Absolutely this mod climate makes molehills into mountains

*international whack off sign*

I guess the quadruple grand slam serving of attention overnight wasn't enough.

we are all but ants on the picnic table of life. and when a moderator is bored it is within their power as a higher being to smash us beneath their finger. extinguishing our life and amusing themselves for another second. how many of my ant brothers must die before the moderators are held responsible for their atrocities? #BugsLife

Above statement was with complete humor. please do not smash me #JMOisdabest #Modswitbods #ilove(fill in with moderator likes)

man i should silence somebody for bootlicking

how big of a mindfuck would THAT be

It would be less a mind fuck and more an obvious abuse of power. but yolo i guess. question can mods silence mods?

yes

last month i got drunk and silenced myself indefinitely

Several times in a row, I might add.

do you guys ever just silence eachother just because?

i mean... myself
although in my defense i was testing whether i could silence myself, there was A reason it just sucked lmao

"Absolutely, hes a MOD, he doesn't get to say 'give a shit.' Especially on his first message to me."

This is what I was trying to say in threadID=1163307 . We expect a certain amount of professionalism from the mods.

Thoughts:

- The people complaining the loudest about lack of specificity in the rules regarding standards of civility, decorum, and style on the forum strike me as the same type of people who would loudly decry any attempt in the real world to "legislate morality." At least when it comes to personal interactions in the real world, we have things like shame and the risk of being punched in the nose when we cross the line too far or too often. Actually, I take that back...there's more incentive than just that. If you struck up a political conversation with a stranger at an adjacent table at Starbucks and it led to the kind of vitriolic, F-bomb laden, vein-standing-out-on-the-forehead screaming match that some people here are apparently advocating *for*, then the cops would be called and you could be cited for some kind of disorderly conduct. And no, you wouldn't be able to argue that the disorderly conduct ordinance was too vague and didn't specifically cover calling someone a "queefbasket" while engaged in a "discussion" over the upcoming Bulgarian parliamentary elections. It's because, in the real world, well-adjusted, sane human beings don't consider that kind of "conversation" acceptable. And for those of you who disagree that the Internet should work in much the same way, there's always 4chan.

- Consider: some of these problems are taking place in threads where people are talking about important topics. No, it's not likely that something said on WebDip is going to be the one thing that turns around the prospects for peace with Eastasia, but this *is* a part of the larger conversation. If a topic is important enough to get riled up about (and I know all about that!), then it's probably something you actually want to convince more people about. Does all of...this...do anything to bring new people to your way of thinking? And does anyone ever consider the possibility that they might be wrong and that their opponent in a particular debate might be right? Or that there might be a third answer and you're both wrong? I don't want to go too far with it, but it just sucks to have so much of our public discourse taken up with shouting, name-calling, noise-making, and repetition when some of these things actually matter, and getting the right answer is important to how and whether people live.

What we really need is some certification standards for mods. There should be a background, check, interview with a panel that include representative forum members, an exam, and an 8th grade diploma. I think this would greatly improve the quality and professionalism of moderation.

An 8th grade diploma, are these things given to kids in the USA for turning up regular, not everyone who is a Mod is American or is that stupid, better basing intelligence on something like gun ownership, if you own a gun then obviously not intelligent enough to moderate your life, let alone a very important forum like the one we can't talk about in case we cause upset World War Z

On the other hand, gun ownership might make moderating more effective, intelligent or not.

I'll be on record I guess as saying that moderator quality is less of a problem than a few poorly socialized users.

FRM - you can take your 'poorly soocialized' and stick it right up where the sun don't shine you pretentious <REDACTED>

I choose not to do so, but I'm glad to know I have that option. Thanks!

As a proud resident of a state whose founder, while serving in Congress, beat up another congressman on the sidewalk with a stick, I disagree with FineRedMist that the webdip forum is not in our finest traditions.

I'm sure glad that the same person who gifted us with this forum title

http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=1150906#1150954

Is so concerned about civility and etiquette here.

Also I feel sorry for Damian that he was publicly bullied by Santa into an apology. These public apologies and public airing of private messages are really unseemly. I'm glad Damian didn't feel forced to do the same thing to me.

Well, after being chastised by Putin over matters of netiquette, I suppose I can just fold up my tent and go home; there's nothing more I can accomplish here! Seriously, though, I suppose if you won't grant me a satire exemption, then I have to accept your condemnation as a hypocrite. Apart from that particular ad hominem, however, is it fair to say you disagree and that the "discussion" style you typically engage in is, on the whole, a better way?

No, we can all do with more civility. I just wish the people who preached the most about it would lead by example once and a while.

I'll follow up by PM.

The maturity of some people on the forum is simply astounding. And not in a good way. Pathetic, SC. You don't look tough, you sound like a spoiled brat.
People cry about rules being enforced. They use vulgar language and cry about it being used to them, and on a site that is rather laidback, they cry about lack of professionalism among administrators. Grow up and goodbye.

Thanks for all the hard work, you mods. And thanks to other forum posters who have a maturity worthy of their age.

and, a good way to increase the maturity level is to start calling ppl pathetic. Nicely done card.

Okay guys, the actual situation has been resolved to the satisfaction of both the original poster and the mod team. Lets allow this thread to die off. The only think this will lead to now is personal attacks.

ha you all are hiLARIOUS

Oh, I meant nicely "played" Card. duh.

Okay, now it can die.