by Woeler » October 10th, 2012, 1:24 pm
I also agree that we need to reform this system. People usually argue over announcements, however some people go into personal attack, which I find rather lame. When discussing and/or debating something you need to be able to stay formal, even with your enemies.
I woke up this morning and there was a new announcement on the board. I read it and wanted to reply... locked. Due to people posting accusations and personal attacks.
Discussing an announcement isn't that hard. Some people would rather target the person posting the announcement than the actual announcement.
Also, what is drama? When people are having a heavy discussion everyone starts screaming ''OMG DRAMA. ANOTHER DAY ON MLK''. To all those people: YOU are the ones causing drama. (some exceptions might be there, but still) If you think this is drama, go look at some debates on project reason. Way worse than this and nobody complains.
To disagree is something else than to hate. So if you feel like you're one of those people that runs around and screams ''drama'' all the time. Just think and shut up. We have a mod team to handle the drama misunderstandings, not you!
Then on some trolling issue (on which I wasn't able to reply because it got ''out of hand''). The staff here requires extraordinary evidence to ban somebody? Hello? Wake up! The staff is superior, not inferior! Acting like a member and being a mod doesn't work, the proof is everywhere on this forum. Sometimes you just need to grow up and do what is asked from you. No wonder people are so critical, the team submits or the topic gets locked out of fear/anger. Just do what you need to do. Some people will whine here and there, but in the end they have to accept it. Unless something is completely ridiculous. Mods should act on intuition, not proof that takes weeks to gather. Get over your fear of making mistakes and do what is asked from you! Where was the team last night? You don't need approval from other mods to do something. For the sake of humanity, just ACT! You're a mod, not a moron.
The announcement topic got out of hand. But why? People were posting nonsense. It's rare, people acting that low. That discussion was unnecessary, silly and out of line. I believe some people just post there because they simply need their daily dose of whining and complaining.
And seriously? Hitler jokes? It's not like he is responsible for the direct murder of 14.000.000 innocent people or something... So you lock topics because of the ''drama'', but Hitler pics stay where they are? Really?
I see topics getting locked everywhere. There are people that have something USEFUL to contribute to those topics. Don't lock them because of 2 people being idiots. PM or warn those two people. The rest of the community shouldn't suffer because of 2 or 3 problem-makers. And how about deleting offensive posts? is deleting posts taboo here? Jesus, use the forum software for what it was designed for. Why do you think there is a delete function? For fun? For the looks? No, it is meant to delete posts...
The word ''drama'' should be put in the censor-list of mlk
You don't get people to listen to you when you're acting like you suffer from Stockholm Syndrome, act like a strong leader and they will follow.
I'm not implying that the team is bad, not at all. People just need to give them a damn break and stop being so oversensitive about everything.
And btw, I don't want anyone quoting me and whining about how bad the mods are and how this should be a democracy. Grow up, or go buy a lollipop. Just like little kids, they'll stop whining when you give them a lollipop.
That's it: Grow up or shut up.
Amen
There are those who complain about the wind, there are those who hope the wind will change, --though the wise-- the wise adjust their sails.