Alarming trend in moderation

[UltraVires]

@Ravenman

Clearly what we need is a new subforum, where posters accused by mods of being a jerk are afforded an opportunity to obtain counsel and argue before a panel of their peers as to what constitutes being a jerk. Such conclusions should of course be based on precedent, so we need to keep a better record of examples of jerkishness, and perhaps index these examples in a library of some sort that all can access.

The decision of these peers can then be appealed three times, ultimately bringing the matter to Ed Zotti if he so deigns. Of course he might remand the issue to the Privy Council of ATMB, which can then form a commission of inquiry comprised of the anonymous posters on Giraffe Boards as a neutral third party.

This inquiry shall last not more than 180 days, to be followed by a secondary review by the degenerates who only hang out in the Pit. Their recommendations will be put forth to the whole message board in IMHO for a public poll to decide the matter once and for all, before anyone’s reputation is sullied by a mod note.

Or we can all try a little harder not to be jerks.

I do give you several points for creativity, however, it misses the issue.

The problem with “don’t be a jerk” is that one’s jerkishness has gone far beyond a universal recognition of being a jerk and into a wholly subjective and subconsciously politically based determination of what being a jerk consists of. It really has come to mean nothing more than “upsets a moderator at this time.”