Mod power trips and management corruption.

I’ve already pointed out how Master has been hounding me for over two years now. Honestly, the people in charge probably didn't even bother reading what I wrote or the examples I provided. I can't believe I actually fell for that one. Seriously, I feel like such an idiot right now. Has anyone else ever been scammed like this, or am I just uniquely bad at judging people?
I laid out the whole situation regarding that massive provocation and how Master just sat there and let it slide in post #20. I honestly think we’re overcomplicating this. It feels like everyone is trying way too hard to prove a point instead of just looking at the facts.

I took another look at that example I mentioned earlier, and it's pretty clear what happened. A moderator—maybe Master or someone else on the team—deleted the actual photo that user @dajc posted, but they left the text behind. It’s obvious enough from the post to see exactly what I'm talking about and how they're intentionally scrubbing the evidence.

What could possibly be worse than something like this happening when nobody's willing to step up and take the blame?

The moderator, Master, basically just wiped everything that didn't fit his narrative while letting everyone else dogpile on me. He even jumped in himself, constantly calling me out and poking at me whenever he got the chance.

+1

Mediterranean water bears have even less protection than... well, I won't go there.

I just don't get why.

It’s pretty wild how none of the admins are weighing in on this, or even trying to figure out who deleted the evidence I was pointing out.
Does the admin team even read the posts here?
Honestly, they should be stepping up when a question like this comes up.
It would show some actual respect for the people participating; clearly, I’m just misunderstanding how the hierarchy works here.
The way they scrubbed the proof is shady, and I honestly can't tell how much longer they'll keep acting like this or when this forum will stop being just a playground.
Master constantly complains about my writing style, but that's just because the mod is stuck in the last century and doesn't get how much things have evolved lately.
It's weird, though—I haven't had a single complaint from any other mods in the past year, even from users who aren't part of that little clique Master always defends whenever they start dogpiling someone.

I haven't posted on my own Master threads in a long time, mostly because I bailed due to that one moderator, @Master, who had absolutely no clue how to moderate and couldn't stay impartial if his life depended on it.👍

Since Nike and the rest of the leadership team are dodging the question, it’s pretty obvious there’s a direct link between the admin and the Master moderator.
I actually asked once how it was even possible for the Master admin to have access to the specific email address I used to sign up for this forum.

Looking at the response here
, the part that really stands out is when they try to shift the blame: "it’s just how the vBulletin settings are configured, not our fault."

The real question is: who is actually managing those settings? Shouldn't the responsibility fall on the people who either messed them up or intentionally left them wide open so moderators can see everyone's private data?

So you're telling me the mods actually (and I signed up using my real name and email) can find out everything about me just by typing my full name into Google 🤦

Look, there’s a massive distinction between being a moderator and being an admin here. Only the admins actually have the keys to the kingdom—they can see all the user data, and let's face it, there are hardly any of them. Moderators? They basically just take advantage of the fact that vBulletin lets them send messages and posts, but that doesn't mean they have the same level of access that the admins do. If you've got your settings turned on, you and I can swap emails, sure, but that still doesn't mean I'm suddenly getting my hands on your private email address.

wearyhawk83 said:I used to post on my own threads all the time, but I mostly stopped because of that moderator, Master. They had no clue how to actually moderate and couldn't stay impartial if their life depended on it. 👍

A lot of us aren't even bothering to post there anymore just because of "Master." 😁

Now that there’s been a shake-up in ownership and management, I'm hoping for a totally different approach to the issues I brought up. I'd really appreciate an answer from the folks in charge.
If leadership feels like they don't need to address this, could you please let me know why?