well one thing is that there isn't enough mods , i mod every section , which means i have to read like 100 threads a day , if not more , in completeion . that takes a while and after the first 50 or so 5 page long threads you start to scan instead of reading everything . i know i shouldn't , but thats alot to read for someone that hasn't picked up a book in the last 10 years other than to prop up the low end of the couch . so i miss some things . another thing is that there aren't any specific “ rules ” and there in lies the problem . us moderators have to judge whats “offensive ” or “over the line” based on what we think personally , while at the same time not getting rid of something the majority of the community deems unoffensive . it can be a real judgement call sometimes . as far as topics about “forum politics ” we're supposed to lock some of them , it's kind of communist really , and i'm sure i'll get yelled at for saying it , it's really to stop any sorts of uprising in it's tracks . if you think about it it's really not all that bad of an idea , people can express their views on how things should be , but when people start complaining and outright insulting how things work then other people join in , then instead of making creative ways to solve problems everyone just gets pissed off and starts causing trouble . the main thing we mods do is try and keep things in line . sometimes we have to do things that the community doesn't like just to keep things in line , and we have our reasons , though most of the time we don't say why . i try to be as fair as possible and explain why i do things , but alot of the time it's hard to do things by the book and no end up looking like an ass . so if that situation does happen to arise i'm going to apologise in advance . i've been on this site for a while ( i realize that this site has changed names quite a few times , but you get my point ) and it's never anything personal . ie i'm pretty good online friends with mr-no-ghost , but if he were to say something out of line then i'd have to delete it . i wouldn't leave it just because we talk all the time . i don't play favorites and i hope all of you respect that . when i do what i do i'm doing it for what i feel is for the good of the community and if for somereason it makes me look like an ass then i'm sorry , but sometimes shit happens , someones got to deal with it , and who you gonna call ? when i'm modding then i show no aligence to anyone , i'm just doing a job i've been trusted to do . and if that means deleting a thread that you deem unoffensive but i think is over the line then i'm sorry , but i'm doing my job the best damn way i see fit .so much stuff goes on behind the scenes here you'd really never know how it is without being a mod your self . as far as the other mods go i speak with alot of them on a daily basis and i think they're the finest bunch of mods i've ever known . they're doing their jobs as best they can and i really don't think it's fair to basically call them useless and commend me when i've only been modding for like what …2 weeks now ? i'm trying my best , but guess who taught me how to do things ? the very same mods you're complaining about . give them some credit , theres alot going on at all hours of the day here , and most of them have lives unlike me . hell , one of them just got married ……so before you go critisizing the mods take a look at your selfs , because if it wern't for some of you then we wouldn't be needed .
ok , i'm done
wow thats kind of long
p.s. though i'm obligated to lock threads like this i won't because theres some very good subjects being brought up here . however if it does elevate to pointless insults and offensive language it will be locked , what alot of people have to remember is that kids come on this site too