[Took what personally] The original assertion that you were on the take or being crooked in some way.
Does it bother me? Probably in some ways, hard to be human otherwise. Probably not as much as you think. In some ways, it feels like an annoying waste of time, but in another way it's probably good for members to talk about what they really think and feel.
Many think it's okay to be gruf or "mildly abrasive" as you put it and that they're not hurting other people when they say rude and disrespectful things. Really they are not only hurting other people, but damaging the conversation in the thread. They're people, not unimportant snowflakes that need to grow up in the harsh world.
Judges and lawyers are by law required to recuse themselves from anything in which they may have a conflict. You should have done the same.
Actually, I did. Go back and read the thread. CLOSELY.
Also did that in a number of reports making other mods pick up the load. I know you can't see those reports so can't verify it.
You'll see I didn't edit any posts, delete anything, or close the thread about ME. Talk about me all you like, nice public figure. You won't see any moderator powers being used by me on anything said about me. That doesn't mean I won't report you for T&C violations ; -).
As to "defense" I don't think I need to defend myself as I know the actions taken were above board (except the one I asked Will to look into before it all started) and that the record will clearly show it. Perhaps I'm a self-deluded arrogant ass wildly misusing their powers? I know you guys can't see those posts and edits, but Will can and you trust Will.
Primarily what I voice in that thread is why the thread was closed (a dup of the final post in the closed thread for convenience), verbiage in the thread says that it'll be looked into by Will (and some off-topic conversation (that finally got moved into a new topic)). Whereas others had quite a bit of unfounded things to say that I didn't bother to respond to.
You had a personal vested interest in "Putting this accusation down" and anyone who wasnt blinded by "protecting their honor" would have realized that in using your power as a moderator could potentially make you look corrupt.
This is true. Obvious from the OP.
Moderators must be held to a higher standard. If members can't trust moderators then they should be shown the door. Not doing so is damaging to the forums as a whole. I should be clearly vindicated or wholly convicted. There should be no ambiguous middle ground.
I do believe you didnt intentionally try to make me look dumb, you are "Just doing you job"
Thank you.
but again, you are doing your job in a matter in which you are the subject.
Actually, I wasn't the
direct subject of your post. If you're talking about moderators in general modifying your posts it includes all of them and that's the way I took it.
Moderating this issue should have been passed along to a third party to manage.
It was, sorry you don't see it.
This is evidenced by the fact that you are now strictly enforcing the T&C policies
Sorry, what am I enforcing? What are these actions? I'd prefer to discuss them one by one rather than something nebulous. Don't worry about hurting my feelings with any "truths", I'd rather get them all out there.
...take no effort at all to find threads with off-topic content that remained intact simply because it didnt offend you or you were not the subject....
Two possibly mixed things here....
First, if you mean did I leave posts untouched in the thread closed because they supported one side and not the other, please click the report button on them. It's quite possible I'm a crap moderator and need to go, that would be a big help to Will.
But, if it's about splitting off-topic stuff into new threads... generally mods don't do that unless there's been a warning prior that subject is off-topic as was the case here. A lot of times if they're off-topic and not saying anything important (or the same point previously made) they just get deleted.
I thought yours was saying something important, so didn't want to delete it. But I also wanted to kill off-topic discussions because a moderator's integrity is a topic worthy of
undiluted discussions. As I said in the op, I think it's important to the forums...members need to be able to unequivocally trust the moderators. If not, they should go. Why would anyone want to dilute that topic?
Believing that you can edit a post without changing what is being said is arrogant.
Pfft. Here's an example edit:
You're a fucking moron. The red wire goes to the green post
Notice: Edited for being disrespectful, 1 pt awarded
Edited version:
The red wire goes to the green post
The few of mine that have been edited were not done well and were neutered to the point of looking stupid.
Please report them. Moderators aren't perfect and a lot of times we delete just the bits breaking the T&Cs less we be accused of altering meaning.
We can tell who edited them and they won't be reviewed by the person who edited them. If they are reviewed by the same person, please let Will know ASAP. If you violated the T&Cs don't expect too much sympathy though, don't want them edited/deleted, don't break the T&Cs. Or, keep going on the other thead and get the policy changed.