What I read or not matters not. Things are out of control in here and it has to stop!! PERIOD! This is just getting silly. I am SURE that you know that.
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What I read or not matters not. Things are out of control in here and it has to stop!! PERIOD! This is just getting silly. I am SURE that you know that.
"Silly" is not anything like what I'd call it. The moderators need to be an example. In this instance, the mod was an example of unacceptable behavior, and that's where you should start. [As did this thread.]
"Silly" is not anything like what I'd call it. The moderators need to be an example. In this instance, the mod was an example of unacceptable behavior, and that's where you should start. [As did this thread.]
Cheri122, I don't care who started what. I just happened to see one post that is representative of many that have been posted of late. YOU are NOT stupid. YOU KNOW that this type of thing is NOT called for. Many of us have been part of the problem. It is time to stop, don't you agree? I have no doubt that you don't wish this stuff to continue and don't want to contribute to the problem.
It is just time to stop. Surely you cannot disagree with that?
I believe that you are above continuing this silly stuff are you not? I think I can, what about everyone else?
What about the moderator who created the thread, solely to flame a member, and invite others to jump in & help?
I don't blame the member who waited in vain for someone to step in, because I'd have responded the same way if I'd been flamed by a mod, and nothing happened to him.
I expected nothing else. Too bad. No member has EVER reamed a mod for no reason. No one has EVER flamed a mod just to do it. Eh? No use trying in here I guess. It is a total WASTE of time on some, eh? Maybe others may get what I am saying. Those who wish to see things improve that is.
And your idea of 'improvement' is to selectively admonish some folks, while overlooking the greater fault [because moderators have a greater responsibility to uphold the standards] of others?
You seriously think that will encourage respect among the members?
I could use a laugh about now - what's funny?You two are funny
Expecting the moderators to enforce the standards? Or expecting LOS to make sense?
Never mind - half of what you write makes no sense to me, either, sigh.
RLENT
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..... undoubtedly .....That's badddddd
I'm glad to see that you haven't lost your sense of humor
Ok, it IS funny [meaning odd] that LOS can so successfully avoid/evade hearing the obvious.
And RLENT's post was funny, too [meaning hilarious]
because it was deserved, IMO.
Well, crap. Cheri already said everything I was gonna say. Now I gotta come up with something. Got a reputation to uphold and all that, dontcha know. The only thing I'd add (and in my best Al Sharpton impression) would be that I think it's unconscionable! and deplorable! that a moderator of these fine folks would give another moderator of these fine folks a free pass on such an egregious violation of the Code of Conduct, and instead admonish the person who is simply trying to defend himself.
It's the job of a moderator (and it's a pretty friggin' easy job) to read all the posts in a thread, and step in when things get out of control.
In this case, it should have happened at about post number two in dealing with the poster of post number one, not the guy thirty-four posts into the thread trying to defend himself because the other moderators failed in epic fashion to do their jobs.
One can almost (almost) dismiss LDB for what he is, but for another moderator to come along and give LDB a free pass and then hammer the victim for being a victim is right up there with the ethics of Charles Rangel and is equally deserving of a public admonishment from the Dreamspeaker of the EO House, but that won't happen until Wikileaks finally gets around to leaking the EO PMs and we all get to read what the moderators really think of everyone in here.
It's the job of a moderator (and it's a pretty friggin' easy job) to read all the posts in a thread, and step in when things get out of control.
In this case, it should have happened at about post number two in dealing with the poster of post number one, not the guy thirty-four posts into the thread trying to defend himself because the other moderators failed in epic fashion to do their jobs.
One can almost (almost) dismiss LDB for what he is, but for another moderator to come along and give LDB a free pass and then hammer the victim for being a victim is right up there with the ethics of Charles Rangel and is equally deserving of a public admonishment from the Dreamspeaker of the EO House, but that won't happen until Wikileaks finally gets around to leaking the EO PMs and we all get to read what the moderators really think of everyone in here.
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RLENT
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Layout,
I'm going to address your comments below, since they appear to be in reply to me, as you quoted what I said in your post.
And that's totally leaving aside the fact that a person who was entrusted with the job of doing the policing, was the one who started this whole thing ....
It should be clearly obvious to just about anyone, that that was exactly what it was intended to do: mock and ridicule
What's good for the gander, is good for the goose (as in LDB, you silly goose ....)
But you tell me which is more disgusting to you:
Someone who defends themselves (actually in a fairly good-natured way, by trying to add a little humor and brevity) when they are attacked, or
.... someone who has been entrusted with the responsibility of moderating, and setting a good example, who then does the following:
".... starts an entire thread about one particular individual, designed as nothing more than a backdoor personal attack to solicit negative comments about the individual? "
What there isn't really a call for (and you can certainly poll the members if you think I'm incorrect about this) is a moderator weighing in on a thread without bothering to read and understand what is going on in the thread, and then flying off the handle ....
I would think by now you would know me a little better .....
And if you wanna talk about shame, please see my point above about weighing in on threads without even bothering to have read them ...
I'm going to address your comments below, since they appear to be in reply to me, as you quoted what I said in your post.
Well ..... if you or someone else had been doing their jobs, yeah .... there wouldn't have been (a need) ....
And that's totally leaving aside the fact that a person who was entrusted with the job of doing the policing, was the one who started this whole thing ....
Why on earth would I pretend that ?
It should be clearly obvious to just about anyone, that that was exactly what it was intended to do: mock and ridicule
What's good for the gander, is good for the goose (as in LDB, you silly goose ....)
Perhaps .....
But you tell me which is more disgusting to you:
Someone who defends themselves (actually in a fairly good-natured way, by trying to add a little humor and brevity) when they are attacked, or
.... someone who has been entrusted with the responsibility of moderating, and setting a good example, who then does the following:
".... starts an entire thread about one particular individual, designed as nothing more than a backdoor personal attack to solicit negative comments about the individual? "
Actually there was a call for it .... indeed a quite clear one .....
What there isn't really a call for (and you can certainly poll the members if you think I'm incorrect about this) is a moderator weighing in on a thread without bothering to read and understand what is going on in the thread, and then flying off the handle ....
Really ?
I would think by now you would know me a little better .....
Not bloody frickin' likely ......
And if you wanna talk about shame, please see my point above about weighing in on threads without even bothering to have read them ...
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RLENT
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The whole thread is funny - from start to finish - if you really think about it ...Ok, it IS funny [meaning odd] that LOS can so successfully avoid/evade hearing the obvious.
And RLENT's post was funny, too [meaning hilarious]
RLENT
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The one I'm waiting for is when they release the members' PM's about what they really think of the mods ....
To see the look on the mods faces ..... priceless ...
Oh wait, I forgot - the mods are already readin' 'em anyways ....
Some of us are. Others, not so much.Are we having fun yet ?