Alright...I'm aware this is a pointless rant. I know all I'm doing is bashing my head against a brickwall and inflaming people, but I have to say what I have to say...So, I apologize ahead of time.
In my eyes, SF has gone downhill in the past month. I have seen people be kicked and banned from chat for trivialities, and threads get locked and deleted for no apparent reason. Why?
It seems to me that whenever moderators are confronted with an controversy regarding a decision, they defend themselves with a simple "PM me." To what purpose? To be ignored again?
The censorship here is getting to be unbearable. It's ridiculous to delete anything that is in the least bit controversial, or simply another view on an event that has taken place here. It prevents conflicts from being solved and simply causes more angry feelings.
Furthermore, I realize the moderators are only human, and therefore they have emotions that get in the way of rational decisions. But some don't seem to realize is the members here are also only human.
The moderators exist to solve and prevent conflicts, not cause them. Yet, a lot of them simply fuel it. Most of what I see is excessive guilt tripping and extreme loss of impartiality. Anything that can be construed as a challenge to power is immediately silenced. If a moderator lets SF so profoundly affect them...should they still be a "modded"?
Again, I realize that *I* am nought but fueling the fire with the post. Yes, I would have taken this to PMs if it was not for the fact that when I attempted to do so I was brutally ignored. Anyways, this does concern the whole SF community...
In my eyes, SF has gone downhill in the past month. I have seen people be kicked and banned from chat for trivialities, and threads get locked and deleted for no apparent reason. Why?
It seems to me that whenever moderators are confronted with an controversy regarding a decision, they defend themselves with a simple "PM me." To what purpose? To be ignored again?
The censorship here is getting to be unbearable. It's ridiculous to delete anything that is in the least bit controversial, or simply another view on an event that has taken place here. It prevents conflicts from being solved and simply causes more angry feelings.
Furthermore, I realize the moderators are only human, and therefore they have emotions that get in the way of rational decisions. But some don't seem to realize is the members here are also only human.
The moderators exist to solve and prevent conflicts, not cause them. Yet, a lot of them simply fuel it. Most of what I see is excessive guilt tripping and extreme loss of impartiality. Anything that can be construed as a challenge to power is immediately silenced. If a moderator lets SF so profoundly affect them...should they still be a "modded"?
Again, I realize that *I* am nought but fueling the fire with the post. Yes, I would have taken this to PMs if it was not for the fact that when I attempted to do so I was brutally ignored. Anyways, this does concern the whole SF community...