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Originally posted by h2oot
The prob with the argument "just ignore the posts" is that the posts are on an open forum that is read by many PNMs and others.
Nobody wants to be cyber-police, but we should have some accountibility about what we post on this forum. Banning is a small price to pay for being an in-your-face-jerk.
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What exactly is the job of a moderator? If someone post something that he/she deems inappropriate or offensive, why doesn't the moderator of that forum just either:
1.) Delete the thread ?
2.) Delete or edit the post ?
After all, isn't this too a function of being a moderator? I know of some forums on GC where the moderators are very active in doing this and it has been very effective in keeping down the drama. Unfortunately, I can name a general forum where this is poorly executed and therefore stays full of mess and drama. Forexample, he did say some VERY nasty, mean, and disrespectful things to and about PM_Mama that I firmly believe the moderator should have deleted ASAP, but unfortunately those post are still there to this day.
And yes UF's post were finally deleted but that was only after the banning.
To everyone:
Granted some of you think UF_Pike was a jerk, but quite frankly there are a lot of you that I think are jerks too. However just because I think that doesn't mean that you should be banned. My point is that it behooves us to have many different points of views when it comes to discussions, at least if we are all the adults that we CLAIM to be. Ok, so if someone says something that you deem offensive, then report that post to the moderator of the forum. Hopefully, the moderator will step in not let the offensive post just sit out there for everyone to see.
Hey, or maybe a function can be added to where you can just ban people from a specific forum and not the board as a whole?