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Originally Posted by rjwood  That is part of the problem. You should feel the need to justify your actions as I have to justify mine to you. Moderatorship should not exempt you from being equal to the population at large. |
The entire staff discussed the matter before she wrote the PM. We all felt her actions were justified because the consistent posting of the same issue, specifically in a divisive manner, will only lead to discord and anger. Nearly all topics are open for discussion here, but when the same discussion is started repeatedly with an attempt to disguise it, and particularly a discussion that starts off with a "you are all bigots" tone, it does not lead to community, it leads to a fracture and disintegration of community. That is the main point of the matter being addressed in the manner in which it was addressed.
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Originally Posted by rjwood The warning was completely unwarranted in my view as was the private message. I am disappointed in the entire situation. People have the ability to put members on ignore if they don't like their views and the members as a whole have the ability to censure through collective authority. Oh well, perhaps there will be lessons learned through this. |
The entire staff disagreed. We felt the warning was warranted as the user had received several complaints and was unnecessarily divisive in his attempts to address his chosen topic. Moderation here is extremely light, but that doesn't mean we want to have a "Lord of the Flies" scenario.
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Originally Posted by rjwood bapoumba, I do think you have a little bit of an itchy finger. You must understand that in a sociall environment such as this, uncomfortable conversations are going to happen. |
Uncomfortable conversations are welcome. Repeated attempts to make the same accusations, because you weren't agreed with or listened to the first several times, are not welcome.
Fanon was heard. He was listened to. He was not censored. In the end, he couldn't handle the fact that some (many?) users disagreed with him, so he started other threads and attempted (poorly) to disguise them as being on different topics, while actually posting the exact same opinions and arguments. That gets tiresome. Discussion is a two-way street, not a monologue that requires the assent of the listener.
Sorry, rj, I wholeheartedly agree with bapoumba on this issue.
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Originally Posted by rjwood BTW--I believe this infraction point system is petty, you should do away with it... |
Wow. I hate to disappoint you twice in the same post, but this isn't going away.
When an infraction is issued (has anyone noticed that Fanon only received a
warning here, and never an actual infraction??) a copy of both the original post and the comments by the staff member are posted in a place where they cannot be modified. This prevents any sort of "he said, she said" problem as the original statements remain intact.