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**Created:** [September 14, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-disappeared/509981 "2009-09-14T00:54:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-disappeared/509981/37 "2009-09-14T02:39:00Z")

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I’ve been visiting this place less and less because it’s simply too complicated to understand the rules. You guys know that you have most of us by the short-hairs, because we have friendships here, that are vulnerable to being severed by being banned from this board. This has led to obvious abuse and manipulation by the moderators here. I mean it, in the most constructive way; please get some clarity and consistency in how this place is run.

> [@What was the last album on 8-track?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-album-on-8-track/55824/5):
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> Big T, you should be more civil about this. Shouting is not useful and is abusive. This is not the Pit. I’m not shouting at you and I’m not being rude, you too should likewise be courteous.

Then, From **C K Dexter Haven**  
Now, GODDAM IT PAY ATTENTION!  
This is ATMB.

I understand that this quote is from the "Can moderator ignore the rules ..blah, blah? Well, they certainly have ignored the _decorum_!

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