Post by The Aztec Panther on Sept 30, 2014 21:23:02 GMT -8
High 'N' Tight - you're pushing it. You yourself have shown little decorum in your very public criticism of the mod staff here. You have not sent your concerns by PM, instead you have rather publicly, and now hypocritically, questioned the judgment of the mod staff. If you meant what you said you would have refrained from your public criticism and taken these issues to PM. You didn't.
As I explained, there are an awful lot of people here who do not want Steve on the board, and they need to know that we're on the case. They need to know that we aren't throwing in the towel, and Steve won't get away with futher rules violations. A public comment is the ONLY way to get that message across to everyone who has concerns about Steve showing up yet again. I wasn't concerned as much about, "Diffiusing the sitiation," as I was addressing the elephant in the room and getting out a public message that absolutely needed to be sent.
You clearly don't get that, or you just don't care, in which case you're part of the problem, not the solution.
Your own posts with public criticisms fanned the flames and kept this discussion going, which certainly seems to have been your intent (your bolding of that last message would indicate that). So, again, if you've got any further concerns or even criticism please feel free to PM me.
Just because someone handles something in a different way than you would doesn't make that handling incorrect. There may be different goals or philosophies at work (actually, there definitely are, something that you are either unwilling to accept or unable to understand).
I criticized your "mod's note" as being unnecessary and in poor taste. Everything since then is you defending your actions as absolutely necessary and required by rule. This is your board and you can run it anyway you wish to. As a U.S. Marine and an analyst I hold myself out to be fair and as impartial as possible. It appears that the moderators here have no issues conflating their personal views with their official functions. I guess I was under the mistaken impression that moderators are held to a higher standard -- and when they don't want to be held to that standard, they post as a regular user with a non-moderator account. This board is not moderated quite to the level that I had grown accustomed to in other forums.
If you seek to ban me because I have defended my criticism of the moderator / your handling of a situation then do so. Based on my observations on this board, such an action would only re-enforce the notion that you do not take any critique well, even when constructive. If you want to cite my hypocrisy, then I invite you to see your own ... As you have chosen to do so here in a open forum, instead of a private message as you declare is the procedure. As the end-user, I can only assume you want to have this conversation in the open because you created this thread "Why the JYP Thread was handled the way it was." in order to do so.
Fanning the flames, as you put it, has been done so openly because you -- as moderator have chosen to do so in an open forum. As the end-user, I am merely following your example, on your board, where you decide what is appropriate and have been discussing this issue with you as you have responded here instead of a PM.
You never once went to PM. Not in the beginning, and not up to this point. If you truly believed that this discussion should be handled that way you would have done so from the start. Instead, you (hypocritically) went straight to the, "You suck," mode. Bottom line, that's what you did. You offered no, "Constructive criticism." You merely went into attack mode and showed a complete lack of understanding of the situation.
Your protestations otherwise are moot. Your claims to be a U.S. Marine and an analyst are dubious at best (you can claim anything you want as an anonymous user). Your actions show a distinct lack of honor, something a Marine wouldn't want to do. You didn't respect the authority of the Mod staff. You didn't even address your, "Concerns," privately. You very publicly decided to go on the offensive and show no respect to the chain of authority. What honorable Marine would do that? (My best man at my wedding was a Marine, so I know a little about Marines.)
Your claims to be a Marine and an Analyst seem to be put forward to bolster your arguments, but if your arguments were solid they wouldn't need bolstering, now would they?
The fact is, this issue very much needed to be addressed publicly. The history with Steve here is long and unpleasant. We have quite a few members who would feel very uncomfortable and would be very unhappy with Steve's renewed presence here. Furthermore, allowing Steve to publicly come back with a new account - against forum rules - would undermine our ability to effectively moderate the board. If no one has to worry about consequences, then they'll do whatever they like, which would make for a rather unpleasant and chaotic board. So in order to let the board members know that A.) we were on the case, B.) we still have the authority to remove Steve (and/or anyone else who repeatedly violates forum rules), and, C.) that they wouldn't have to worry about Steve's continued presense I posted a Mod's note that addressed an expressed concern from our board members.
If you can't deal with that, then maybe this isn't the board for you.
If you have any further concerns or comments on the issue I would suggest going to P.M. to save the board members from all the needless drama.