Regarding being hasselt by the mods about going OT

[kennedia_nigricans]

We could at the bottom of the OP add a line like that

"General chat welcome, please feel free to discuss OT here as well"

it would make it impossible to be OT in a thread and the harassment by the mods might recede a bit.

to the mods:

mod·er·ate  (mdr-t)adj.

1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme: a moderate price.

2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate: a moderate climate.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/moderation

your moderation style can certainly be called excessive, extreme and unreasonable. I and most other posters here would like you to be more moderate in your moderation.

[j*oono · Accepted solution]

You forgot to add the line.

Seriously, I don't think it is the mods fault.  They have to act on reports and if the reporter is right then they have to remove the post I suppose.

[kennedia_nigricans · Accepted solution]

LOL i did forget.

so if something that is perfectly fine by the rules should be removed because there is a bunch of bleeps who want it removed?

[the_hawk* · Accepted solution]

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@kennedia_nigricans wrote:

LOL i did forget.

so if something that is perfectly fine by the rules should be removed because there is a bunch of bleeps who want it removed?

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Its more about how much they dislike a person

[not_an_eloi · Accepted solution]

to moderate, as a verb

moderateverb

Definition of MODERATE

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually <the wind began to moderate as the night wore on>

Synonyms abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane

Related Words compress, condense, constrict, contract; evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish; slacken, slow (down); alleviate, relax; flag, sink, weaken; cave (in), collapse, deflate

when compared to the actions taken on some o' my posts, against other posts which remain unfrittered, it fair gives me the rachets, this joint sure as 'ell ain't no level playin' field.

[*crikey*mate* · Accepted solution]

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@kennedia_nigricans wrote:

LOL i did forget.

so if something that is perfectly fine by the rules should be removed because there is a bunch of ****** who want it removed?

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that about sums it up

[the_hawk* · Accepted solution]

Eloi ol mate I think you just proved my point

[the_great_she_elephant · Accepted solution]

What a lot of angst over something so essentially trivial - get up someone's nose, they report you, you get a slap, who cares? At least you have the satisfaction of knowing you've hit your target.

Provided you are a bit subtle and choose your words carefully,  you can actually get away with a lot more now than you could under LiveWorld. At least the Lithium mods do read the posts and make informed judgements. I have no way of knowing of course but I rather suspect I've been the object of quite a few reports lately that haven't been upheld.

[not_an_eloi · Accepted solution]

before the advent of lithium was imposed upon us, these boards 'ad placeholders to show when a post 'ad been taken down.   now, to my thinkin' lithium would 'ave that same ability written someplace into their programmin'   

if a removed post is unjustifiably removed, and it's proven beyond a shadow of doubt to be unjustiably removed - like, say, unreasonably removed, for off-topic,  the flamin' post should be flamin' well put back .  

(bellows loudly emoticon)

[*ibis · Accepted solution]

before the advent of lithium was imposed upon us, these boards 'ad placeholders to show when a post 'ad been taken down

did it?

i dont remember that