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After having been messaged twice by the moderators, I feel it my civil duty as a law abiding forumer to give the floor to anyone who feels they need to let off some steam about the moderators... as this is NOT against the rules and I agree that there will no profanity or name calling, as this is an oppurtunity for the Mods and such to stop by every now again and see how they can improve their Skills... In the Army we call this an AAR of Sorts... this is not meant to cause dissention or trouble in any way shape or form, so please feel free to speak you mind but please as our mods call it...

be polite

I was banned for 16 days because I had those quotes from that shotty-antigay guy in my signature so nobody would forget what a terrible person he was if he continued posting.

I had them in there for about 20 days, and THEN I get banned.

I was told I broke Rule #1 by putting those in my signature...go figure.

TBH, I have nothing really unpleasant to say about the moderators.

And this thread snaps rule one in half.

Letting off steam about moderators should be done via a PM to an admin, not by a thread that I can forsee degenerating into a name'n'shame fest, or a thread that is essentially whining about how unfair it all is that your interpretation of the rules differed from a mod's.

I think the moderation here is fine, and i've been on a lot of sites which have far stricter moderators; I can confindentaly say that near enough to entirety of the Off-Topic regulars (myself included) would have been perma-banned long ago on some sites I (used to) go on, and a substantial number of other forumers too.

Honestly, if you think a decision was wrong take it up with the mod in question and/or an admin; it might do you good to learn their side of it instead of simply creating a hate thread (because it's almost what it already is, and what it will undoubtably turn into) aimed at the mod team.

He's not a moderator anymore, BUT DAMNIT, WHERE ARE THE WEINERS!

Every time I tried to email a moderator about my many bans, I never got a response.

Some mods seem to think they can push thier own moral agenda if they dont agree with what, or how, you say something. It seems ridiculous that its ok to use all the sci-fi 'swear words' like feth, gak , frak etc etc are acceptable, but other words that are commonly used get you lectured or banned.

I used to post here about 4 or 5 times a day, but thats dropped to 4 or 5 a month- if that. Just not worth the hassle of turning on my Disney level kiddie filter. Im an adult, and prefer to communicate and deal with the same- which doesnt seem to happen here as much as it used to.

I think the MODS are perfectly fine, Just read the rules.

Once you do that don't break said rules.

after that, their is no way you're going to get banned.

It's not that hard to read the rules....The mods don't just waltz around going "BAN! BAN FOR THE BAN GOD! SUSPENSIONS FOR THE SUSPENSION THRONE"

Mistress of minis wrote:Some mods seem to think they can push thier own moral agenda if they dont agree with what, or how, you say something. It seems ridiculous that its ok to use all the sci-fi 'swear words' like feth, gak , frak etc etc are acceptable, but other words that are commonly used get you lectured or banned.

I used to post here about 4 or 5 times a day, but thats dropped to 4 or 5 a month- if that. Just not worth the hassle of turning on my Disney level kiddie filter. Im an adult, and prefer to communicate and deal with the same- which doesnt seem to happen here as much as it used to.

You know that there's a filter that automatically changes most of those words, right?

Mistress of minis wrote:Some mods seem to think they can push thier own moral agenda if they dont agree with what, or how, you say something. It seems ridiculous that its ok to use all the sci-fi 'swear words' like feth, gak , frak etc etc are acceptable, but other words that are commonly used get you lectured or banned.

I used to post here about 4 or 5 times a day, but thats dropped to 4 or 5 a month- if that. Just not worth the hassle of turning on my Disney level kiddie filter. Im an adult, and prefer to communicate and deal with the same- which doesnt seem to happen here as much as it used to.

This is suppose to be a "13+" rated forum, If you want to swear like a sailor, go to any other site on the interwebz

The mods constantly hound my efforts to purge Brony's and Furries from Dakka. Dudes gotta have a hobby bro.

I get Pmed, told i'm not getting banned by Reds8n. Then five minutes later i'm banned for 2-3 days.

They deleted my Bearataur thread. But even stupider things are allowed to run for hundreds of pages.

They banned my Broseph Stalin Golden Eyed Scout.

Hell, I wouldn't even come to dakka at -all- if it weren't for some of the beautiful work some of the members have posted in the gallery, Painting and Modeling forum. Cheesecat and Metallifan.

And why -why- is my flag American!?

The filter, its nice and catches things automatically.
BUT here is the thing. someone called me a kunt but with a c of course, nothing. I responded back with sht (poo)
i got in trouble because that wasnt been filtered before.

So you are telling me sht is worse than kunt?

Also, this is the truth of what i noticed, during the 3 months i have been gone, the way everyone posted is completely different.
People openly insults each other and troll each other , its almost like Dakka dakka lost its integrity.

I guess this is what happens when you let rude brown nosers get away, and to be more impartial in public... you have to let more rude stuff slide by.
Before you knew it, THIS.

Wait, what Luna arguing!? *Spits on glasses and rubs them looking back at the post*

But...you don't have a mean bone in your body what the feth has been goin' on since I came back to Dakkadakka?!

I got banned for agreeing with someone who got a warning.

Yeah.

This thread..............will not end well.

Any who...... I don't understand how certain people can get away with most things while others get in trouble for the smallest things.

Of course it won't.

In before the lock!

H.B.M.C. wrote:I got banned for agreeing with someone who got a warning.

Yeah.

Im sorry >.<

The mods are human. They're no more or less perfect than you are.

Also, ultimately, it's their sandbox. You play by their rules or you leave. You'd get that anywhere you go, not just here.

Shadowbrand wrote:Wait, what Luna arguing!? *Spits on glasses and rubs them looking back at the post*

But...you don't have a mean bone in your body what the feth has been goin' on since I came back to Dakkadakka?!

Don't you know?
Calling someone "stupid" and "slowed" is ALLOWED aslong as you make claim that this is how you "feel" about the person's ideas and posts.
For example "oh thats just stupid and slowed" "but im not calling you stupid or slowed, just what you wrote"

And in the same situation, i get 3 months banned for calling someone's response "deliberately obtuse and dodging the question"

No I wasn't made aware that's how you debate.

I guess Trade Channel in World of Warcraft is full of aspiring politicians then.

LunaHound wrote:

Shadowbrand wrote:Wait, what Luna arguing!? *Spits on glasses and rubs them looking back at the post*

But...you don't have a mean bone in your body what the feth has been goin' on since I came back to Dakkadakka?!

Don't you know?
Calling someone stupid and slowed is ALLOWED aslong as you make claim that this is how you "feel" about the person's ideas and posts.
And in the same situation, i get 3 months banned for calling someone's response "deliberately obtuse and dodging the question"

And I've been banned for posting something that was posted 3 times in a thread, and for posting a somewhat Rickroll into my signature. I disagreed with it, sure. But I talked to the mod, understood his point of view, and came back from the ban with a better respect for Dakka.

To quote daedalus:

daedalus wrote:Ultimately, it's their sandbox. You play by their rules or you leave. You'd get that anywhere you go, not just here.

I love the moderators. I have only been banned twice.
Mostly because it was my fault. no need to get angry at them they are pretty fair.

Shadowbrand wrote:The mods constantly hound my efforts to purge Brony's and Furries from Dakka. Dudes gotta have a hobby bro.

C'mon....join the bronies ...

On a more serious note, Telling someone to leave a forum that isn't you're own, is rude, and you should get a warning...

Asherian Command wrote:I love the moderators. I have only been banned twice.
Mostly because it was my fault. no need to get angry at them they are pretty fair.

Oh i do love the moderator ( ok 2 i dont, and i know the feeling is mutual )
but sometimes it feels like they dont see it from our level.
Following rule im 100% happy to oblige, but if treatment is different between me and kanluwen, I DONT LIKE IT.
And i have the right to say i dont like it.... right?

How about no.

Dakka should be a safe haven from gak like that. In my honest opinion.

Mistress of minis wrote:Some mods seem to think they can push thier own moral agenda if they dont agree with what, or how, you say something. It seems ridiculous that its ok to use all the sci-fi 'swear words' like feth, gak , frak etc etc are acceptable, but other words that are commonly used get you lectured or banned.

I used to post here about 4 or 5 times a day, but thats dropped to 4 or 5 a month- if that. Just not worth the hassle of turning on my Disney level kiddie filter. Im an adult, and prefer to communicate and deal with the same- which doesnt seem to happen here as much as it used to.

Yes, because normal communication for adults involves swearing.

I hate having conversations with people like you.

Shadowbrand wrote:How about no.

You know, everyone that posted in this thread pretty much signed their own Dakka death wish certificate right?


Btw whats wrong with Ponies? love and tolerance is nice?

Love and tolerance is -not- metal. If I'm going to finally get permabanned so be it. I will return in a new host. I just can't let my identity as Shadowbrand, Viking raider from the Nordland be known the public.

Give me death! Or dakka! Blood and thunder!

*Edit* but seriously what the feth? I can have a Viking vs Pirates war, but a thread warning people of the Finnish beast known as the Bearataur is too much?

It's what people posted into the Pony thread. There is, in fact, a rule against linking to vulgar sites and sites that depict lewd behavior. And that rule gets broken on that thread quite a lot.

LunaHound wrote:Im sorry >.<

It wasn't you. I agreed with a post of Petre's, and got banned for it.