Reply to: This great forum is disintegrating very quickly - here is how to stop it

[Troll]

mods are really quite 20 century

legally no mods are the way to go

and less rules

The CCNet approach eh - no registration, anonymous posters and top quality banter all day long - & not a bed wetter in sight.
Now ruined by forced registration and over moderation & a pale shadow of its former self

There must be a place for an un-restricted forum - or are owners of the infrastructure too risk averse to host such a venue?

[mudskipper]

I disagree.

NAT had very good reasons for acting in that way - there were people that were intent on provoking the issue, and I count myself within that group. However, tonight's fun and games is a completely different thing all together.

FWIW, I have no issue with NAT as a moderator, despite what I said (or implied) in the past.

Yep - agree with this. As a (mostly) well behaved onlooker, I though NAT was perhaps a little over enthusiastic at the very beginning, but was pushed pretty hard. I don't think he had public spats with other mods, or banned any of them.

[The Wikir Man]

If it'll stop this meltdown, go for it. As a prat once said: "I am glum". This on top of today being only a half day

NotAllThere
Banned

This makes me glum

[NotAllThere]

If it'll stop this meltdown, go for it. As a prat once said: "I am glum". This on top of today being only a half day

[TykeMerc]

Poll moved to Light Relief, and why would that be? Ah I get it - ABUSE OF POWER!

Probably because you're spamming General with anti mod sentiment and this is another part of that spam perhaps?

Application of power or abuse, pretty subjective line.

[AtW]

Poll moved to Light Relief, and why would that be? Ah I get it - ABUSE OF POWER!

[TheFaQQer]

ftfy. NAT was as bad.

I disagree.

NAT had very good reasons for acting in that way - there were people that were intent on provoking the issue, and I count myself within that group. However, tonight's fun and games is a completely different thing all together.

FWIW, I have no issue with NAT as a moderator, despite what I said (or implied) in the past.

[TykeMerc]

Welcome back ATW. Your presence is needed to bring normalty back.

I can't agree with that.

[d000hg]

CUK is currently a bit like what I imagine living in China or Australia would be like...

[AtW]

That's like civil war or something....

[chef]

It's a roll back - new mods destroyed the balance, the only way to be sure is to fully roll back. Nuking from orbit isn't an option at the moment so banning them all is the only way to sure.

Any mod should get banned for a fairly long period of time - this way they'd appreciate what it is to be banned and thus, hopefully, appreciate that banning people is the last resort.

I really would never believe you're from a Soviet background.. you should meet gf chef, she's German and has similar ingrained ideas to you for punishment/order..

[realityhack]

The poll was tampered with, options were edited!!!

[ztt]

mods are really quite 20 century

legally no mods are the way to go

and less rules

[AtW]

The poll was tampered with, options were edited!!!

[AtW]

Why ban all new mods just because 1 of 3 seems to abuse their power?

It's a roll back - new mods destroyed the balance, the only way to be sure is to fully roll back. Nuking from orbit isn't an option at the moment so banning them all is the only way to sure.

Any mod should get banned for a fairly long period of time - this way they'd appreciate what it is to be banned and thus, hopefully, appreciate that banning people is the last resort.