# Hypersensitive modding in MPSIMS

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**Created:** [March 21, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersensitive-modding-in-mpsims/961434 "2022-03-21T15:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersensitive-modding-in-mpsims/961434/1 "2022-03-21T15:36:04Z")

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I thought this was unwarranted moderation, but I just let it go …

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine/960037/2864):
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> Moderating: That’s a bit personally adversarial for MPSIMS. This isn’t the pit.

But then we have this:

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine/960037/2877):
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> Moderating Remember, this is breaking news in MPSIMS. That political jab wasn’t appropriate in this thread. We have lots of other threads where it would be fine.

“Political jab”? It’s a direct quote from a CNN headline, FFS!  
[https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/20/politics/joe-biden-europe-trip-vladimir-putin/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/20/politics/joe-biden-europe-trip-vladimir-putin/index.html)

Yes, these were just gentle mod notes, but they’re hugely misguided and set the wrong tone IMHO regarding the kinds of discussions that should be appropriate in MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersensitive-modding-in-mpsims/961434/2 "2022-03-21T16:14:57Z")

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I didn’t comment on that in the thread for obvious reasons, but I think saying that “a visit heavy on rheoteric and light on action” is a fairly reasonable and neutral prediction. To me, it doesn’t read as a comment on Biden as much as it does on the current constraints the US and NATO are currently working under.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersensitive-modding-in-mpsims/961434/3 "2022-03-21T16:28:39Z")

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This one is probably my fault. When I read it this morning, it looked like a political jab out of nowhere and I flagged it. In better context as you explained here, I would not have flagged it.

I’m not sure how closely **puzzlegal** is following the thread and if she mostly just saw my flag, probably also saw it out of context. Out of context, it looks like a political jab in a breaking news story. I believe the MPSIMS mods are trying to cut back on those.

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**So at least on my part, I want to apologize for flagging it.**

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I’m not an MPSIMS mod, but I think the moderating post to remind Frodo it wasn’t the pit was perfectly reasonable. I would fully support that one.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersensitive-modding-in-mpsims/961434/4 "2022-03-21T16:32:42Z")

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Thank you, @What_Exit, for frankly and openly explaining it.

No more comments from me for awhile as I’m off to my eye doctor for testing to see if I have glaucoma in addition to cataracts!