Nobody said you were cursing.

Tone can be misconstrued by a lazy reader, but ultimately it lies on the writer's shoulders, as said previously.

My point was that your points have been made insultingly, and should be modded.

Okay, what is the question there. MDB needs to talk to Shinja. Wait for that conversation to develop then complain.

Here's something I learned from my time on the other side, as a mod.

Mods don't really care most of the time. A user can get away with a LOT as long as they don't get themselves noticed.

If they do get noticed, being apologetic and more careful can pretty much get them off scott free.

Becoming a repeat offender within a short time frame, making yourself the 'center of attention' or arguing with a moderator is a one way ticket to bansville.

I've seen a number of times where a moderator issued a near-meaningless warning that turned into a full-on ban because of the user's response.

I've seen forums where instead of removing a post the moderator will edit it to remove the offending part (which is often the whole thing) and insert *this post has been edited for content* or some other brief explanation.

I suppose one of the downsides of the fact that posts or threads are pulled is people don't see the frequency or severity of the infraction, and as a result, don't have a context for a punishment when it happens, and the only context they can get is from word-of-mouth.

Unfortunately, a user who's been punished doesn't always give a full account to others about why they were punished, assuming they even fully understand why themselves.

The only other thing I could suggest is a warning system. I don't know if one exists for YAF, but I've seen it on many other forum systems. Minor infractions are worth some small value while major ones are worth significantly more. When a user gets over a certain threshold they're automatically suspended or banned.

Sorry about the inconvience, I have cleaned it up a bit after my last post. Last time. I am tired and feeling a little sick. Feel free to see where my patience is at the moment.

why was i banned for 5 minutes?
i havent even done anything and Im already being banned?

then if he doesnt know he shouldnt say that MDB was sent a message detailing why when he wasnt...
lmao

I suppose it is appropriate that this thread is in Off Topic, because it certainly went there.

I'll attempt to post something on topic.

IMO, the thread today that has caused all this (current) ruckus could probably have been moved back here after editing, and then locked. My basis for making this statement is that I was on the thread when it blew up, so I have a reasonably good idea what was said. However, I doubt doing so would have helped anything.

Sithborg has said that he usually prefers locking/editing threads over moving/deleting them permanently. I think this approach is the best way to go.

I think that the mods here are doing a good job considering the short amount of time they have had to try to mesh their efforts together.

Perhaps if we all look after each other - nicely - (as some in this thread have made a positive effort to do) the mods would not get so busy that they have to just lock threads to stop the bleeding.

Defender390's suggestions are not without merit, but I personally am of the opinion that reasonable privacy is a good thing. Stay the course, keep working ou the kinks.

You were the one demanding a response from him. It's very possible he got told that without being told the content of the message, or assumed that such a thing was done as it's what most mods would do.

Well if you don't like this site don't come to it go build your own and live by your rules...problem solved