Cam Nivag wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:49 pm The day after I was banned, a poster told a story about being drugged while smoking a cigar at Pontoon. Another poster responded as follows, without any moderation at all:

brisie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:25 pm The only cunt I know that sucks turds that size is a bald Spanish speaker that loiters around GSM for cheap whores and booze.
I thought the cigar was international code for I'd like to suck a fart out of a dirty crack whores ass.

Incorrect and just for the record, the post was subsequently reported by another member and removed the following morning. Yeah, wished we'd picked it up sooner but we can't always be across every thread and post and hence rely on members to report such posts.

Seasquatch wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:52 am

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 12:21 am It's nice to see CEO attract more people who don't just get online to shout 'fuckstick' at everyone.

Ah the internet, where people can speak without facing the consequences of their words, that being said people should toughen up and get some thicker skin.

I for one think over-modding will make for a boring forum(and I'm saying this in general nothing against Mr Clutch), people disagree, arguments happen and get heated, sometimes you can find humor in it, I've read this and tof for some years and there's been some real side splitting spitting coffee on the screen laugh out moments, lot of those moments could of been interpreted as pretty mean spirited, but that's life, as the world delves down the PC hole it seems we have lost our sense of humor, and that's a shame.

My two cents thrown in the peanut gallery, time for a beer

Yeah, you raise some good points there.

Some members like to speak freely and even enjoy the arguments/confrontations/attacks and as you say, see the humor in it. TOF has a lot of that.

OTOH, other members here don't appreciate the personal attacks, use of bad language, having their topics derailed or ridiculed and the like.

As GM said it's a fineline with modding sometimes..damned if you do/damned if you don't. CEO has a diversity of members from long time, experienced members who contribute a lot to newer members coming in and many others that read/follow but not necessarily post. We have to try to keep everybody happy mostly but we won't be successful all the time. However, we (as in the mods) do have to take the broader view and consider the wider audience. If CEO is to grow and thrive and attract new members and more great topics and discussions, I believe we have to set standards and the tone for the forum such that members want to join and participate without fear of being shot down, attacked, belittled etc.

So we're aiming to keep things civil that way. Personally, I wouldn't want the consequences of my/our modding actions to make the forum boring or too sterile and that's something I'm going to have to keep in mind. But again, it's a balance. There's a lot of scope for banter and jokes already I think without necessarily resorting to nastiness to do it. I'm encouraged by new members (some of non english speaking backgrounds) that are contributing with some great topics and it really adds to the diversity imo. Not to detract from existing contributions from longer term members.

I might take this opportunity to thank the members who sent words of encouragement via PMs that perhaps didn't want to post here. Much appreciated.

fax wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:49 am

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:27 am He's right, you know!

Yeah...

clutch used 4 quotes to show that I had been warned. I did not write any of those posts but clutch removed the attribution to the original author.

3 of those posts had been edited by a moderator. They all contained the usual "Mod edit" message.

The post which I did write, clutch edited with no moderator message.

My point stands that clutch silently edited my post and that's not cool.

I also stand by the point that it's bullshit that I was nearly banned for writing "you're frothing at the mouth", which clutch silently edited out of my post with no moderator message and then said that I should have taken that as a warning.

I did not write any of these posts and I challenge you to prove me wrong:

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:40 am That was the last edit after these:

You are indeed an [Admin Edit: Let's not get personal over a discussion that's managed to stay on topic. Thanks.]

Putting a halt to noisy animlas doesn't stop you from being a [Mod edit: keep it civil]

Another crock of horse shit that if I answer I'll get mod-edited again.

What a [Mod edit: keep it civil] conclusion you have chosen to share with us.

The real reason was not that I posted something wrong but

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:40 am I had enough of the mod editing of posts

Of course that's fine, but he should have just said that instead of bringing forth irrelevant posts to justify that he gave some kind of imaginary warning.

Quote no 4 is yours And the fact that other members got their posts mod edited for insults in your discourse...wouldn't that serve as a warning to not only them but you as well that we don't want that?

And yeah I edited another post which wasn't a big deal as you say, I was gonna write another mod edit and then thought this is enough of a slanging match with mod edit warnings being ignored so I decided to lock the topic. Stand by that.