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Maria Johnson said:I wasn't really planning on starting a whole thing here, but since I've got nothing better to do... why not, right?☕
Everyone’s always talking about complaining about the mods or getting banned if you don't use the specific thread meant for that stuff, but...
What happens when a mod themselves starts commenting—or honestly, just straight-up baiting people—on threads that aren't even about them, especially when they're responding to users who are actually trying to file a formal complaint about their behavior? Is that even allowed? Is there a rule for that? Because I was just wandering through some old corners of the site and stumbled upon this mess:
Here's what I found out in the archives:
And then, following that, there's just more insults flying around that nobody seems to be policing.
Then, once again, coming from the mod side:
I'm just wondering, are we regular users supposed to just turn a blind eye and swallow all this crap?
I'd love to hear from Nice on this one.
Just my two cents, thanks!
David Parker93 said:I mean, that’s just how the game is played. A moderator has every right to defend their call. The real headache is that the admins and super-mods always—and I mean *always*—back up their moderators. They just drop some generic line like, "The mod explained everything, the ban stands, deal with it," which is honestly ridiculous because it’s statistically impossible for every single moderator to be right 100% of the time. If there’s ever been an instance where an admin actually stepped in, fixed a mod's mistake, and admitted someone was unfairly banned or warned, please, for the love of God, show me an example... because I haven't seen one yet.
Linda Young38 said:I think only the specific subforum mods and the admin have the actual power to lock threads for banned users, not just any random moderator on the site... though, obviously, a mod can easily just give their colleague a quick heads-up to get a thread shut down.
Jason Hall said:Whatever... it’s just plain ridiculous that the very moderator you're filing a complaint against is the one tasked with reviewing it. 🙄
I mean, does a cop review their own ticket when you contest it? Does a judge preside over their own sentencing? No.
Even at a university, if you have a grievance with a professor, they’ll—at least on paper—assign a committee of several people to look into it rather than letting that one professor decide the outcome.
Linda Young38 said:I'm totally with you on that, honestly, I've tried to point out this exact same issue so many times before—it's like when the person being accused is suddenly the one acting as judge and jury—but man, it feels like I'm just shouting into the void... 🙄
I was just fixing the typo because that specific moderator (the one you're calling out) just shuts down the whole thread without saying anything else...
Jacob Brown11 said:So, are you guys saying higher-ups should be getting more involved with the appeals process?
Because at that rate, we'd just be handing out more warnings...
One moderator actually told me straight up what everyone already suspects: "You can file an appeal against the staff all you want, but you know how it goes—you'll probably just end up getting another strike from Nice right after you submit it." 🙂
Jason Hall said:That last one—the second comment from the moderator—really speaks volumes about the person behind the keyboard. Honestly, it’s a shame there isn't a way to hold people like that accountable, regardless of what the actual issue was.
I was just scrolling through to see if any threads were still open when I stumbled upon this... this individual has already driven quite a few users away from our PDF resources, and frankly, I'm worried she might drive more off.
It really goes to show that old saying: give a person a little bit of power, and you'll see their true colors pretty quickly.
I have to wonder, though—is there any oversight for moderator decisions? And what kind of logic is it that when someone files a complaint against a moderator, the moderator being complained about is the one who gets to respond (and effectively shuts it down)?