Thanks. Of course, by definition, what goes on "behind the scenes" is invisible to the average member, nor was I aware this was a regular occurrence with the member you mentioned. Still, that doesn't obviate the validity of my comments about the rules in general or actions taken. I certainly didn't come here today to fight with people, but there is always the opportunity in any FB forum to take something constructive out of it, and while maybe if someone too often goes public with their complaints, perhaps even doing that, rather than seen just as merely another "rule violation," something constructive can be taken from it--- after all, when people repeatedly complain, not everyone can be dismissed as mere malcontents and at some point, you have to figure maybe there is something to what they say?
Thanks. I'm aware of most of that which is why I generally (if you can believe me) try hard to refrain from pestering mods any more often than really necessary with my own travails much less drag them out in public. I had a vitriolic complaint I brought to you folks about a year ago in PM, that has stopped me from posting threads and stuff since due to the nebulousness of the situation and over time, I've come to more and more decide that perhaps I over-reacted and took the action too personally. People always tend to think every mod action MUST have been personal. As to Xenforo, the guy you want to ask there is Flacc. While I know a lot of ways Xenforo could be fixed/improved, I'm loathe to give them away to their creators without compensation. And from what I've heard, they aren't exactly jumping there looking for input from users anyway! But if anyone ever wants to know my ideas to improve page structure and reduce rule violations here, they can PM me and ask. I actually devoted a lot of thought to it a few years ago and I think even saved some illustrations.
Well now, I did not know the subject thread began in the race forum. That changes a lot. So before you or Aye tell me I should keep my thoughts to myself if I don't know what I'm talking about, let me say it first---
---the OP here left out that small but vital tidbit of pertinent information, and that fact changes the entire complexion of THIS thread (ahha, I made a funny!). Still, some of my input is still not without value; even if it was a race thread, I'm not sure I would have a great issue with something talking about nagging even if a duplicity of intent were suspected. I mean, how far do we take PC? What next, someone talking about Joe taking a pill, over the hill, or getting filled be construed as a threat on his life because it sounds close to "killed?"
I guess--- maybe I just tend to look at the act of moderation as being like a father figure to guide people kindly back onto the center of the road again rather than wait till they go up on the curb hitting pedestrians and mailboxes to shoot their tires out. Some people here have a chip on their shoulder looking to make a mod knock it off for them while others make innocent or well-intended mistakes, and that can be a very difficult thing to always know one from the other.
The latter.
Nope.
That is not within my purview to really say. One thing I would say before I have to go is that it might be nice if more mods were more visible--- if this were my place, I might have a moderator column where all the mods and administrators are listed giving each some sort of "bio" telling people something about themselves to make them more "touchable," friendly, or real without giving anything too personal away. Like West used to be a geologist and I know you are very much an animal person. Why? Because forums run that way with great personal warmth and human contact always run more smoothly than those run dryly like they were operated by the DMV.
At any rate, not my place really to tell folks how to run their place, but that's my FB FWIW since this is a feedback forum, only mananagement can decide if any of it makes any sense to them. Me, I'm off now to my Saturday night ablutions. Bye.
