While we await clarification from Adam...
purelife wrote:
... most of us use instinct and damn common sense when we delete a post or submit an ip for submission.
I'm glad DV mods don't rely solely on instinct or even common sense to survive. Because from what I've observed, they're wholly inept at using either!
As is the tradition on DV totally irrelevant, frivilous posts get deleted (because a hysteric mod happens to be PMSing or having some shitfit that day) however racist crap is left to fester for days.
Oh and don't you dare criticize the holy mods - those posts get deleted instantly.
And more often than not totally wrong IPs are submitted for banning:
Why was P.C. banned...? Oh she was on a shared IP,
Why was Adam Fulford banned...? Oh he was on a shared IP,
Why was Good Times banned...? Oh he was also on a "shared IP"
Get fk'ing real, will ya?!
For the record I'm on dynamic IP, no one is sharing my connection. Never has, and never will!
I see that you have this handy excuse of "shared IPs" now and you will be milking it for all it's worth, aren't you? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/konfus/a014.gif" border=0] Do you even have a clue as to how these things work?
What're the chances of 2 people's sharing the same IP visiting the same site day after day?
The fact remains: The incompetent mods/admins have banned hundreds of wrong people so far!
It's like a dentist pulling the wrong tooth, surgeon cutting the wrong organ... and they have been consistently wrong!
DV mods aren't even capable of reading a simple IP associated with a post. What's more, those retarded admins who do the actual banning don't bother verifying the information given to them. So abuse and incompetence is rampant at all levels in that shithole.
So you tell me: How're we not supposed to get annoyed?
> And most of all, no moderator can do a 24/7 job FOR FREE! We are so unappreciated it's not even funny anymore. Most importantly, nothing is genuine coming from these "new" owners.
I know, it's a thankless job. But at least in your case I see that your common sense has started to prevail, esp. with regards to your observations about the new owners...
Not genuine, ha! Try "user" (ie. meaning, people who like using others to get them to serve their interests.)
Yes, you're correct. Have you met the CZ staff yet? Have you talked to Elkay...? Mind you they're not "bad" people per se. They'll remain your "friend" so long as you agree to serve their interests, preferably for free.
However once you cease to be useful for them, then you're disposable.
> Why haven't I quit moderating? Just because I still feel a part of dv and please, refrain yourself from giving me the lecture of "being in a co-marriage" crap.
Considering that you can't even quote what I said properly (however you still call it "crap") indicates to me and to everyone else, how little you understood what I was referring to.
In an earlier message you were trying to quote, I was referring to co-dependent relationships. I'll let you do the research on that.
This business of not fully understanding what's being talked about (due to lack of English proficiency) but deleting our posts anyway, has been one of the major issues on DV as well.
Many people have complained and nothing has been done about it. I could tell particularly when Orca wrote while disguising herself as a mod. Because her grammatical errors are so consistent: She never learned the passive voice, proper use of plurals, or how to conjugate the third person singular in simple present tense...
How are we not supposed to get annoyed when our posts are deleted without even being understood?! [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/boese/a020.gif" border=0]
How can we have any sympathy (let alone appreciation) for you guys, when you treat everyone with such arrogance and total disrespect?
> Being a moderator is totally different than being a poster on dv. And to have both, I already feel the responsibility ever since I had moderating, yet limited, "powers."
I'd think that it's up to you to attain those powers. You have to ask for them, however be prepared to act if you're denied.
> Ok...throw your tomatoes at me. I'm ready! :P
No tomatoes, just the facts. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/konfus/a050.gif" border=0]
Please understand that I have nothing against you a person. But I hate the way DV treats its visitors.
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