Originally posted by The Decapodian:
Close the thread if you want, My question has been answered.
Being rude and obnoxious won't get you anywhere. The current mods are more than fair, and if one steps down, I'm sure that -marc- will pick somebody who has been with the board since the beginning to fill that spot. Newbies like you and I have no chance of ever getting the mod position (as if I'd want it - too many irons in the fire.)
From the 'Rules of the Road' thread:
Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
Since: Aug 2001
posted 02-20-2003 21:21 IP: Logged
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Cleaned, [-bUmp-]ed, and added to:
If you are mad because your post was deleted, I don't care.
If you are mad because your thread gets locked away, I don't care.
If you are mad because someone else's thread doesn't get locked away, I don't care.
If you are mad about being edited, I don't care.
If you are mad because you feel like you're being singled out, I don't care. And you're not.
If you are mad that I don't care, I don't care. Furthermore, I just don't want how mad you are to be a part of the forum.
If you don't like this simple set of rules, then feel free to get off [-mArc-]'s property. If he decide he doesn't want a Jeff K fanclub meeting in every thread, or a he-man woman hater's club auxilliary meeting, or descriptions of popular media in terms of whether or not it is homosexual, that's his business.
And if you're now saying to yourself, "But I never did that!", realize that other people have, and I apologize if that costs you your martyr complex.
The sole determining factor in whether a post is edited, deleted, or moved is moderator discretion. That's all it ever will be. User opinion will never, ever, be a factor, so just get used to it. If you think a particular post or thread is stupid, then the only suggestion I have is to not post in it. Posting your guesses as to the ultimate fate of a thread or post is a major waste of bandwidth.
A good way to think of moderation is that it's like V.D.: if you don't post it can't happen, and if it does it can be hard to get rid of. Let intelligence and proper english be your prophylactic.