Spirituality / Moderation

I am formally requesting leniency regarding the excessive banning occurring here. The moderator, Dragan, has effectively purged all the engaging contributors from this space:

innocent, kuc kuc imaliko, mislim, pohota, dušan (who was actually unbanned in the interim)

It has become quite tedious 😕

He is constantly policing the board and deleting posts, having essentially invented a new set of arbitrary rules. Now, anyone who dares to disagree even slightly with Komaja is immediately slapped with a penalty for trolling. There is no room for democratic discourse here; criticism is only tolerated if it serves Komaja’s specific interests.

In my estimation, we are dealing with a significant control freak whose behavior will ultimately stifle this already fragile spirituality subforum.

Such heavy-handed tactics will only succeed in creating a mass of clones who will eventually seek to provoke him intentionally.

I kindly request that higher administration take notice of this situation.

here is an example (taken from this page):

I will be penalized—you may decide on the nature of my punishment yourselves.
Whether it be collectively or individually, whether the consequences are mild or severe.
The cause could be trolling, spamming, sexism, or perhaps something else entirely.

Fine, I agree that spamming and trolling clearly violate the forum rules.

However, sexism? That isn't prohibited by law, nor is it forbidden by our own community guidelines. Why should such behavior be sanctioned? Is it simply because our esteemed host change happens to be sexually enlightened?

🤷 😕

Dragan hasn't made an appearance in the spirituality section for months. I may not contribute much myself, but I find myself reading quite frequently because there is usually something interesting to stumble upon..
When, out of nowhere, we see a host change from Dragan, accompanied by a topic that is nothing short of rude, provocative, and dismissive: That’s how the moderator spoke.

If it weren't so pathetic, it might actually be funny.

The very first thing he posted was incredibly cynical and insulting (and please, let's not pretend this is some sort of inside joke that we simply failed to grasp):

1. I am your Moderator, and you shouldn't have any others besides me.
2. Love your Moderator as you would love yourself.

Ban him immediately for trolling, for his blatant abuse of power, and for mocking the sacred texts of the
Survivor
. 😉Now, I'll leave it to you all to decide whether I am being serious or just messing around.

Since you’ve already opened this thread, I figured I’d ask an official: what exactly makes this post considered trolling? Furthermore, does the host change actually have the authority to start tagging people from other threads who weren't even mentioned in the original discussion?

Seriously though, why is everyone getting banned? 😕

On the thread host change, I actually got slapped with a penalty for "trolling" because of a post that looked exactly like this:



So, yeah, the post above was nuked and I got hit with 10 penalty points for going off-topic. The moderator’s whole deal is that there’s absolutely nothing offensive in that specific post.

But here’s the thing—if we’re following the logic that the first post isn't offensive, then by that same math, the post below shouldn't be offensive either.



Except, surprise, surprise—that post got me slapped with 45 points. That’s a full-blown penalty for "insulting" someone.

😕

.............

I mean, seriously, how is this even trolling? The post just lays out the blatant double standards these "spirituality" mods are running—and they're doing it right in a thread meant to discuss the moderation itself!

Are you guys in administration actually starting to realize what kind of people you've put in charge of moderating this place?

Just woke up, and what do I see?

Get him out of here. Hey, Rasputin, I’ve got a doctor who can handle that fragile ego of yours better than you can. Maybe dial it back a notch, yeah?

Regards from the land of erectile dysfunction and limp noodles.😂

Kenneth Peterson5 said:On the thread host change, I actually got slapped with a penalty for "trolling" because of a post that looked exactly like this:



So, yeah, the post above was nuked and I got hit with 10 penalty points for going off-topic. The moderator’s whole deal is that there’s absolutely nothing offensive in that specific post.

But here’s the thing—if we’re following the logic that the first post isn't offensive, then by that same math, the post below shouldn't be offensive either.



Except, surprise, surprise—that post got me slapped with 45 points. That’s a full-blown penalty for "insulting" someone.

😕

.............

I mean, seriously, how is this even trolling? The post just lays out the blatant double standards these "spirituality" mods are running—and they're doing it right in a thread meant to discuss the moderation itself!

Are you guys in administration actually starting to realize what kind of people you've put in charge of moderating this place?

Whom exactly are we discussing in terms of insults? 😢

Well, this is absolutely unbelievable.

Why was Florine banned?

Is this just meant to be a warning to the rest of us to pipe down before we face the same fate? Can someone please explain why the Spirituality moderator bans anyone who dares to disagree with his takes on the Komaj region?

Sean Cruz said:Well, this is absolutely unbelievable.

Why was Florine banned?

Is this just meant to be a warning to the rest of us to pipe down before we face the same fate? Can someone please explain why the Spirituality moderator bans anyone who dares to disagree with his takes on the Komaj region?

They won't, because clearly, nobody cares.
Back in the day, she did things at Microsoft that were arguably even worse, yet she was only given the role because someone thought it would be a funny little joke.
Just look at the state of this forum!
Perhaps when people start jumping ship and viewership plummets due to the declining quality, then—and only then—might someone finally ask these questions. Otherwise, no. Who truly cares about discrimination, fear-mongering, lack of sophistication, or sheer mediocrity? When our entire country feels like it's heading in that direction, why on earth should we expect anything better from an online forum?

Benjamin Long said:They won't, because clearly, nobody cares.
Back in the day, she did things at Microsoft that were arguably even worse, yet she was only given the role because someone thought it would be a funny little joke.
Just look at the state of this forum!
Perhaps when people start jumping ship and viewership plummets due to the declining quality, then—and only then—might someone finally ask these questions. Otherwise, no. Who truly cares about discrimination, fear-mongering, lack of sophistication, or sheer mediocrity? When our entire country feels like it's heading in that direction, why on earth should we expect anything better from an online forum?

Yeah, sure. But when that owner goes on a late-night talk show like Jimmy Kimmel, he definitely isn't gonna sit there and brag about running some backwards little corner of the internet where he just trolls people for fun.
Maybe someone should start a new investigative segment on 60 Minutes and actually dig into this forum and its big boss, Zeljko Anderson? Because let’s be real, the moderators aren't the ones pulling the strings here. They're just regular folks—half of them acting like wannabe philosophers or total ego trips... but Anderson is the one actually dictating this whole Stalinist-style regime.

hiddenhound3 said:here is an example (taken from this page):

I will be penalized—you may decide on the nature of my punishment yourselves.
Whether it be collectively or individually, whether the consequences are mild or severe.
The cause could be trolling, spamming, sexism, or perhaps something else entirely.

Fine, I agree that spamming and trolling clearly violate the forum rules.

However, sexism? That isn't prohibited by law, nor is it forbidden by our own community guidelines. Why should such behavior be sanctioned? Is it simply because our esteemed host change happens to be sexually enlightened?

🤷 😕

So, there you have it. I was awarded 10 points just for suggesting that men belong in a sperm bank—which, mind you, was intended as a joke and was actually a response to a long string of genuinely sexist posts over in the Spirituality subforum. Through the sheer accumulation of these points, I eventually earned myself a permanent ban.

I hold no grievances; I merely wish to set the record straight (and I am posting here because the Spirituality board won't let me back in).
Best regards, hiddenhound3, and stay strong, 🙂

I honestly feel like both Lawrence Brooks2 and hiddenhound3 need to take a breather and dial back the whole spirituality thing... Dragan is just a subpar moderator and frankly doesn't have much support, but Lawrence Brooks2 is honestly just laughable with his obsession over "order."

There’s never going to be any real order on this forum as long as Lawrence Brooks2 is running things anywhere.

Andrew Sanchez572 said:So, there you have it. I was awarded 10 points just for suggesting that men belong in a sperm bank—which, mind you, was intended as a joke and was actually a response to a long string of genuinely sexist posts over in the Spirituality subforum. Through the sheer accumulation of these points, I eventually earned myself a permanent ban.

I hold no grievances; I merely wish to set the record straight (and I am posting here because the Spirituality board won't let me back in).
Best regards, hiddenhound3, and stay strong, 🙂

Honestly, what a bunch of eccentrics... 😘

I have no intention of complaining either, but I am officially announcing my boycott of Spirituality until Dragan decides to step down.

I’m signing my name to this. I personally got slapped with a three-day ban because of that guy—honestly, I can't stand him. All I was doing was being ironic. 🍿

To make matters worse, he went on a deleting spree and wiped out more of my posts for no reason at all. 🍿

If you want a real taste of how much worse things could get, I suggest we appoint a total sycophant as the next moderator—someone who just echoes whatever the establishment wants to hear. 🍿

🙂