Let's hear it for the Mods

[Bugeater]

Huh, so it's one of those unwritten mystery rules that no one but the mods know about. Kinda like if you use the reputation system too much you get buried in the red. Got it.

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Huh, so it's one of those unwritten mystery rules that no one but the mods know about. Kinda like if you use the reputation system too much you get buried in the red. Got it.

Exactly. It's like the don't run with scissors rule. It's not emblazoned on the scissors but if you get impaled, don't come crying to me. Especially if you get impaled over and over again.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Exactly. It's like the don't run with scissors rule. It's not emblazoned on the scissors but if you get impaled, don't come crying to me. Especially if you get impaled over and over again.

i impaled your mom over and over again

[luv]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Exactly. It's like the don't run with scissors rule. It's not emblazoned on the scissors but if you get impaled, don't come crying to me. Especially if you get impaled over and over again.

This is the perfect situation where the ignore feature works, though. He wasn't doing anything offensive, and those who didn't like what he did could put him on ignore. I did, and I didn't even know he got banned. Other people enjoyed his posting style, though.

As for the rules, I guess this is the one he broke?

Respect for Moderator Team

Moderators are members of the site first and leadership secondarily. Nobody expects you to kiss their ass or accept every decision as perfect and final. However, if you dispute a decision in which you were moderated, you may wish to use some tact if you expect to gain any favor. Use some common sense and you should be fine. Attack and disrespect the leadership and we offer no apologies for the duration of your vacation from this site.

My point is, what is "common sense" to you may not be so common for others. That fact is becoming more and more apparent with the type of posters that are on this site nowadays. My question would be which rule did he break to warrant the first ban? I ask because I really don't know. Was it similar to the LJS posts? Spam? He wasn't trying to sell anything. The closest thing would be overloading the front page with threads, but he was overloading the thread with annoying posts. IMO, there's a difference there.

Again, I know I'm that annoying vocal minority sometimes, so take this post for what you will. I do also try to state when I agree with mod actions, too. Anyway, I'm not around as much, so him being here or not being here, regardless of the reason, doesn't mean much to me one way or another. Just an observation on my part.

Originally Posted by luv

This is the perfect situation where the ignore feature works, though. He wasn't doing anything offensive, and those who didn't like what he did could put him on ignore. I did, and I didn't even know he got banned. Other people enjoyed his posting style, though.

As for the rules, I guess this is the one he broke?

Respect for Moderator Team

Moderators are members of the site first and leadership secondarily. Nobody expects you to kiss their ass or accept every decision as perfect and final. However, if you dispute a decision in which you were moderated, you may wish to use some tact if you expect to gain any favor. Use some common sense and you should be fine. Attack and disrespect the leadership and we offer no apologies for the duration of your vacation from this site.

My point is, what is "common sense" to you may not be so common for others. That fact is becoming more and more apparent with the type of posters that are on this site nowadays. My question would be which rule did he break to warrant the first ban? I ask because I really don't know. Was it similar to the LJS posts? Spam? He wasn't trying to sell anything. The closest thing would be overloading the front page with threads, but he was overloading the thread with annoying posts. IMO, there's a difference there.

Again, I know I'm that annoying vocal minority sometimes, so take this post for what you will. I do also try to state when I agree with mod actions, too. Anyway, I'm not around as much, so him being here or not being here, regardless of the reason, doesn't mean much to me one way or another. Just an observation on my part.

No, ignore doesn't work for this infraction. It's a mass annoyance for lurkers and regulars alike. We recommend ignore when one individual is annoying or harassing another individual. This doesn't fall into that. No, it's not a respect violation. It's a "duh, I should know better by now" rules violation.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Huh, so it's one of those unwritten mystery rules that no one but the mods know about. Kinda like if you use the reputation system too much you get buried in the red. Got it.

No, it's one of those unwritten rules that might get you a warning the first time, it'll definitely get you a warning if you do it multiple times and a mod notices (either on his own or by the post being reported), and it'll get you a short ban if you keep doing it after all of your Steve Howe last chances run out. I doubt anyone has ever been banned on a whim for posting a bunch of pics.

He's been banned no fewer than 3 or 4 times for this same offense, as well as a handful of other times for filter bypass, etc. He knows what he's doing, so there's no point in white-knighting... he pushes buttons until he's obnoxious enough that people report him, forces the mods to take notice, gets banned for a week or 2, then the process repeats itself for 3-4 months.

The bans have never been permanent, because the offenses don't really warrant it. We're just rebooting him.