over-moderation borders on censorship

there are times when threads get ugly

however, most people will work out

their own beefs

certain issues are going to be heated

oppressive moderation stifles free thought

it seems as if certain people are allowed

to attack others while some are always

kept on a short leash


who holds the keys to knowledge?

who will unlock the gates of wisdom?

this should be posted over at the npgmc. seriously...


[This message was edited Sat Oct 4 22:19:30 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Hi sumtymes. I'm 2the9s.

sumtymes said:

note what i said on my initial post.


true, and i've seen it happen before...but yet n'still you gonna have a lot more cases of people buttin heads over stuff and shit starts poppin off. lettin folks work stuff out on their own just don't cut it at certain points. eventually it'll have to be dealt with, as opposed to keepin stuff goin.


moderatin a site ain't the easiest thing in the world. yeah, there's some times when it appears that innocent folks get booted while others appear to have gotten off scot-free. thing of it is, we mods ain't the only ones who gotta deal with folks who are actin up. if it appears that somebody's actin up on a thread, all you gotta do is hit that 'report to moderator' link on their post and they'll be dealt with as well.

Tonight, Essence was NOT "overmoderated".

I was present and witnessed it in its entirety (other than orgnotes, obviously). Essence was going from one thread to another, from forum to forum, and would not stop flaming--even when people stopped responding to him. The namecalling was nasty, and the tone quite aggresssive.

Otherwise, I can see your point, sumtymes.

AnotherLoverToo said:

sum and ALT make very good points, and not necessarily only about essence.

cborgman said:

Well, tonight I speak of Essence because I actually was "there" and witnessed it. With several other controversies, I came in late or heard about it 2nd or 3rd hand, or had personal prejudices/feelings about the Orgers involved. Tonight was the first night I'd ever really noticed Essence, I had no prior experience with him.

AnotherLoverToo said:

well, not to seem biased, but yes, i have seen essence in action several time,s and he can be... really... opininated... to put it very mildly. they did the right thing.