Nuff said!!Strange how things work here. I am a member of at least 5 other forums and in every one of them none of the moderators can actually ban anybody. They can move threads around or lock them and that's it. Banning someone is up to the forum administrator to make the decision and actually do it.
Be Back Later!!!Hey Bite. I went across the street and no one was home.
BM....Cussing is Bad!!! Didn't your mother teach you that?Ya know........ there IS another place that hasn't gotten too rambunctious yet. Dusty (Rat-in-da-hat) has his own place now. It's called e-cig review (I think) and it's a lot like this place, only you can cuss there!!! (JK, JK, JK!!!!) I think Laynies has it as a link in her signature. You might be surprised who you find over there. Wink, wink, nudge nudge!! Check it out!!!![]()
Strange how things work here. I am a member of at least 5 other forums and in every one of them none of the moderators can actually ban anybody. They can move threads around or lock them and that's it. Banning someone is up to the forum administrator to make the decision and actually do it.
Terraphon.......That is the exact reason I refuse to upgrade from my PS2....thanks for setting the story straight for us.I really don't see to much mod abuse happening here in The Emerald City!I'm willing to bet those forums aren't nearly as large and as busy as this one is getting.
Want to see an example of a community where the mods have ABSOLUTE power and exercise it on a regular basis? Try the largest XBox community in the world at TeamXbox.com. I've seen them ban 50 members in less than an hour. I've watched them perma-ban members with 30,000 posts. I was there when 5,000 people were viewing ONE sub-forum and the mods were banning people at the rate of 10 per minute.
Want to know what that kind of moderation leads to?
Threads: 472,661, Posts: 10,931,609, Members: 207,770
The admins can't do it all, bro. Here or anywhere. That's why mods exist and that's why SJ gave his global mods the power to ban people (not all mods here can).
And remember, everyone...The mods don't MAKE the rules, they just enforce the ones set out by SmokeyJoe himself...Including the ones about people abusing the mod staff.
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I'm willing to bet those forums aren't nearly as large and as busy as this one is getting.
Want to see an example of a community where the mods have ABSOLUTE power and exercise it on a regular basis? Try the largest XBox community in the world at TeamXbox.com. I've seen them ban 50 members in less than an hour. I've watched them perma-ban members with 30,000 posts. I was there when 5,000 people were viewing ONE sub-forum and the mods were banning people at the rate of 10 per minute.
Want to know what that kind of moderation leads to?
Threads: 472,661, Posts: 10,931,609, Members: 207,770
The admins can't do it all, bro. Here or anywhere. That's why mods exist and that's why SJ gave his global mods the power to ban people (not all mods here can).
And remember, everyone...The mods don't MAKE the rules, they just enforce the ones set out by SmokeyJoe himself...Including the ones about people abusing the mod staff.
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That's right Vicks. Our mod gets fed when he's hungry, his hand held when he's sad, our best wishes and prayers when he's worried, and a lot of flak when he gets too sassy!!!! LOLOLWe like you as our mod, Wiz - so we don't abuse you....unless you ask us to![]()
I agree that a forum with numbers like that needs to have mods with banning power. But, there is one HUGE difference between here and the Xbox forum though. I'm sure you can guess what it is. I don't know the exact number but I'll go out on a limb and say 95% of the members on Xbox forum are under the age of 16. They're all kids and the mods are probably all kids too. We're all adults here.
That's right Vicks. Our mod gets fed when he's hungry, his hand held when he's sad, our best wishes and prayers when he's worried, and a lot of flak when he gets too sassy!!!! LOLOL
Lu could take a lesson from this. You get the treatment and respect that you earn. You know, the flies and honey thing.
We LOVE our MOD!!!!
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I actually didn't see what he saw, but then my eyes aren't what they used to be or maybe my mind wasn't in the same place as his. LOL
Wow.....Good thing those are very small naked people!!!That fella has my hairline!!