I really don’t have a beef with any particular mod, but Jesus fuckin Christ.
Example:
Moderator#37: I’ve always said that we are free to rape newborn babies and then kill and consume them.
n00b Poster: Mod, you were really out of line with that statement. What the hell is your deal? You should apologize for your reckless comments. To continue as a moderator sort of damages your credibility.
Seasoned poster#1: n00b, you’ve had a fuckin hair up your ass for Moderator#37 ever since you joined. You need to get over your massive fuckin ego and realize that some people like to rape and eat babies. It’s the 21st century, fucktard.
Seasoned posters #2-99: Yeah, what’s your deal, fucknugget? Moderator#37 works hard.
n00b #2: n00b has a point. What he said was pretty much indefensible-
Seasoned posters #100-199: More fuckin character assassination bullshit perpetrated at Moderator#37. He does his job for free so a piece of shit like you can post freely, asshole! You can’t please all the people all of the time, dipshit. Ever heard that? It’s true. You should be getting down on your knees ready to drink his fuckin bathwater. How dare you question his wisdom? How DARE you?
This is the problem with a message board of thinking people who have to pay the poll tax to speak their mind. There’s no burnouts, jocks or bad boys in this school who’d want to put up with this. Just the nerds, geeks and dweebs. And, apparently, they’ve all brought an apple for the teacher.
Could you please provide a specific example? The only times I’ve ever seen people defend a mod for being a mod is when people attack a mod for being a mod. Whenever the discussion isn’t about the Dope, mods appear to be treated like any other poster.
The only mod I’ve ever seen advocating the slaughter of children (orphans, specifically) is TVeblen, and I don’t really think that counts since it’s total bullshit on Giraffe’s part.
But OK, I’ll admit that even though I disagree with the OP, it did make me chuckle.
Actually, your odd claim of a scenario works equally well if you ignore the “Mod” tag and simply refer to “seasoned posters.” Do you have a specific event to cite? I’m not sure why you would decide that the issue is one of Mods vs the newbies when exactrly the same hypothetical might easily occur between any group of long-time posters vs newbies. Given that the majority of Mods are, indeed, long-time posters, what makes you think that their Moderator status enters into the equation, at all?
You misunderstand. This isn’t a mod pit. Like I said, I really have no beef with the mods. It’s a pit of your hive-minded defenders. I just feel that logic dictates, somewhere, at some point, a mod might have been wrong concerning his facts and/or judgment. Not that you’d ever know it here, though.
Not long ago samclem apologized over a kefluffle he was involved in with Scylla. I think I’ve also seen Frank and Giraffe apologize for things they did in both their roles as long-time posters and as mods. manhattan took a lot of flack for some comments he made at various times, both as a mod and as a member. TVeblen was a picture of humility in a number of situations.
I’m not sure I see the same thing you’re seeing here Johnny Hildo. I can provide cites, if I must, for all the above claims. Without specific examples of the behavior you’ve found distasteful I’m not sure I can grok what bugs you about it.
Dude, you know that feeling ya get when you realize that the thing you just said proves that you don’t even have a fucking clue about what your talking about?
You should be having that feeling right now!
If the problem is as pervasive as you seem to be claiming, it shouldn’t be too hard for you to rustle up an actual real-life example, instead of just making one up.
Why not just say you agree with Garfield226 and be done with it? Given that that’s the only mod-directed thread in the Pit right now, it seems likely that’s what inspired this thread.
Every pile-on is an example, but the problem with giving examples of things like this is that it is possible to spin behavior in so many different ways. That’s why one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Even this post, which simply states a fact, will be spun in every way from a defense of the OP to a declaration of hostility against the group. Surely, you have enough real life experience to know that few and far between are the people who will acknowledge a criticism as valid. Same same here.
There will always be a difference in perception of any given example, but providing an example at least gives us some idea of what ever the Hell the OP is talking about. It also adds more credibility to his claim to provide something concrete, even if some think it is not the epitome of moderator kiss-assery.
Yes, I do rather expect my post to be designated just another facet of the ‘hive mind’, even though I have said nothing in defence of the management. I don’t object to hypothetical or wildly exaggerated examples, but still, something like this, if it’s supposed to be flagging sycophancy, a concrete example of said sycophancy wouldn’t go amiss - where the problem is alleged to be serious or widespread, then serious or many examples should probably be given.
I bet even I could find some if I tried - but then I could find lots of things that exist, but aren’t a really big deal.
BTW, until now, I’ve never seen the term ‘hive mind’ used in any other context than someone blowing something out of all proportion and raving about conspiracies. I still haven’t.
