This is my first pit thread. Make of that what you will. 
The moderators on this board do plenty of things the SDMB members find reason to complain about. The complaints about mod actions are quite vehement and colorful. I don’t dip into the pit very often, because I usually don’t have the intestinal fortitude, but when I feel up to it, it can be quite entertaining in here.
I’m not here to flame the SDMB moderators, nor the members who complain about them. No matter how poor you think the moderators here are, they are SAINTS who have the WISDOM OF SOLOMON compared to the moderators on another board I’m a member of.
On that other board, I’ve made mistakes. I’ve said things that were probably worth moderator action. However… I’ll never know for sure what the mistakes were. If a mod doesn’t like your post, they’ll delete or edit it. AND THEN NOT TELL YOU. They have all the valid contact info they need, but they won’t use it to tell the poster what they did wrong, or why. If they edited the post, they don’t add a reason, nor any indication of what they removed. Complain to the administration? The complaints go into a black hole, no response to that either. I know they’re reading their feedback, because they will respond with appropriate action for other issues. But NEVER when it’s about their own. Make a public complaint about the lack of response on the board? That post goes poof too, and no word about it from the mod responsible.
Here’s the most recent post they disappeared on me. I’m glad I kept a copy:
I’m glad I kept a copy after it went poof. I sent a broadcast PM to all the mods. It started out with the above message, and continued with:
Sent around noon EST today, no response yet. I’m not holding my breath.
Oh and the “debate” move Joe pulled on me? He edited my post and removed an idea he didn’t like. It was made clear in followup posts that what I said wasn’t any kind of rules violation; he just didn’t like it. Later on in the thread, another mod made another mystery edit to my post (and unfortunately I didn’t keep a copy of that one so I’m not entirely sure what she changed) and that was the metaphorical straw that broke the camel’s back and got me to really start venting about what happened. I can’t do it there, so I’ll do it here.
Joe actually had the temerity to start mocking my slightly more subtle attempts to point out his and Malana’s lack of intellectual honesty. I’m afraid to push it anymore than I have, because those posts are likely to go bye-bye too.
I used to donate money to help keep that site afloat. But after this, no more. It isn’t just the mods participating in the thread; the entire moderation team and administration are ethically and intellectually bankrupt if they just let complaints about them fall into a black hole with no response whatsoever.
Doper-Flamers, rejoice in your moderation team here. You might disagree with what they do, but at least minimum standards of intellectual honesty are upheld as they perform their duties. I love this board! <3
Is it within the pit’s rules for me to post a link to the thread on the other board where all this went down? I’m definitely not advocating anyone here join in over there.
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