It was actually posted in another thread by a mod that they couldn't.
Regardless, if they were to be handed out punishments along the same basis as posters receive, we would see them banned a lot more frequently, and I have to question why they aren't.
I got one from Madanthony once, but for us, it implies something different in that while we can't ban each other (yes, we did try..
) or issue actual true infractions, the warnings and what would be infraction points come down from on-high.. So when we do get them, it carries that little bit of extra weight and a hell of a lot more consequence and very angry site owners.
But yes, that dressing down is usually private in 'the back room' when it does happen.
It would be interesting to see proof of them receiving infractions, as I say, if mods and posters were treated the same I have no doubt we would see more mod bans - I wonder if often some discretion is used to hand out "warnings" instead of official infractions when a mod has played a part. IE the rules are applied differently.
I would say it's like a 'boys club', but there are female mods - I just can't think of a better description for it.
I haven't seen evidence of different treatment for moderators in regards to infractions and the like. At times I would say the standards are sometimes applied a bit tougher and yes, we do fight. I make no bones about that, we do disagree about many things and yes, sometimes it gets ugly and sometimes some of those differences about how the rules are applied spill out into the open (refer back to my last resignation.. yes, I'm like a revolving door).. In such instances, I would say that the admin would probably prefer a bit more discretion..
I'll put it this way, I am not innocent, nor do I hold myself as being innocent when some of the ermmm knock down fights have happened between myself and Geoff (
it was just an example.. no harm meant..). But I also don't "get away with it" either. If he gets into trouble, I also get into trouble for it. In that sense, I'd say it was fairly even.
Can't argue with the banning, though I seem to recall there was far more going on at the time and much of it was ignored.
Hard to say without more mod openness. I can only go by what I've seen, and
I have no doubt there are hundreds of things I haven't, which does beg the question of what goes on behind the scenes.
Picture the fight scene in The Anchorman..
As for the rest of it..
It's not this.. Except for
their fashion sense..
If it creates a better and more equal environment then I'm all for it. As it stands mods can troll, lie and insult rather freely when it seems similar behaviour results in bans for others, either outright or via build up of infractions.
I don't think I'd go
that far.
As for making it all public.. As Tiassa pointed out, there was a time when infractions were public and the vote was to not make it public. So the tags were gotten rid of and for moderators now, it is just a way of keeping track.
If that makes sense.
Look, I am all for openness, as you well know. But I cannot apply that to everyone else and not everyone will agree or want that level of openness. So we have to find some sort of balance.
My advice.. if you see a moderator lying, trolling and insulting or abusing their mod status, then hit the report button. Be very clear in what you type in that report. It goes straight to the administrators and site owners. If you wish further clarification, then you can PM the admin's and senior mods (Tiassa and Stryder). You also have the option of PM'ing other moderators with your complaint and it does get taken up.
