In general, I do think there is a bit more closing of threads than there should be, with a lot of preemptive closing.
But to liken that to this situation is absurd. How many threads does he need to post about the exact same subject? He has been banned from chat. It's done. And I have yet to see much in the way of disagreement regarding the banning from anyone besides Tony. He got a chance to state his feelings on the issue, repeatedly. Frankly, most forums I've been a part of wouldn't have been as patient as they have been on this one.
Originally Posted by Fort Worth Punk
The problem IMO is the absolute fact that all members of this site are not "equal", per say, in that some get more leniency than others, and by certain mods, before points are awarded, vacations sent out or banned for life commences for that handle.
I have thought for a good while that threads were being closed way tooooo soon. Seems that some mods get off by jumping in and closing for no good reason other than being a dick.
As far as Tony's chat quest, it makes me grin everytime I see someone post about it.
Originally Posted by Bloodhound
And just has you have stated that a mod is being a dick, may or may not get you any "disciplinary" action taken against you, it is all predicated on which mod reads this, what his "mood" is at the time and/or which mod wishes to take action against you, if any at all.
Like I said in my previous post, while certainly a mod can have opinions, as long as he/she does not "run down" a member in an open forum, they should be objective and be able to listen with open ears, to all sides of a discussion and, taking the site rules in his decision making, when he makes a decision, not a "personal" one because he does not like a particular member, or he may have the same opinion of one member who disagrees with another, and not "belittle" the member he disagrees with. Now are far as closing threads, as the OP stated, sure the mods can and do close threads/edit posts at their discretion, but going to the other mods and asking their opinion is also a good idea, and what ever the "majority" rules, then they keep it closed or they reopen it. No one needs to know the "outcome of the vote" as that is none of anyone's business but the mods. Just a thought.