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Beer guts and unfair permanent bans.
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Why has not one of the mods come back to Beruthiel and told her whether or not the last 2 bans were for the posts pighead linked to?
Seriously, It's not a hard question to answer. Was he banned for those 2 comments or not?
I didn't ban Pighead ... I'm not answering for anyone else.
As for PMs ... I answer them all.
Again, I would urge any mods in this thread to search the Mod forum for the thread titled 'Biased Moderation?'.0 -
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Piggie you couldn't possibly have been banned for the above two comments.
There has to be more to it that you are leaving out...?
Of course there is, Ruthie, and you know it.
The two posts referenced were the proverbial straws that broke the piggy's back. The ban was for a culmination of those two posts and prior posts. There are also threads, one of which springs to mind is the disparaging one on a certain DJ. Yes, it was all lovingly wrapped up in "Ah, sure DJ is a nice guy, but I think he is xyz" (if I recall, the word "lovely" was used on more that several occasions in the opening post of that thread). But I know for a fact if the target of that thread had seen it, that person would have been very upset. All for a laugh? Some people might see it that way, the target most certainly would not. Is it not my duty as a moderator to protect posters from personal attacks such as that, even if they are all dressed up in "niceness"?As for holding polls to decide on whither to let you back in or not, I don't agree with that.
Polls in a private forum is normal and understandable.
Polls in an open forum are a no no imo and the decision should be down to the mods of that forum.
Again, it is all about context. While I can't speak for Robbo, I can say that the poll I started about letting him back in was started straight after he started a poll about whether women should be allowed into BGRH. In that context, I think it is quite fitting and in keeping with the humour of the forum.Now your comments would obviously get you banned from PI, but BG&RH is meant to be nothing more than light banter, so I do have to wonder if there is more to it than you are saying
Is it not the job of a moderator to keep the forum on an even keel? Even in such a forum as BGRH? Unfortunately, not everybody adheres to the "Don't feed the trolls" mantra and end up biting when Porky baits. So when he rises other posters, is it not a moderator's job to step in and keep the peace? Is it not a moderator's job to warn posters, and if the keep continually annoying others, take action?
And in all this, somebody mentioned Infractions. We all know that a poster of Porky's toll caliber will, when he gets an infraction, stay away until the infraction expires. I have infracted Porky, I might as well have infracted Beruthiel for all the good it did, for he was back with a vengeance as soon as it expired.
So, if multiple warnings and infractions don't work, then what recourse do I as a moderator have?
I think it is quite clear.
That's all I am going to say on the matter.0 -
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Of course there is, Ruthie, and you know it.
The two posts referenced were the proverbial straws that broke the piggy's back. The ban was for a culmination of those two posts and prior posts. There are also threads, one of which springs to mind is the disparaging one on a certain DJ. Yes, it was all lovingly wrapped up in "Ah, sure DJ is a nice guy, but I think he is xyz" (if I recall, the word "lovely" was used on more that several occasions in the opening post of that thread). But I know for a fact if the target of that thread had seen it, that person would have been very upset. All for a laugh? Some people might see it that way, the target most certainly would not. Is it not my duty as a moderator to protect posters from personal attacks such as that, even if they are all dressed up in "niceness"?
Again, it is all about context. While I can't speak for Robbo, I can say that the poll I started about letting him back in was started straight after he started a poll about whether women should be allowed into BGRH. In that context, I think it is quite fitting and in keeping with the humour of the forum.
Is it not the job of a moderator to keep the forum on an even keel? Even in such a forum as BGRH? Unfortunately, not everybody adheres to the "Don't feed the trolls" mantra and end up biting when Porky baits. So when he rises other posters, is it not a moderator's job to step in and keep the peace? Is it not a moderator's job to warn posters, and if the keep continually annoying others, take action?
And in all this, somebody mentioned Infractions. We all know that a poster of Porky's toll caliber will, when he gets an infraction, stay away until the infraction expires. I have infracted Porky, I might as well have infracted Beruthiel for all the good it did, for he was back with a vengeance as soon as it expired.
So, if multiple warnings and infractions don't work, then what recourse do I as a moderator have?
I think it is quite clear.
That's all I am going to say on the matter.
Cements my point I feel. You BGRH mods simply don't like Pighead. Well hey, it aint a big deal to me. I just feel it's a little unfair to ban the funny Pig from BGRH for doing what he does in EVERY other forum.
That's all the input I'll give on that subject anyway.
Another point I brought up in my other post on this thread, why is BGRH like a private club for the regular posters? I get a wierd feeling around that forum. From the great words of Leslie Nelson, ''like a blind man in an orgy, you've got to feel things out''0 -
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The two posts referenced were the proverbial straws that broke the piggy's back. The ban was for a culmination of those two posts and prior posts. There are also threads, one of which springs to mind is the disparaging one on a certain DJ. Yes, it was all lovingly wrapped up in "Ah, sure DJ is a nice guy, but I think he is xyz" (if I recall, the word "lovely" was used on more that several occasions in the opening post of that thread). But I know for a fact if the target of that thread had seen it, that person would have been very upset. All for a laugh? Some people might see it that way, the target most certainly would not. Is it not my duty as a moderator to protect posters from personal attacks such as that, even if they are all dressed up in "niceness"?
Maybe you would have been better off banning piggie for that DJ thread then The 2 posts that got him banned were pretty weak, if you're going to ban somone for a culmination of offenses "the straw that broke the camels back" should be a decent straw 0 -
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