Amphoteric said:
Johnny Impact said:
Amphoteric said:
I learnt that the moderation of the escapist is HORRIBLE.
I'm just saying that a lot of the time people get warnings for no good reason.
Correction: moderation of the Escapist is
aggressive. Not even close to the same.
Here is the problem in a nutshell: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/19/
If Internet people are not stomped firmly and regularly by the iron boot of the Mod Gods, if they are not constantly reminded that the Banhammer is not only present, but poised to smash their posts and/or membership at any time.....if this subtle air of paranoia is not maintained, people become worse than animals.
Moderation of the Escapist is done as the people running the site want it done. So you got warned. So you think it's unjustified. Suck it up. You aren't in charge here. Your bruised pride is of no consequence. If you don't like adhering to a code of conduct, follow my magic link to the land of brain bleach and naked, screaming barbarity: http://boards.4chan.org/b/
I've seen people who have been regular posters for 3 years given 2 week suspensions for a "low content" post while some guy with 5 posts makes an even lower content post and gets away with it.
I'm betting the mods here are all volunteers. I further bet that there aren't very many of them. Are you going to put up your own money so enough people can be hired to read every post on every thread?
People click Report, mods get their attention called. Sometimes this happens, sometimes it doesn't. At least part of the issue is whether people click Report or not in the first place, rather than what happens when people have already clicked. The cops never show if nobody calls.
Also, if the rules apply to anyone, they have to apply to everyone. Claiming that a 3 year veteran deserves privileged treatment is just foolish. Do you personally know this veteran? Did he tell you what his warning level was? If he had enough demerits accumulated, any infraction of the rules, no matter how tiny, would have resulted in an automatic suspension. If this was not his first suspension, the mods would have made it longer, because obviously the first one didn't leave enough impression on him.
Furthermore, the content of the post (low though it may have been) bears on the discussion. If he posted "STFU" and nothing else, that's worth a suspension right there, demerits or not.
Also what kind of bullshit attitude is "if you don't like it suck it up". Yeah because that really gets things to change.
I am fine with the way things are here. I have no interest in seeing the rules of this forum changed. But all right, let's play your game.
Since you have chosen:
a) to be a user on this forum, thereby agreeing to its rules whether you like them or not;
b) to remain on the forum despite being offended by its rules;
c) to overestimate the importance of your feelings in the scheme of things;
d) to whine here in a thread instead of sending a politely worded letter to the admins;
I now invite you for a second time to suck it up.