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[Laszlo]

Unfortunately, some of us have proof that at least one moderator abuses his power. It is subjective what constitutes spam, what is of bad taste, etc., so there will always be disagreement. Nevertheless, silently changing already posted messages and hiding behind other user names made me and others uncomfortable in the Forum. I cannot be sure if my posts will not be altered or removed, so until this moderator surrenders his privileges I cut back my activities here.

[Undercover Mod]

No moderator here gets paid for what they do as it is all voluntary, therefore you cannot call it a job. Moving or deleting posts can cause in retaliation by those who have failed to understand the rules; such cases (though admittedly seldom) have been known to manifest in the form of personal attacks that perpetuate conflicts of interests. Working behind the scenes has the added effect of eradicating status symbols which reduces any feeling of jealousy or tension. Evidently, anonymity for us is a good thing.

I disagree with the notion to cast our activity as censorship. We are regular users such as yourselves and get frustrated by spam or topics posted in the wrong section - only difference is that we get to fix these problems. No emotions are involved; we have just been appointed to help keep this place a pleasant experience for everyone. Point besides, the following clause was clearly mentioned in the terms and conditions for account registration here: "You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit."

[[VxE]]

I can attest to the fact that personal attacks are possible in the BBS environment. Although such attacks are always laughably impotent, I can understand why the mods would want to avoid the trouble of ignoring them.

It's interesting that Laszlo mentions a 'rogue mod'. To quote a TV show called "The Office": "I've never seen so little power go to someone's head before."

@jaco0646: As I understand it, it is not the average users' responsibility to hold mods accountable for what they do, therefore, it is not logically valid to base an argument on such a premise. You would do better to argue for moderator openness based on 'common courtesy' or 'effect on the community's reputation'. Using such a basis would likely be more effective.
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[engunneer]

I've been on sabbatical, but I was fairly sure that most people had a general idea of who the Mods are. I am a Mod. I choose to remove my name from the "logged in users" list on the front page because it was generating 1-3 questions a DAY via PM. Those people sending me questions are better served to post in Ask for Help, since they are more likely to get a faster, smarter reply. Many of the PMs are just to tell me to look at a topic (At the time, I read EVERY new post almost daily)

I will also note that Mods have no additional power as far as user settings go (Like putting a title under our name, or using avatars)

When appropriate, I will reply to a thread that I have moderated to let the person know why I moderated it. We also had a bunch of users complaining about topic replies like "Please use code tags", so I tend not to reply in those cases.

At one point, you could tell which Mod edited a post by the formatting of the note they left. I tend to use the following style:

[Moderator's Note: This is just a test]

It may or may not be in italics, depending on my memory that day.

I leave it to other Mods to point themselves out, since it is not my right to point to them.
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[jaco0646]

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so the mods' are like a secret police llike Gestapo ore NSA
sounds scary.
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