Should we bring back a moderator team?

[malkie]

Epistle to Cultellus:

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I do need to point out something though. Your voice here has zero credibility. Nobody cares what you want. The closest you've approached to substance that I can see, is arguing that the Covid vaccines have zero-percent effectiveness and then citing sources that contradict everything you claim. That's you at your best. Obviously, you're intelligent enough that either you're just trolling (which is allowed) or totally brainwashed. From there, most of your 1000 posts are tone trolling, board nannying, melting down over Doc Cam (who isn't breaking rules from what I can tell), using the 'F' word profusely, direct name calling like crazy, and mainly just being a pest. You've gone fully unchecked except a single post I deleted yesterday. Barely a member for a couple of weeks, and you've also threatened a lawsuit against the board because people don't just up and make you happy. A-Mike has gone way overboard with language and spam and whatever else, but, A-Mike does have a handful of posts where he really was trying to get his point across in a normal way, about a subject aside from the forum, and it was an actual discussion.

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Do not make threats or take actions to disrupt the smooth operation of this message board, either through hacking, spamming, frivolous complaints, lawsuits against the board or its moderators, or any other means. Please do not do this via e-mail or private message, either.

[Jersey Girl]

The old board had a graphic on the home page with two participants calling each other names and saying, "yes, you can say that here".

Heathen! Liar!

[ceeboo]

The choice is clear. Sledge for moderator.

Here’s my moderator resume:

- Pro-vaccine, pro-Biden leftie
- I have (and do) act as a moderator on more than one large subreddit as well as—in the past—some large independent forums. 7 years experience in total. (Don’t ask which ones, please. I don’t want to be doxxed.)
- I have a low stress (but low paying, lol) job that allows me to really get involved in the online communities I love.

Give me a 90 day trial.

The choice is fuzzy at best. Ceeboo for moderator.

Here's my moderator resume:

Pro -Life, Feel Sorry for Mr. Biden and his family/loved ones. Politically right of center.
I have no experience as a moderator on any board anywhere on planet Earth. O years experience in total (You can ask me who I am if you want, depending on who is asking, I might tell you)
I have a high stress job that I dislike.

Give me a 90 minute trial.

[Jersey Girl]

The choice is clear. Sledge for moderator.

Here’s my moderator resume:

- Pro-vaccine, pro-Biden leftie
- I have (and do) act as a moderator on more than one large subreddit as well as—in the past—some large independent forums. 7 years experience in total. (Don’t ask which ones, please. I don’t want to be doxxed.)
- I have a low stress (but low paying, lol) job that allows me to really get involved in the online communities I love.

Give me a 90 day trial.

The choice is fuzzy at best. Ceeboo for moderator.

Here's my moderator resume:

Pro -Life, Feel Sorry for Mr. Biden and his family/loved ones. Politically right of center.
I have no experience as a moderator on any board anywhere on planet Earth. O years experience in total (You can ask me who I am if you want, depending on who is asking, I might tell you)
I have a high stress job that I dislike.

Give me a 90 minute trial.

Were all of those above meant to be tongue-in-cheek? Because none of that literally matters with regard to moderators.

[Sledge]

Pro -Life

Yes! Ban all guns! Mandate vaccines! Save lives!

Feel Sorry for Mr. Biden and his family/loved ones.

Why?

O years experience in total

I hope you meant 0 and not O.

I have a high stress job that I dislike.

Having a job you dislike isn’t worth money. Your mental health matters. I encourage you to remedy this situation, post haste.

[canpakes]

Qultellus is just grasping at straws since his stated aim to destroy the board has now suffered a big setback with the appointment of a mod. I suspect he’ll start spamming the report feature to frustrate Gad in an effort to get him to quit.

There is so much nonsense in this. The clever Q addition to my name is a suggestion of some affiliation with a political group. I have no such affiliation. My aim was never to destroy the board. I have a history that goes back to LDS Man and others in the DAMU, I respect this board. My aim was to put an end to the bigotry and ideologies that have taken over the board so that it can be, again, a board for Mormon discussions and also for diverse conversations. The only time I have used the reporting feature was when Doc Cam asked me how many ***** I suck between appointments, otherwise, I deal with conflicts on my own. My respect for Shades is profound, and I deal with my own contentions. Suggestions that I was asking Shades to do my bidding have been made by Res Ipsa and others - it is absolutely not true. A mod has not been appointed. I can't be disappointed in something that has not happened. Doc Cam is projecting or something, but his assertion about me is unfounded. I am not asking Gadianton to quit his role here in Terrestrial, nor am I asking him to quit his agreed role with technical support.

In fact, I have not criticized his ban of Atlanticmike. I merely asked for transparency about it, which is happening after the fact. In the process of asking, I had to endure some lame ass moot court stuff counselor from Res, but oh well. We did arrive at some answers and we did share an image or conversation about the famous Trump Burger in Bellville Texas. I rate the place high.

I’ll address his accusations:

1) profanity - now that we have a mod in place I intend to abide by the forums’ rules, as per my earlier-posted statement

There is no mod in place. But anything you can do is appreciated. It is ridiculous that compliance was conditional.

2) bigotry - I’m definitely bigoted toward GQP’ers and antivaxxers

Your bigotry is noted. Your x-ray vision is failing. You see "GQP’ers and antivaxxers" wherever you choose, regardless of the facts. Your bigotry is yours and make no mistake, it is not welcome here. If you have a point to make about vaccines or a political party that you do not like, make it. If you need to be a bigot about it because you debate skills are not sufficient, then go cry yourself to sleep in one of those pillows that I just bought for Shulem. In the meantime, I do not intend to file a complaint card when you are a bigot. I will just point to it.

3) use of homosexuality as a pejorative insult - I place no value judgement on homosexuality, so this is the troll revealing his own hand, not mine

Your lack of value placed on homosexuality is noted. And you lack of value placed on homosexuals is noted. And your assessment that anyone that has successfully pointed that out is a troll is noted. Your lack of value is also a lack of respect. I value the people that are homosexuals, including my brother and his husband and including many other people in my family.

I will never back down to your insults and your use of homosexuality as a pejorative and I will never respect anyone on this board who applaud your bigotry and who are too cowardly to address your bigotry toward homosexuals. I can like these people and their reasons for not confronting you. But I will adamantly oppose Gadianton and others who excuse your bigotted use of homosexuality to insult, threaten and harass people.

4) racial insults - I simply posted what GQP’ers and alt-Rightists have to say about POCs

That is not what you did. That is not what you do. You post your own material that is racist and vile. You then project your racism onto others which is another act of bigotry, threat and harassment. Sadly, there are many on this board that love when you do this, especially when you do this and accuse others on the board of being complicit with your 4Chan clubs that you participate in as "research." I reject your racsism. I reject your racist insults. I reject your excuse that you are merely calling people names and sharing your research.

5) harassment - compared to what our two trolls have been doing, I’m a pussycat *meow*

I trolled you. I did not troll this board. I trolled you specifically because of your bigotry, your use of homosexuality as a pejorative, your racial insults and your harassment. I trolled you because so many on this board were either afraid to confront you about these things, or they liked what you were doing. I trolled you because I knew specifically that there were people reading this board that would never actually join and participate because you were unchecked in your harassment and bigotry.

I will honor Gadianton's requests or conditions or whatever they are for Terrestrial. I hope he honors my request and does not, under any circumstances, agree to moderate the Spiritual Paradise. It appears that for now, that is where we both stand. He knows that I view his complicit participation in your bigotry (admitted and quoted above) as his bigotry. There is no secret there and no reason to sugarcoat it.

Cultellus,

Aside from pretending that Doc Cam’s occasional responses to specific posters had given you the right to spam and insult a dozen participants in multiple threads with nearly 1000 posts of profanity and nonsense, and aside from your strange inability to suss out tongue-in-cheek satire from Gad as opposed to imagining that he’s a mirror of yourself and your own worst behavior, I’d note that you’ve constructed an excellent box here that you’re going to be hard-pressed to demonstrate the self-control to remain within.

As well, many hundreds of your prior posts in SP that speak to your real intent - as opposed to your gaslighting above - will forever live on as quotes within the responses from others.

Best of luck to you, with your self-reform.

[drumdude]

Anyone who wants to be a moderator is a bad choice to be a moderator

[Sledge]

Anyone who wants to be a moderator is a bad choice to be a moderator

He who questions training
only trains himself at asking questions.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Anyone who wants to be a moderator is a bad choice to be a moderator

-_-

[drumdude]

It’s a bit like a single middle aged man volunteering to teach primary.

Motivations a bit sus…