When has a Mod overstepped his authority?

[Truthknut]

When he/she uses it instead of proper debate!!

Any comments?

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homeandnativeland said:

When he/she uses it instead of proper debate!!

Any comments?

A moderator should be very reluctant to use the power of edit on any post. Talk and reasoning usually work but if the member in question chooses not to comply then some kind of action must happen to keep the site civil.

[proudcanadian]

Mods are people to the trick is knowing the difference

[Deleted]

The bottom line here is that moderators on ALL boards have to stop taking themselves so seriously. If a poster become blatantly racists or too potty mouth then just cut him/her off. It is not necessary to verbally spank them in public or anything else.

.... is that fair with no explanation as to why ?? I don't think so , and see nothing wrong with a warning as to the violation that was broken ... if a personnel IM is more appropriate that can also be done ..

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..... hey ... just wondering why the board time has not changed ??

[sasquatch]

Actually the place of a mod is to control flame wars, racism and potty-mouth. Over at CKA, a select few engage in name-calling and personal attacks with impunity, for the simple reason that the forum is owned and moderated by a bunch of student drinking buddies. All too frequently if a poster is too successful in ridiculing their political agenda---that poster is promptly banned for unspecified "blatant racism".

The best example is Rev Blare's alliance site. As one visitor concluded it has one member (Blare) and 20 mods who are loyal to him and promptly ban any post counter to Blare's leftist ideology. New members generally make one post but are whacked so promptly that it's like they were never there.