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Sarah Cooper58 said:Rachel Young3, go ahead...
Justin Foster45 said:I hate to disappoint you, but I don't set the expiration dates; time and points just accumulate naturally.
Honestly, what are you even trying to achieve with this thread?
You claim you aren't here to complain about bans, yet here you are, clearly bothered by them.
I'm happy to explain how the rules work, even though we both know why you got flagged. The only difference is that you seem to think you're somehow above the rules and shouldn't be penalized.
If you think I have a personal vendetta against you, feel free to ask the Simpsons how many times I've handed her a ban. Meanwhile, I constantly get DMs saying she's my favorite and that I should let her slide.
Or any other female user who doesn't know when to stop.
If your actual goal is to get me removed as a moderator, there isn't much I can do. There are people above me who are perfectly capable of deciding if my moderation is fair or if it's time for me to step down.
Justin Foster45 said:I hate to disappoint you, but I don't set the expiration dates; time and points just accumulate naturally.
Honestly, what are you even trying to achieve with this thread?
You claim you aren't here to complain about bans, yet here you are, clearly bothered by them.
I'm happy to explain how the rules work, even though we both know why you got flagged. The only difference is that you seem to think you're somehow above the rules and shouldn't be penalized.
If you think I have a personal vendetta against you, feel free to ask the Simpsons how many times I've handed her a ban. Meanwhile, I constantly get DMs saying she's my favorite and that I should let her slide.
Or any other female user who doesn't know when to stop.
If your actual goal is to get me removed as a moderator, there isn't much I can do. There are people above me who are perfectly capable of deciding if my moderation is fair or if it's time for me to step down.
Nancy Wells said:Did Smiljka report Simpsacin's post? 😲
Is Zlomajka's new nickname "ofarban Lujka" (the one who grooms bouquets)?
Tyler Vaughn7 said:Do you honestly think the mods read every single little post on the boards they manage? Give me a break...🤣
Moderators aren't actually required to react to reported posts if they decide nothing was broken, so maybe the mod just thought you were being totally extra.
Personally, I think the female mods over at ZK are pretty decent enough.👍
hollowmason64 said:No, she doesn't have to. Even if there’s a report, the moderator decides whether or not to act, but looking at it from my side, I can bet anything that my conversation partner hasn't reported me for any of those insults—not Hilda, not Kate.
Regarding this third insult charge, Zlee felt personally attacked because she saw herself in the description of an "ofarbane lujke."
So, she decided it deserved a 45-point penalty—lasting for four months.
Look, I’ve always had my own specific way of writing, and I've been here for over a decade, yet nobody has ever handed me a penalty like she did.
If I were to drop 135 points worth of "insults" on the John Doe boards during chat threads—and I mean really, within just two months of posting—well, after getting penalized back on April 30th, I was so fed up that I didn't want to write there on the 5th or the 6th, and if I remember correctly, she was already on the moderator list by August.
To be honest, at one point I thought I saw that she wasn't even on the mod list anymore, which is why I came back.
I mean, after more than ten years on Gossip, she's the only one who decides my writing style is worth being systematically penalized? Out of all the mods who managed that PDF?
I know I'm being subjective, but to me, it doesn't look like the core of the problem is me.
You care about a moderator who messes with you; I just care about not being harassed.
Please, tell me when anyone on John Doe has actually been penalized just because they wrote something stupid or some variation of it? Like, if we tell each other we're getting on each other's nerves, or whatever else?
God, it just sterilizes and kills the life out of the place.
That's exactly why we fought so hard nearly ten years ago—to get light moderation.
No, it isn't off base, because some topics are discussed specifically because they are on Gossip, and others die out very quickly. Even Sevkin's thread sank to the bottom, and we ended up fighting on Gossip again just a few days ago.
And about that bolded part—some topics aren't meant for Gossip.
Who says? By whose standards? Yours and yours alone.
Honestly, there isn't some official list of approved discussion topics on Gossip, because it started as just a casual chat thread that eventually grew into what it is today: basically just a massive, ongoing conversation.
Just because I don't post in other threads doesn't mean I'm not lurking or at least glancing through them every now and then... It wasn't always the case on John Doe that Gossip was the only active spot; people used to post all over the place in other threads, which aren't interesting anymore, so new ones took their place.
And no, you definitely aren't "moderating lightly." Just because you think that's how you handle things doesn't make it true. Handing out bans on the main chat PDF—and I'm not just talking about yourself here—for someone calling another person an idiot or saying they're being stupid as hell? That isn't "light" moderation.
Because that kind of stuff used to slide by there just fine—until you showed up.
You keep throwing bans at me left and right. I haven't changed, and neither has my writing style (if anything, I’ve actually become more laid-back, like I always tried to be); it’s the person handing out the bans who changed.
So, where do you think the problem lies?
hollowmason64 said:No, she doesn't have to. Even if there’s a report, the moderator decides whether or not to act, but looking at it from my side, I can bet anything that my conversation partner hasn't reported me for any of those insults—not Hilda, not Kate.
Regarding this third insult charge, Zlee felt personally attacked because she saw herself in the description of an "ofarbane lujke."
So, she decided it deserved a 45-point penalty—lasting for four months.
Look, I’ve always had my own specific way of writing, and I've been here for over a decade, yet nobody has ever handed me a penalty like she did.
If I were to drop 135 points worth of "insults" on the John Doe boards during chat threads—and I mean really, within just two months of posting—well, after getting penalized back on April 30th, I was so fed up that I didn't want to write there on the 5th or the 6th, and if I remember correctly, she was already on the moderator list by August.
To be honest, at one point I thought I saw that she wasn't even on the mod list anymore, which is why I came back.
I mean, after more than ten years on Gossip, she's the only one who decides my writing style is worth being systematically penalized? Out of all the mods who managed that PDF?
I know I'm being subjective, but to me, it doesn't look like the core of the problem is me.
You care about a moderator who messes with you; I just care about not being harassed.
Please, tell me when anyone on John Doe has actually been penalized just because they wrote something stupid or some variation of it? Like, if we tell each other we're getting on each other's nerves, or whatever else?
God, it just sterilizes and kills the life out of the place.
That's exactly why we fought so hard nearly ten years ago—to get light moderation.
No, it isn't off base, because some topics are discussed specifically because they are on Gossip, and others die out very quickly. Even Sevkin's thread sank to the bottom, and we ended up fighting on Gossip again just a few days ago.
And about that bolded part—some topics aren't meant for Gossip.
Who says? By whose standards? Yours and yours alone.
Honestly, there isn't some official list of approved discussion topics on Gossip, because it started as just a casual chat thread that eventually grew into what it is today: basically just a massive, ongoing conversation.
Just because I don't post in other threads doesn't mean I'm not lurking or at least glancing through them every now and then... It wasn't always the case on John Doe that Gossip was the only active spot; people used to post all over the place in other threads, which aren't interesting anymore, so new ones took their place.
And no, you definitely aren't "moderating lightly." Just because you think that's how you handle things doesn't make it true. Handing out bans on the main chat PDF—and I'm not just talking about yourself here—for someone calling another person an idiot or saying they're being stupid as hell? That isn't "light" moderation.
Because that kind of stuff used to slide by there just fine—until you showed up.
You keep throwing bans at me left and right. I haven't changed, and neither has my writing style (if anything, I’ve actually become more laid-back, like I always tried to be); it’s the person handing out the bans who changed.
So, where do you think the problem lies?
hollowmason64 said:No, she doesn't have to. Even if there’s a report, the moderator decides whether or not to act, but looking at it from my side, I can bet anything that my conversation partner hasn't reported me for any of those insults—not Hilda, not Kate.
Regarding this third insult charge, Zlee felt personally attacked because she saw herself in the description of an "ofarbane lujke."
So, she decided it deserved a 45-point penalty—lasting for four months.
Look, I’ve always had my own specific way of writing, and I've been here for over a decade, yet nobody has ever handed me a penalty like she did.
If I were to drop 135 points worth of "insults" on the John Doe boards during chat threads—and I mean really, within just two months of posting—well, after getting penalized back on April 30th, I was so fed up that I didn't want to write there on the 5th or the 6th, and if I remember correctly, she was already on the moderator list by August.
To be honest, at one point I thought I saw that she wasn't even on the mod list anymore, which is why I came back.
I mean, after more than ten years on Gossip, she's the only one who decides my writing style is worth being systematically penalized? Out of all the mods who managed that PDF?
I know I'm being subjective, but to me, it doesn't look like the core of the problem is me.
You care about a moderator who messes with you; I just care about not being harassed.
Please, tell me when anyone on John Doe has actually been penalized just because they wrote something stupid or some variation of it? Like, if we tell each other we're getting on each other's nerves, or whatever else?
God, it just sterilizes and kills the life out of the place.
That's exactly why we fought so hard nearly ten years ago—to get light moderation.
No, it isn't off base, because some topics are discussed specifically because they are on Gossip, and others die out very quickly. Even Sevkin's thread sank to the bottom, and we ended up fighting on Gossip again just a few days ago.
And about that bolded part—some topics aren't meant for Gossip.
Who says? By whose standards? Yours and yours alone.
Honestly, there isn't some official list of approved discussion topics on Gossip, because it started as just a casual chat thread that eventually grew into what it is today: basically just a massive, ongoing conversation.
Just because I don't post in other threads doesn't mean I'm not lurking or at least glancing through them every now and then... It wasn't always the case on John Doe that Gossip was the only active spot; people used to post all over the place in other threads, which aren't interesting anymore, so new ones took their place.
And no, you definitely aren't "moderating lightly." Just because you think that's how you handle things doesn't make it true. Handing out bans on the main chat PDF—and I'm not just talking about yourself here—for someone calling another person an idiot or saying they're being stupid as hell? That isn't "light" moderation.
Because that kind of stuff used to slide by there just fine—until you showed up.
You keep throwing bans at me left and right. I haven't changed, and neither has my writing style (if anything, I’ve actually become more laid-back, like I always tried to be); it’s the person handing out the bans who changed.
So, where do you think the problem lies?
hollowmason64 said:You know how much Simps extorts people, right? 😳
Look, that's exactly why you slapped that second warning on me—because I was annoyed that you were pulling a few pages out of some Gossip thread just to make a whole separate topic.
I mean, what's the point?
Nancy Wells said:Wait, what? When?
Things are about to get intense 🍿