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[Inverness]

Originally Posted by Loriel

Yeah, but I cannot imagine Unixmad allowing a different set of rules.

The Lounge.

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by kia345

Following the rules is completely different than what we want to do while blogging.

Then dont blog

Originally Posted by Inverness

The Lounge.

The lounge does not have that much different rules. You can just post links there

[kia345]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Then dont blog

Either you misread it, or I miswrote it. The problem isn't the rules, the problem is the rule-keepers. In short, you.

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by kia345

Either you misread it, or I miswrote it. The problem isn't the rules, the problem is the rule-keepers. In short, you.

I didnt misread it, and I know what you meant. My point is that if you cant rant and rave in an appropriate mannor, then just dont

[kia345]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

I didnt misread it, and I know what you meant. My point is that if you cant rant and rave in an appropriate mannor, then just dont

It would be appropriate. By the rules. You on the other might not like it, and deem it inappropriate, as you so frequently do.

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

I didnt misread it, and I know what you meant. My point is that if you cant rant and rave in an appropriate mannor, then just dont

Whether something is appropriate or not is an opinion. You moderate based on opinion more often than not.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

if you cant rant and rave in an appropriate mannor, then just dont

Boooooooooooooooooooooooring.
I can imagine it now. I write a long blog entry about forum moderation and BAM, it gets deleted because of ONE WORD... but really got deleted because of the topic.

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Boooooooooooooooooooooooring.
I can imagine it now. I write a long blog entry about forum moderation and BAM, it gets deleted because of ONE WORD... but really got deleted because of the topic.

It takes less effort to delete a post/topic rather than editing the content.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Inverness

It takes less effort to delete a post/topic rather than editing the content.

You should be so happy, in The Other Internet Forum posts are rarely at all deleted or even edited, except to append a cute little "user was banned for this post" notice, and then you get to buy another account.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Inverness

The Lounge.

Okay, good argument. I never actually bothered with the lounge because I got the impression that it was all offtopic. If we get to flag our blog posts with several levels of appropriate-for-kids-ness, that would be awesome.

[Inverness]

I don't get the impression that Unixmad is on the forum long enough to get more than a general idea of what Darlene does.

And I do get the impression that Darlene does a lot of moderation based on her own preferences and not the forum rules.

Originally Posted by Loriel

If we get to flag our blog posts with several levels of appropriate-for-kids-ness, that would be awesome.

That would be ideal I believe.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Inverness

I don't get the impression that Unixmad is on the forum long enough to get more than a general idea of what Darlene does.

And I do get the impression that Darlene does a lot of moderation based on her own preferences and not the forum rules.

I am pretty sure that Moon Goddess is in contact with Unixmad about forum issues often enough that you can assume that she doing a good job at representing his stance on moderation, and the rules are set by Unixmad to support her moderation. Has he ever overturned decisions made by her?

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by Loriel

I am pretty sure that Moon Goddess is in contact with Unixmad about forum issues often enough that you can assume that she doing a good job at representing his stance on moderation, and the rules are set by Unixmad to support her moderation. Has he ever overturned decisions made by her?

As far as I see it, Unixmad is rarely on the forum so he has Darlene to enforce rules. And even when he is on the forum its only for Graal announcements and such and never really to communicate (beyond those announcements). So things like complaints about Darlene just die somewhere.

Originally Posted by Crono

The fact that we even get to discuss this topic shows some progress in terms of Darlene's moderation

I would be honestly surprised if we weren't allowed to discuss this.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Inverness

As far as I see it, Unixmad is rarely on the forum so he has Darlene to enforce rules. And even when he is on the forum its only for Graal announcements and such and never really to communicate (beyond those announcements). So things like complaints about Darlene just die somewhere.

They talk over ICQ and such, as far as I am informed.

I would be honestly surprised if we weren't allowed to discuss this.

We honestly should not, because this is very offtopic already. Moon Goddess should probably just delete all thread branches about this.

[unixmad]

You are all forgeting that if Forums are free it's mostly because Darlene have supported this idea for long time, also if forums was not moderated like it is by Darlene and Sam i will never have accepted to get more people on them.

So stop your complain about the forum administration team because they are here and will stay and making hundred of threads or messages will not change my decision. So deal with them or leave forums.

Originally Posted by Inverness

As far as I see it, Unixmad is rarely on the forum so he has Darlene to enforce rules. And even when he is on the forum its only for Graal announcements and such and never really to communicate (beyond those announcements). So things like complaints about Darlene just die somewhere.
I would be honestly surprised if we weren't allowed to discuss this.