But I must say, I took HUGE offense to this comment. I'm sure some of the other mods might feel the same way. Thank you for openly disrespecting me, Nick8. Much appreciated.
Honestly Meg, I don't see it. I think, if anything, Nick8 was trying to be sympathetic to the mod staff and was saying that the application process is problematic. Yeah Nick8 is my friend, but I know he doesn't know you and I also know he wasn't trying to be insulting. I read it to mean he was lamenting the general pool of candidates that had to be waded through to get the few good ones. I know many long term members are enthusiastic about the new mods including you. I also know there is a lot of stress in being a mod and that the transparency issue is one the mods have no control over. Rob_E has decided to keep reasons secret and you guys have to work with that. I personally believe that puts the mods behind the 8 ball because as Mrs. Mia Wallace once pointed out, "...
they talk a lot don't they?" and when a high profile member gets banned or suspended, they are going to talk about it whether here, in private, or elsewhere and that's when rumors get started. The secrecy policy means that the mods will always never have the benefit of the doubt in such matters and particularly so when friendships are involved.
FWIW, suggestions are always welcome. The site is for the members and it's your input that makes all the difference.
Suggestions are great. I hope that if suggestions are made that they might be discussed and then any action on them would be reported by the mods as to why the suggestion was adopted or not. Perhaps votes might be helpful on questions where the membership input would be a determining factor.
Utimately, however, LPSG is owned by Rob_E and it's his desire that becomes policy. If we want to stay here, then we have to abide by his vision for the site. His house, his rules.
Absolutely incorrect. It got me banned with no warning. Whatever you do, don't use the word "cunt."
This is, to all my knowledge, true.
Thanks for the permission.
Very magnanimous
I didn't read Bliss's remarks as anything about permission, merely a welcoming.
I find it rather presumptuous of you to come to this conclusion.
If you mean about mentioning
the other place, then no, it's not presumptuous, it's merely true. I've linked to
the other place before and had the link removed by a mod who said told me explicitly that Rob_E does not allow links to
the other place. I suggested that this rule be added to the TOS. It appears it now has.
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There are inconsistencies in application of the TOS, gray areas which seem to be open to wide interpretation among the mods and the membership. What appears a TOS violation to someone doesn't appear to be one to the mods or vice versa. It's that vice versa part that seems to cause the most trouble as many long term members can remember cases where a different set of rules seemed to apply in different circumstances. This causes perceptions of favoritism and personal antipathy between mods and members. This is why I feel transparency in the mod process is important not only to the membership, but to the site as whole including the mods as I believe it would relieve them of some of the stress of always feeling the need to be defensive.
