am i supposed to be able to see mod forums?

[jTanked]

Doesn't mean they're not banned, does it? Just means their custom title/status was changed...

 

[jTanked]

Can't say I'm shocked. I always figured you for a cornholer.

He's Cornholio?!?!?!?

 

[shiner]

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

 

[zinfamous]

Everyone in this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2193142

That's not a moderator... had the word BANNED under their username.

mosh, gaiden, nick

they were never banned, and never had the "Banned" moniker.

only GA was banned.

they were vacationed with....stipulations.

their avatars are still missing, so nothing has changed since the weekend shenanigans.

 

[jTanked]

Of course not.

 

[lxskllr]

they were never banned, and never had the "Banned" moniker.

only GA was banned.

they were vacationed with....stipulations.

their avatars are still missing, so nothing has changed since the weekend shenanigans.

I don't think that's entirely correct. Seems to me titles have changed at least once. Hard to remember though.

 

[zokudu]

they were never banned, and never had the "Banned" moniker.

only GA was banned.

they were vacationed with....stipulations.

their avatars are still missing, so nothing has changed since the weekend shenanigans.

No their title was BANNED this morning. All 3 of them.

 

[guyver01]

they were never banned, and never had the "Banned" moniker.

Every single one of them said BANNED when this all started.

 

[OCGuy]

I have 7 points that never expire. My dossier > yours.

 

[guyver01]

I have 7 points that never expire. My dossier > yours.

pfft. 7 points is a walk in the park. i have 20

 

[shiner]

I have 7 points that never expire. My dossier > yours.

Cool! You've scored almost as many points as the K.C. Chiefs this season.

 

[OCGuy]

pfft. 7 points is a walk in the park. i have 20

20 that never expire? For some reason I thought the auto-ban cieling was lower than that. Looks like I have some work to do!

 

[jTanked]

pfft. 7 points is a walk in the park. i have 20

ePeen ++?

 

[DrPizza]

I've read every last post in this thread. It's made me a little sad. I hate to see people getting banned, especially long time members. And the emotions of quite a few people seem to be running high. The discussion has been only minimally constructive - much of it, in my humble opinion, has been the exact opposite.

Here's what I'm going to ask people to do: if you have a specific beef about any moderator, admin, or forum director, please take it to moderator discussions. As you can see from something mentioned earlier in the thread, we generally treat people fairly in there. However, it is somewhat expected that you're at least respectful while discussing your issue with the moderating staff. But, as has been pointed out in this thread before, we're not going to allow people to openly bash the current moderators publicly on this forum regardless of whether your complaint is legitimate or not. We have a sort of checks and balances; and we try to be fair. We've overturned vacations in the past for a number of people who politely discussed their issue with us. Please, take it to the moderator discussions forum if you have a specific problem.

As I stated at some point earlier in this thread, I agreed with the decision made of the permaban & two lengthy bans. If for no other reason, let it be an example - don't screw around in the moderator forums if there should be some sort of security error. Thank you. Is it really that hard to resist such a temptation? And, as said by the permabanned one, there's really nothing worth going in there to read; except conversations for which the context is completely forgotten by some of the readers.

That said, there's really no reason for this thread to continue - it's time for people to stop deciding they're going to be the next lemming to throw themselves from the cliff. I'm sure we'll make some sort of a forum announcement in the next day or so & keep people informed to a degree of what sort of consensus we reach in our discussion. So, go make some interesting threads! Hey, I made gallons upon gallons of apple cider during the past two days... total cost: free! 1 tree, picked half the apples, got 6 gallons of cider from it. I have hundreds of trees available (but alas, not hundreds of gallon containers. Drat.) Maybe I'll share some pictures later. But for now, go post about something a little more interesting.

I'll also mention this thread lock in the admin forum, and if they agree, they can over-rule my decision to lock it - no hard feelings on my part. I'm just tired of seeing people stepping over the line and getting themselves banned.

 

[DrPizza]

Every single one of them said BANNED when this all started.

We are trying a 3rd category for users who are placed on vacation. In the past, spammers, etc., have been hard banned. That completely shuts them out of the forums, and changes their title to banned. We do not desire to use "banned" under members who are not permabanned, (as has happened in the past) so we're attempting a 3rd category, which simply doesn't place that title under the user's name. The remaining category also doesn't place "banned" under their title, but allows them access to several tools here. I'm not 100% sure of the differences in the categories, but inactive will probably now be used for short term bans & this new category for longer term bans.

 

[DrPizza]

And lastly, as it's been PMd to me several times - we treat people fairly in the moderator discussions forum - simply be respectful in there though. As was pointed out via a screen capture that was posted earlier in this thread, Perknose was VERY upset with Red Dawn. At the conclusion of that moderator discussion thread, there was no vacation for Red Dawn, there was no loss of "elite" status for Red Dawn. I can't imagine anyone here being able to find anything that demonstrated more clearly that Perknose or any other director, admin, or moderator was angry with an individual - yet, everyone participated in the moderator discussion thread respectfully and reached an amicable conclusion. We try to be reasonable, despite what a few have said.

 

[DrPizza]

ooops! Talk about bad timing. Unlocked for a brief window of time; until a forum announcement is made. I encourage people during this window of time, please think before you post. Thanks.

 

[Locut0s]

LAST!

 

[Ns1]

CASIOTECH ON JERBOY

CASIOTECH ON JERBOY


no seriously, this is most drama I've seen on this forum in a decade.

 

[Rubycon]

We are trying a 3rd category for users who are placed on vacation. In the past, spammers, etc., have been hard banned. That completely shuts them out of the forums, and changes their title to banned. We do not desire to use "banned" under members who are not permabanned, (as has happened in the past) so we're attempting a 3rd category, which simply doesn't place that title under the user's name. The remaining category also doesn't place "banned" under their title, but allows them access to several tools here. I'm not 100% sure of the differences in the categories, but inactive will probably now be used for short term bans & this new category for longer term bans.

Suspended?

 

[darkxshade]

Suspended?

How about spanked? :sneaky:

 

[ThatsABigOne]

:thumbsup: inb4l.

 

[Newbian]

LAST!

Never!!!

 

[Leros]

Here's what I'm going to ask people to do: if you have a specific beef about any moderator, admin, or forum director, please take it to moderator discussions.

The problem with the moderator discussions is that they're private. We need a place for open discussion.

I feel like the lack of open discussion and the lack of transparency is the biggest problem that people have with the mods. I know it bothers me.

 

[guyver01]

woot.. it's back!