Leopards do not change their spots
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gategrrlOh my.
How nice (in a not-nice way) to see people in an Etiquette forum dog-piling on a poster instead of approaching the person reasonably. And yes, apparently it does matter if you snark, or talk to, a mod in the "wrong tone". It gets you banned. Mods are more speshuller than other people in the forum, because I guess the other people in the forum are unable to actually notify the mods when posts are posted in the "wrong tone" and instead go "ha-ha!" to posters they can't deal with about "now the mods are gonna get you!" if the poster doesn't toe the line.
And accusations by mods (in any capacity) are de rigeur. It's fortunate that the poster who was accused by a mod of inconsistency in her views on children was able to fend off the accusations without causing a banning of herself. Yes, especially since she'd just been greeted back into the fold after missing for many months.
Mods are human. But in Etiquette Land, they're more equal than everyone else. Some things never change.
How nice (in a not-nice way) to see people in an Etiquette forum dog-piling on a poster instead of approaching the person reasonably. And yes, apparently it does matter if you snark, or talk to, a mod in the "wrong tone". It gets you banned. Mods are more speshuller than other people in the forum, because I guess the other people in the forum are unable to actually notify the mods when posts are posted in the "wrong tone" and instead go "ha-ha!" to posters they can't deal with about "now the mods are gonna get you!" if the poster doesn't toe the line.
And accusations by mods (in any capacity) are de rigeur. It's fortunate that the poster who was accused by a mod of inconsistency in her views on children was able to fend off the accusations without causing a banning of herself. Yes, especially since she'd just been greeted back into the fold after missing for many months.
Mods are human. But in Etiquette Land, they're more equal than everyone else. Some things never change.
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Date: 2008-08-10 07:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-10 02:34 pm (UTC)Yeah, it still happens, but in this case, it's limited to one thread at this time. The bannings only seem to happen when someone questions the forum about its behaviors, or points out how some people are always More Right than others.
The thread I'm talking about here is the reason why the posting count went UP, too. A little contraversy helps!