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[Benderbrau]

You fuckin' Apple polishing Mexican.

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Say that reminds me, so jokes about Chubbles and Rob's wife are back on again now right?

[dairydead]

See, that's what I mean by not having it down to a science yet. (I know, should've ignored this post too huh?)

well i appreciate the response at least.

[Chubbles]

Say that reminds me, so jokes about Chubbles and Rob's wife are back on again now right?

yes but they aren't as fun anymore

[statnut]

I'm in the writer's forum too.

Column on being creepy sounds up your alley.

[nietoperz]

Column on being creepy sounds up your alley.

Wow. That came out of nowhere.

[Zechs]

Ugh.. too much drama today. I can't believe I'm glad for work.

[MistaT]

What happened in what thread?!

[nietoperz]

the-asylum/new-guidelines-for-mawds-t78294.html

New rules for MAWDS.

[Keb]

I will not, however, have you lot slamming Starlord any more, however.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[MistaT]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Rockman]

Who's asking you guys to post less?

My perception of all these cries of "mawd abuse" recently is that it stems from certain members of the staff essentially stirring up drama and then mods like Simian, Nieto or Blue Streak coming in and trying to diffuse the situation. Which further annoys people because they feel like they are being chastised for taking the bait of an official representative of the site while that person gets off scott free.

Again this is perceptions, someone who has been paying attention will recall Nieto saying that he's spoken to "so and so on the staff" about this and I assume that in the situation that happened today a couple of pm's were exchanged too. It's a common procedure in situations with tiered authority That the top dog will chastise the second in command in private as to not diminish their authority. I can't fault them on this, as it would surely cause these fine people who have volunteered for the gig to reconsider their position with the site and their affiliation in general. It's the least they can do in such a situation.

But we have to consider why the authority and rules were established in the first place, which is utlimately to keep the peace. If a mod is operating counterintuitive to that, then obviously there are issues there. And I think that is where the frustration of the many (Bender and his many voices in his head) stems from. And I would agree that using a reported offense as an opportunity to mock a poster is probably out of line as well. But what's done is done, and people have already said their piece about that.

But in the context of keeping peace there is no reason that Bluestreak can't share his lame opinions about Wolverine's offspring butchering ways , Nieto can't share his love of silly hates, or Mr. Black can't talk about how he lost to a young upstart lawyer in a case to keep a little old woman's home from being forclosed upon . People like those interactions and only an idiot would be offended by that stuff. But instead just refrain from personal insults, which you guys do anyways, because it's the rules.

So in a nutshell, you're not compromising your capacity as moderators by interacting in the forums.

[Keb]

I seriously can't stop laughing at how that came out.

[dairydead]

http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/the-asylum/new-guidelines-for-mawds-t78294.html

New rules for MAWDS.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, that BlueStreak is a really stand up guy. You too nieto.

[Rockman]

What happened in what thread?!

Spider-rob was permabanned in the Obama is a pos thread for calling Lord Simian the wizard of oz.

[nietoperz]

Who's asking you guys to post less?

My perception of all these cries of "mawd abuse" recently is that it stems from certain members of the staff essentially stirring up drama and then mods like Simian, Nieto or Blue Streak coming in and trying to diffuse the situation. Which further annoys people because they feel like they are being chastised for taking the bait of an official representative of the site while that person gets off scott free.

Again this is perceptions, someone who has been paying attention will recall Nieto saying that he's spoken to "so and so on the staff" about this and I assume that in the situation that happened today a couple of pm's were exchanged too. It's a common procedure in situations with tiered authority That the top dog will chastise the second in command in private as to not diminish their authority. I can't fault them on this, as it would surely cause these fine people who have volunteered for the gig to reconsider their position with the site and their affiliation in general. It's the least they can do in such a situation.

But we have to consider why the authority and rules were established in the first place, which is utlimately to keep the peace. If a mod is operating counterintuitive to that, then obviously there are issues there. And I think that is where the frustration of the many (Bender and his many voices in his head) stems from. And I would agree that using a reported offense as an opportunity to mock a poster is probably out of line as well. But what's done is done, and people have already said their piece about that.

But in the context of keeping peace there is no reason that Bluestreak can't share his lame opinions about Wolverine's offspring butchering ways , Nieto can't share his love of silly hates, or Mr. Black can't talk about how he lost to a young upstart lawyer in a case to keep a little old woman's home from being forclosed upon . People like those interactions and only an idiot would be offended by that stuff. But instead just refrain from personal insults, which you guys do anyways, because it's the rules.

So in a nutshell, you're not compromising your capacity as moderators by interacting in the forums.

Perhaps not, but we are if we get into arguments or slanging matches with people. I've long avoided posting in political threads because I think it's wrong for a member of staff to get into arguments, which is what such threads inevitably lead to. We're taking it a step further now: we won't be teasing or joking around with posters because it seems that not everyone can differentiate between us as fellow posters and us as admins. I'll still talk comics and stuff, just at something of a remove. Hopefully it will put paid to certain problems which keep arising.