Closing Threads

[Minoc]

Originally Posted by ZanderX

Hey hey I don't take orders from nobody. No guff. >:[

Though I am susceptible to bribes of the candy type.

What about potatoes?

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by Mykel

or a different person to 'run' the forums. I understand we have quite a few super-mods now, but Moonie generally 'runs' them.

I do not 'run' the forums (I am not the forums admin), nor do I 'run' the other supermods. I am equal to them, not above them. If you are going to make satements, at least make sure they are true statements.
Aside from the occasional griping about one thing or another, I see nothing wrong with the way the forums are being run by any of the supermods.
If you are expecting things to run perfectly all the time, wake up, they wont.

Originally Posted by ZanderX

Hey hey I don't take orders from nobody. No guff. >:[

Though I am susceptible to bribes of the candy type.

I have some peppermint nougats

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Mykel:
When I close a thread, I post why I close it

Lies. Asking me how many times I'm going to make stupid posts doesn't answer anything. Theres no IQ test for the forums therefore you cannot hate on stupidity. I aint feelin that ma.

[Lord Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

I do not 'run' the forums

Lol sorry my bull****-o-meter went off.

Originally Posted by Darlene159

If you are expecting things to run perfectly all the time, wake up, they wont.

I dunno. I've seen forums where the Mods are nicer and don't close a bunch of threads and delete posts.
Honestly I think the Graal Forums are the second worst run forums on the internet. (For the worst run forums check out some random Harry Potter forums, those guys close and delete -everything-)
And yes, it's possible to run "perfect forums", i've seen it, unfortunatly they were closed down because the guy couldn't fund them anymore and didn't want them anymore.
The point is it is possible to run something nice and, you know, good. You just suck at it.

[Okilian]

It's the fact of the higher ups don't want people to post negative comments. They are going to say most of it turns into flamefests, so they stop them early. I just think they might be worried that people will pick up on the facts.

Is free speech there to protect the masses, or the few?

[Googi]

What I don't under stand is the phobia a lot of staff seem to have of criticism. If I were staff I'd want to confront my detractors on the forums and beat them.

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

I do not 'run' the forums (I am not the forums admin), nor do I 'run' the other supermods. I am equal to them, not above them. If you are going to make satements, at least make sure they are true statements.

Moonie, I tried to simplify it as much as I could for you. I tried to break it down and avoid all political incorrectness that I knew you would attack if you had the opportunity.

I realize you do not run the forums. I realize that you aren't above any of the other super-mods. I know this. Spare me the mumbo-jumbo. But everyone also knows that you are the (INVISIBLE RANK, MAKE BELIEVE! NATURALLY ASSUMED! ZING!) 'head' super-mod. You do most of the modding.

That is what I meant...

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by Googi

What I don't under stand is the phobia a lot of staff seem to have of criticism. If I were staff I'd want to confront my detractors on the forums and beat them.

I know a guy like that...

[ZanderX]

Originally Posted by Mykel

You do most of the modding.

Nonsense. I have done far more banning recently.

[Googi]

MG isn't really a "head" super mod, not even in a de facto way. I doubt the other supermods would sit by and let her overrule one of their moderation decisions.

She does do most of the visible modding, but that's because she views modship as a moral mission and mods for what she perceives to be ethical infractions (at best she'll invoke a vague technicality in the rules) rather than solely for clear rulebreaking. It has nothing to do with some kind of de facto supermod hierarchy.

[Minoc]

Is constructive rules critisism allowed now? :x

[Splke]

Originally Posted by Okilian

stuff

I was drawn to your sig. I couldn't even read your damn post.


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Yes, yes you can Minoc. Let it out.

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by ZanderX

Nonsense. I have done far more banning recently.

[Mykel]

Originally Posted by Minoc

Is constructive rules critisism allowed now? :x

I went over the rules and saw that it isn't against them. So, yes.

[TedHead2k]

The problem with message boards is people get so confident behind the mask of the internet that simple "criticism" grows into major flaming, and people act just plain rude. This type of "criticism" does deserve deleting and closing of threads.

People just need to be more civil online. Don't act any more obnoxiously or rude to anyone than you would a stranger in real life.