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I would just like to point out here that a fair amount of the moderators are rude, "better than you," and inconsiderate. By no means do I mean all of them, because there are a lot of Very respectful and dignified moderators that I would love to be like someday. If you get on the bad side of a moderator though, you are in a very bad spot here, the power is abused. Actually, I am scared to post this because I suspect that quite a few people will slam me for it. What gets me though is that it isn't professionallism or seniority or anything of the sort that gives you power over others on this site, it's money. I guess I can't complain about that, it is just as society is. I really do NOT want a heated argument here, but rather to see others thoughts on my opinion and discuss it.
 
I've got to disagree with ya on this one Kid.

Money plays no aspect, so far as I can determine, with the decisions of the mods here.

This is more of a neighboyhood playground, the sandbox to be more precise, than anything else I've been able to come up with.

There are those who share well and are helpful, looking out for others as they themselves wish to be looked after, the kind who let you have a turn on the merry-go-round or on the fast swing.

THEN there are others who are just not nice, the ones you don't want to run into at all, the ones that carve their initials into anything they can, the ones who are never happy but take no responsibility for it, the ones that don't push for the merry-go-round or share the good swing just because they know you can't do anything about it.

AND then, there are variations of those two. Some good stuff, some bad stuff. Yin and Yang, all that fine stuff.

Say what you mean and mean what you say and it will keep others from confusing you with something you aren't.

Hmmmm, seems I've got an opinion on this one.

Anyway Chris, I think you're wrong here. Money will NOT get you favors here.
 
What gets me though is that it isn't professionallism or seniority or anything of the sort that gives you power over others on this site, it's money.
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You lost me there...can you explain?

As for the rest of your post, I'm sorry you feel that way :( I know that mods aren't perfect, not on Fauna or any other site, but it's disappointing that your experience has been so negative.

I'm not a very confrontational person most of the time, and so I steer clear of many of the pi$$ing matches that get people riled up and warned and points awarded and blahblahblah. On top of that, other than some general warnings posted in threads, mods handle their duties privately with the individuals, so I'm not privy to alot of what goes on....either that, or I'm dense. I offer that option because there have been a few threads of late about mod actions that I'm totally clueless about. *shrug* I don't wish to aggravate what appears to an already heated situation, but if there's a thread or something you could point me to that would give a clear example of what you're referring to, I'd go read it and give you my feedback.

All in all, I'm sorry you feel the way you do. I don't know if this is your only communication about these issues, but if it is, I would encourage you to privately email Webslave or the moderator that you're upset with and calmly explain your side of it. Maybe there is miscommunication?
 
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Actually, I am scared to post this because I suspect that quite a few people will slam me for it.
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:slamit: :slamit:
Consider yourself slammed, Chris. :dgrin:

[SIZE=-3]DISCLAIMER: The above is a joke and in no way do I really mean to slam Chris.[/SIZE]

But really, no matter what a moderator does there will be someone who will take exception to it and will not like it. That's just the way it is.
 
Well after reading everything posted I do think I was very rash in my descision to make this post, also it was too broad. I didn't mean the part about money the way you took it though Wes, I just meant that if you are willing to pay a donation to the site you can moderate. I may be incorrect about this, am I? If I am then my post has no meaning and is out of pure ignorance. Terese, by that I meant that I think that it should be your reputation and senority in the herping industry that determines your power. Now that I've taken time to think about it though, that wouldn't be a valid system either though. Like you said mods aren't perfect, just like everything else. Thanks for your advice. Karen, lol.. liked your post, will you check out my red pyles? I posted pics.
 
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Terese, by that I meant that I think that it should be your reputation and senority in the herping industry that determines your power. Now that I've taken time to think about it though, that wouldn't be a valid system either though.
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I didn't think about the fact that this site does not represent the entire herping industry, making the idea of moderators being based on senority and reputation unreasonable due to the fact that this is a ?privately owned? website.
 
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I just meant that if you are willing to pay a donation to the site you can moderate. I may be incorrect about this, am I? If I am then my post has no meaning and is out of pure ignorance.
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You're incorrect.

The only Moderators are listed below.


Admin-WebSlave

Dr Owens
Ken Harbart
DThomas

And in some areas

Lucille
 
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What an entertaining idea this is! Let's see, I could have people pay me in order to become moderators here. They would then fine and suspend people, who would also have to pay me to be reinstated. They, in turn, would likely want to pay to become moderators themselves so they could fine and suspend the person who originally fined and suspended them.

I think I like it....... :dgrin: Here comes my retirement fund..... :rofl:
 
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What an entertaining idea this is! Let's see, I could have people pay me in order to become moderators here. They would then fine and suspend people, who would also have to pay me to be reinstated. They, in turn, would likely want to pay to become moderators themselves so they could fine and suspend the person who originally fined and suspended them.

I think I like it....... :dgrin: Here comes my retirement fund..... :rofl:
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ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
 
I think I may see where you got confused, Chris.

When Webslave initiated the Contributor Levels, I believe he designated each of the mods as having the highest level membership in order to thank them for the time they've given to this site. If you look at their little coins, though, I suppose it would appear that they're on the high contributor scale.

The mods are unpaid to the best of my knowledge.
 
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What gets me though is that it isn't professionallism or seniority or anything of the sort that gives you power over others on this site, it's money.
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Uh Oh....hope I don't get charged per poll..... :rofl:
 
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Uh Oh....hope I don't get charged per poll..... :rofl:
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Yes Lucille, I do believe that would break just about anyone's bank. :raspberry

Chris, if you're sensing rudeness or grandiose attitudes from moderators (or anyone else for that matter) I believe it's probably due to pissing in someone's cheerios. Occasionally I see such attitudes, but in my opinion it has been provoked in one way or another. I don't think I've ever been on the receiving end of the aforementioned attitudes, but then again, I usually try to avoid saying anything that could spark controversy. :argue:

Treat people the way you would like to be treated, always remember to replace the empty toilet paper roll, and I think you'll be just fine.
 
David Grunning seems to be following me around this site looking for my ever slip-up. It just gets on my nerves.

David,
I've done nothing to you, so please move on and find something else to do and if you absolutely must, someone else to pick on.
 
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David Grunning seems to be following me around this site looking for my ever slip-up. It just gets on my nerves.

David,
I've done nothing to you, so please move on and find something else to do and if you absolutely must, someone else to pick on.
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Where the hell did that come from? Hello, left field? Boy, do we have delusions of grandeur? Can you say paranoid? Now that you have brought this to my attention, I guess I will see what you have been up to.
 
Just like I said. You're here for every post I make. Not to mention looking through my whole life story to try to pull up trash on someone who "doesn't even matter." So whats the point of destroying someone who isn't worth the time? Interesting concept. It came from you and your lurking in my every post to look for anything that you could put something bad on me for. I want nothing to do with you and I think you are complete scum and I really don't care what you do now. I just want people to know that if you have any bad feelings toward a person you'll be on their tail unfairly hitting them with everything you can.
 
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Just like I said. You're here for every post I make. Not to mention looking through my whole life story to try to pull up trash on someone who "doesn't even matter." So whats the point of destroying someone who isn't worth the time? Interesting concept. It came from you and your lurking in my every post to look for anything that you could put something bad on me for. I want nothing to do with you and I think you are complete scum and I really don't care what you do now. I just want people to know that if you have any bad feelings toward a person you'll be on their tail unfairly hitting them with everything you can.
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Ask and ye shall receive. :dgrin:
 
Chris, lay off the language please. And both of you, this is a thread about moderators so keep the subject germane.... (hmmm, perhaps I DO want this to wander off topic?) :rofl:
 
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