MrsMdiver said:

you'll pay when he comes back and lurks.

Spookymuffin said:

Ahhhh he don't scare me . You've met him, come on.

MrsMdiver said:

well, that is insightful, I assumed you wanted your hubby back. The Mdiver signatures gave me that idea. That people have "MDIVER" as signatures to protest the ban.

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[Edited 6/18/08 5:40am]

paintedlady said:

Nahhhh I only protest wars.


I knew he was going to get banned. He will be fine.

wow is this thread in two forums !
theres one like it in GD, funny how you never see the two threads in the same room together though isn't it? eh?



:slowlyleavesroom:

It would be very nice for this thread to remain open to level headed discussion about Moderation here ~ I hope that it could steer clear of bringing it to the personal level of mentioning names and so on of people that had Mod action(s) taken on them.

That's just my 2 cents on the possibility of this thread helping Mods help Orgers - That was evenstars intention, I hope

~ Mach

I'm so confused. I NEED TO BE ON THE MOD MAILING LIST. I may not be here everyday but I'm here at least 4 times a week for a decent amount of time.

Sweeny79 said:

sosgemini said:

It's not funny. It's not fair. I'll resign from my post if there is someone who is here more often hat can do it, but it's not fun being out of the loop. Not fair either.

I have long ago stopped trying to search this site but I KNOW, as in I'm certain, that we had discussions on this permabanning thing before in which some mod/s (I honestly can't remember if it was more than one) stated that while the rules for mods said that all accounts should be immediately banned when they were revealed as belonging to a previously permabanned user, it was not practiced unless the person committed new offenses because "they'll just come back again anyway". That offended lots of people, among them me, and that was one of the things I blew up over back when... now I'm just not surprised anymore.
As for failure to notify members of moderation actions taken against them, if that's the explanation the server or whatever must've been broken for YEARS and I just don't believe that. IT may be part of the problem but not all of it. I suspect that some mods are extremely relieved this theory has popped up.

Sweeny79 said:

if ben isn't getting back to you, there's a good chance that matt might know how to add you on to the mailing list. i think ben has to invite you or add you to the list, but i'm not sure how it works.

we've missed your input!

Sweeny79 said:

It's not funny. It seems that some (other) mods think it's all a big joke just cos you don't get paid.

Sweeny79 said:

You know how much *I* have been pushing to get you (and the others) back on the mod list...I am sorry but my laughter is the remaining defense I got...

Teacher said:

Is this directed at me?

sosgemini said:

I'm sorry hon.... I've just had a bad day.... and I feel foolish when I can't answer notes sent to me about this situation because I have no idea what is going on.

I didn't mean to be snippy.

Anxiety said:

Good point! I'll note Matt. Thanks!!

the google mailing list is a new thing...i highly doubt that matt has access to it...you might suggest to matt to ask for access so he can add and remove users.

Teacher said:

That's not nice. Mods work very hard ( when they are in action) and they put up with a whole mess of shit from people. It makes it hard to really be apart of the community sometimes because...how does the sayin go....you can please some of the people some of the time but....


Cut whoever you are going after some slack. You don't know what it's like to walk in their shoes.

sosgemini said:

I like Sweeney.

Spookymuffin said:

I like you too Ben.

Sweeny79 said:

Let's run away and join a happy cult together and live put our days in brainwashed ignorance.

sosgemini said:

In part yes.

WHat I don't get is why people need to engage in bannable behavior. This is a site for fans of Prince, but it's also FREE. It's a little gift from Ben to all of us. The rules are there for a reason and ought to be respected on both sides. I think the Mods do a good job considering it's few that have to mod many. I also think the rules are there to help the mods out.

I agree with some that we are a close knit community...a special community...one that often defies explanation (have you ever tried explaining to someone else what the org is?) As I said before, it's a gift and it should be treated as such. If it's as precious to you as it is to others why would anyone want to taint it by not abiding by the rules...even if you don't agree with them?

For instance when a mod does warn you about something...let's say posting a youtube video. And then you do it again but in such a fashion that it goes around the rules so that there is a grey area created because you did as you were told, but missed the POINT of the warning entirely. Then that person gets banned and whines about it. This behavior should not be tolerated. This is the behavior I see time and again. Can you imagine how frustrating that has to be for a mod...to try and interpret what has happened and what the appropriate action should be?

Again the org is a precious gift...treat as such and there shouldn't be any issue. I've been here for over 5 years and have had my share of drama, locked threads, bricks thrown etc..but never have been warned. Not once.

Teacher said:

Well, since you aren't privy to the entire situation please accept the fact that your response has absolutely nothing to do with mine...

superspaceboy said:

.. but that is the problem.. people DONT CARE about the rules... that's why they act the way they act.... Mach used to post the rules every other week in the P&R forum in different threads, of what to do and NOT to ... despite her doing that, folks totally ignored it, did what they wanted to anyway, maybe because she was very nice to them, people took advantage of that... now June comes along, and put's his foot down.. and folks want to label him the bad guy (amongst the other labels that some people here were/are putting on him) ... oh well, they didnt want to accept it when Mach was being nice and there is one particular thread where a certain person went completely 'pitbull' on someone else (it was completely unnecessary) .. and it was AFTER Mach posted the rules .... you treat others how you want to be treated or else ....
[Edited 6/18/08 19:10pm]

Is this thread about mutha coming back?

Sweeny79 said:

I guess I assumed that all mods would be on the Mod mailing list. Also I assumed that if an orger was banned or have a serious action taken against them that ALL mods would be aware of what was going on.
Interesting.....



I guess I better go back and read through the rules one more time.
[Edited 6/19/08 3:43am]

sosgemini said:

I have tried several times to help get sweeny onboard as well ~ not sure where the hangup is ...

is this the thread that was created to ban Mach for witchcraft?