MOD WARNING SYSTEM Options

[*kryogenix*]

I have been a victim of moderator abuse TWICE (three times if you count the one I'm bringing up about the cosplay thread) now only recently.

I think there should be a mod warning system in place, where users can vote against a moderator's action and then once they abuse their powers to a certain point, they get kicked off the team.

Cause I'm sick of it.

[*digital.fragrance*]

^ would you like to elaborate more?

[KissMe2408]

^ would you like to elaborate more?

basically,

there shouldn't have to be a mod warning system.
pretty effin ridiculous, especially on a teen forum.
if people think there is a need for such a system,
then it might be better to just get better people
on the job.
however, i really don't think this is the case.
i mean, yeah, staff has gone downhill, a lot.
but i don't think there is really a need for a mod
warning system, that's pretty ridiculous.

more goes along the lines of mods aren't perfect.
and people shouldn't f**kin expect them to be perfect either.
cb doesn't need another system or set of rules,
i think it's gone downhill because it's become so uptight.

[*Libertie*]

i mean, yeah, staff has gone downhill, a lot.

Man, sometimes this stuff comes out of left field without any clue as to what sparked that feeling. I mean, I can see where you would think that the staff can be too uptight, because I feel that way too sometimes, but to say that we've gone downhill.. I wish we could stop generalizing because I'd like to know if you mean the staff as a whole or a few specific members.

Back to the "uptight" statement, I'd take it a step further and say that I don't think it's so much that we're too uptight as we (the general we, yes, I'm generalizing) 1) take things personally way too easily, 2) are easily irritated, and 3) are often too insecure. These are normal human traits, but in a position of authority they are things that need to be overcome, meaning they're things we should all be aware of and working on. If we're not, things like "quick, thoughtless decision-making" and "he made me mad so I closed his thread" will happen. We just need to be aware of these things, like I said, and think them through before we do something.

What I've always said with regards to my method of moderating is that in most cases, it's best to do NOTHING. By nothing, I mean don't move/close/warn/suspend. Keeping an eye on a topic is okay, posting in it to settle things down if it gets out of hand is okay, but a topic should only be closed if it's for an obvious reason. Same thing with warnings. If we're taking some sort of mod action, we should be thinking, "wait a sec, is it really that bad that I need to be doing this?" In most cases, the answer is probably no, and nobody will be hurt if we let it slide unless you have a solid rule to back up whatever it is you're doing. Jeez, I know we've been around in circles on the leniency thing, and I know often people will not be satisfied, but why does it HAVE to be so damn strict?

With that in mind, some of the recent "controversial" topics have been closed for valid reasons, and while you may have been right in starting the argument to begin with, you did take it far enough to merit a warning. That's only fair. I know you're trying to make a point, and believe me, I can agree with a lot of the things you're saying, it's just the way you're making the point that's getting you "punished", or harrassed, as you tend to put it.

I dunno, though, I've been knocked on a couple of times recently for inactivity, so maybe I should start moving/closing/warning/danismashing (oh, a disclaimer, that was a joke, self-deprication, and all). :P