his comment. I wasn't trying to make a point, I was just clarifying something.
Other people clearly agreed with the other points I made in this topic - including Brad, so it seems like you're in a minority. I think it is an issue that Sam would find things a lot easier if he learnt to interact with people better and I think he did raise some good issues. You are of course intitled to disagree with that if you like but I don't think it's "meaningless" and I think the fact that there is so much discussion on the issue (in a few different topics) validates my opinion.
I never even noticed splint was a moderator until the sam thing.
Just create an invite only drug forum, an open drug forum, An invite only recovering addict forum, a open recovering addict forum, an invite only gay forum, an open gay forum, an invite only gay basher forum, an open gay basher forum, an invite whine and bitch forum, an open whine and bitch forum, and everything will be fine. Topics can find their best suited places, and nobody will accidently stumble into seeing something like the Jersey Hotti Boys ever again.
Jeremy wrote:Less than two years actually, and he was appointed by somebody in the middle of what was probably a mental breakdown.
Splint wrote:Ummm Ouch. Heeellllllooooo! I can read that.
And it's been over two years now.
Jeremy wrote:You deny that Rob Fuller was in the middle of a mental breakdown when he made you a mod? He'd just locked the entire forum because one person called him a nazi in a topic about why we shouldn't eat meat and he was unemployed spending all day on his computer...
Jeremy wrote:I made a throw away comment in responce to something Nic said about Brad being an admin - and then responded to his comment. I wasn't trying to make a point, I was just clarifying something.
The mental state of the person who made Brad an Admin has nothing to do with anything we're discussing here. I don't even see why it was brought up in the first place.
We should not judge Brad by the way he got this position, but by the way he has acted since he started. If you think he's a bad Admin, argue that. But talking about Rob's mental state seems like a mean spirited and weak attack.
"I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
Ugh, sweet haysoos...this forum 'sometimes even outside of the Kicking Circle' is becoming just as bad as http://www.gaiaonline.com....All these pride-ridden, potshot arguments remind me of my times there, reading post after post made by 12-14 yr old anime fans on how to pronounce the word MANGA correctly. Honestly, modified - no, the global footbag community, should have a creed "If you don't have anything nice to say, SHUT THE FUCK UP."
And another thing, I don't think the people that are the source of several of these arguments would get nowhere as far into their arguments in person as they do behind a keyboard and a monitor. There's goes my two cents of hatred on that subject......
Yeah so true. I HATE GAIA. Full of anime and visual kei know it alls. Anyway, this thread looks like some kid wet his pants about not getting his way. There are a lot of hack snobs ive met though, not yet on this forum really, but I think I see the point he is trying to make.
I'd like to think that Rob made me a moderator because we were friends and I was one of his first real life Shred influences when he came to visit Denver from the little town in Canada he was living in.
Now making me an admin was more likely due to the mental breakdown. Actually he had very specifically posted:
Rob wrote:Who wants my job.
Footbag just doesn't entertain me anymore. I'm really more into gaming and would just rather play games. I've heard too much shit talking as of late in the sport and it sickens me.
I was the first to respond and my response even left it open to anyone else to take the position if they "reeeaalllllyyy" wanted it.
AndI guess Jeremy was right about timeframe. This June will be two years as an Admin.