Did you hit the alert button? I highly doubt the mods read every post in every thread, and certainly not immediately. As they’ve said before, if you think something violates the rules just click the alert and give them a heads-up about it.
Yeah, though not only were mods involved in the discussion, but also the targets of the comments, reporting is how one ensures a violation is noted.
It looks pretty clearly to me like Clothahump wishes to engage in suicide by mod and it’s possible that the moderators are simply determining whether more drastic measures are called for.
I share that opinion, but what I would like is reasonable consistency in the enforcement of clear rules. Either enforce deliberate and repeated violations of clear rules (via pm, mod note, warning, etc.), or rescind the rule, or if there is some dispute between The Master and the mods, then append the top of the prohibitory stickie to state specifically what is and is not enforced.
That thread has over 6,000 posts and there is only one mod who was tricked into modding the Pit. We tend to not mod the forums we are not assigned to unless it needs immediate attention. Report it and give it a little time.
While it’s an easy enough rule to follow, it seems like an odd one to me. And I think some people simply forget that there’s a line drawn in the sand there. For instance, the two insults by the mods toward Clothahump were good ones, and far more insulting than a mere “fuck you” or “fuck off”. ::shrug::
I interpret the phrases included in the language sticky as narrowly as possible. The specific phrase mentioned there is “fuck off and die,” not just “fuck off,” so I tend to give it a pass.