Posts by Nancy Jones91

brightpuma said:It's funny how it always turns out that only the expats from the USA are being "pushed out." We're just supposed to forget that, right? Based on my experience with that thread, those same users are usually the loudest, most arrogant ones, looking down on everyone else... ☕

Look, it's great to have them around and get their info, really. But I'm not some dog that needs to be kicked around just because I’m some nobody from America daring to ask a question to the local nobility... 🙄

What are you even talking about? You're just generalizing and being insulting now. I'm no big shot; I was just like you, some guy from America, so I get it and I empathize with people. And again, tell me exactly when I was ever loud or arrogant. Look at all my posts before you judge, otherwise you're just trolling and should probably get a ban per the rules. You need to be objective and look at yourself first, which is always the hardest part...

Henry Moore2 said:That warning about the mimosa was actually aimed at those comments about "Americans," not me.

I already said this in a DM, but I’ll say it here too: she’s just one frustrated person with mood swings running the show, and her moderation changes depending on how she feels. That's the bottom line. And since you guys are basically pushing all the expats out of the USA, I wonder who's actually going to provide any real info... maybe Disney, since she’s already told people a few times to just go ask the embassy themselves.

I'm done with this argument and done with how this forum is run. Like someone else mentioned, I solved my own problems. Moving to a new country is the ultimate test of willpower and grit...

Best,

rustydrifter10 said:You are absolutely free to debate and express opposing views. In fact, we encourage it! But you cannot resort to insults, provocation, or breaking any of the other forum rules.

Someone please tell me exactly who I insulted or when I was trolling. All I did was make an ironic comment about her moderation style—that blatant arrogance and the constant need to flex her authority over everyone else... nothing more. Yet, I still got banned just for showing support for someone else's post. Pretty sure that's not against the rules here...

rustydrifter10 said:Henry Moore2 has stepped in a few times now, asking everyone to just chill out and reminding us that certain debates really don't belong in this specific thread. Since things kept heating up anyway, she issued one final warning, making it clear that if the bickering continues, she’s going to start handing out bans. Everyone got the memo, though clearly, a few folks decided to just tune her out entirely.

People are starting to bring up older incidents too, and honestly, it feels like we saw the exact same drama unfold in that thread about Australia. I actually remember jumping in once myself—I ended up locking a topic because the trolling was getting so out of hand within just a couple of hours! I had to step in because if I hadn't, I would have been forced to ban people myself just to keep the peace after they ignored the warnings.

At the end of the day, talking back to the mods or straight-up ignoring a warning is a direct violation of the rules and definitely subject to penalties. We can't have that here. That's exactly why we have this entire PDF laid out for the appeals process—to make sure threads don't get hijacked by people who aren't following the guidelines.

This is just people trying to flex their dominance, nothing else. I live in Australia, but honestly, this forum is losing its purpose. There's no real discussion or even healthy debate left, and without that, there's no way to actually build anything positive...

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Drew Martin84 said:I would like to formally request that Henry Moore2 be removed from the moderator list, or at the very least receive a serious reprimand regarding her conduct on the expatriate community Reddit...

Her behavior is utterly irresponsible and lacks any sense of professional integrity, as she routinely deletes any post that doesn't align with her personal whims, regardless of whether those posts actually violate any community guidelines, while anyone who dares to disagree with her—even in the most polite manner imaginable—is met with a warning or an outright ban. To give a trivial example: if someone merely mentions card games, which I believe is her area of interest, she finds sufficient cause to wipe the post and issue a warning to the user, even when they haven't uttered a single slur or insult, yet she remains completely silent when far more egregious violations occur, provided they don't involve her personally...

http://www.reddit.com/r/thread/199883&page=378

This is the specific thread where the arbitrary deletions and warnings took place without any legitimate justification; just look at the comment that caused a YouTube user to receive a red card, though much more evidence is lost because she has already scrubbed the posts...

It is my belief that moderators ought to remain objective and foster healthy debate—which is, after all, the entire purpose of this platform—rather than attempting to enforce a system where she maintains absolute authority over every topic, ensuring everything conforms to her preferences, while anyone who objects is automatically penalized. I honestly struggle to understand how individuals lacking such basic objectivity are appointed to these positions, as it seems clear she does not grasp her actual responsibilities, instead using the community as a tool to vent her own private frustrations...

To ensure I am not the only one troubled by her moderation style and her general approach, I could easily name at least five other people who feel exactly the same way...

Count me in on this protest against the moderator. Her whole approach and how she treats users is totally unacceptable. About a month or two ago, the exact same thing happened with at least ten posts and five different users; she was handing out bans in such an arrogant, condescending way. I even had a PM exchange with her myself, so feel free to check that out. Long story short, she doesn't deserve her position and needs to be replaced. If possible, a moderator should be from Australia. Her behavior is just indefensible... she needs to be kicked off the team.