Whoever he is, he seems to know a lot about some place called the Spider Hole...
http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?t=540583
Seriously though, no one seems to have really so I'll answer your question. Dearhunter is a mod,yes , but not of any city’s forum. For the purposes of Houston boards or any other board he does not moderate, DH is no different from any other member in terms of authority. He's not a part of the "hierarchy" whatever that means.
Admittedly DH likes to stir the pot and push the boundaries lmao...and since Moderators cannot receive infractions he likes to use that immunity to point out when he sees what he feels are moderators making shit up as they go along. Sometimes he does that directly but more often he himself will repeatedly do what other members have been pointed for in order to demonstrate that, in his opinion, it's bullshit to begin with. This often leads to gnashing of teeth from said moderators and an incorrect perception of members, who don't know the guidelines as well as they think they do, that dh gets away with rule violations.
Any other mod could do the same, we're all immune to the typical infraction system, but DH seems to have a passion for it and, as he is not a moderator of any city's forum, the potential blowback is rather nonexistent.
In my opinion, if a mod is making shit up as he goes along then he deserves whatever DH sends his way. If he isn't and can defend himself sufficiently then everyone benefits from the transparent exchange that occurs. Since the mod cannot exert pressure in other ways to silence DH like they can with a regular member (in the form of directives followed by infractions), DH "puts him to the wheel" until he tires of it. In modtardville a mod can ignore DH but I guess he figures if he does it publicly they've got to address it sooner or later if it picks up enough steam. My observation is that it's effective. Mods are ultimately accountable to the membership and any decision they make needs to be able to stand up under scrutiny or they probably shouldn't have made it.
If Dh was truly out of line and in violation of guidelines himself then any mod could bring it up in modtardville if the mod had a problem with it. However, he knows the guidelines and tends to “pick his battles” well and as such to my knowledge that has never ended the way the modtard thought it would.
Some mods seem irritated by that. I have no idea why unless it's just some kind of authoritarian ego driven thing. Personally I think it serves a useful function and besides people should be (and are) able to do whatever the fuck they want in here unless they violate guidelines, Dh included. Also, I try not to make shit up as I go along so while DH and I have had our policy disagreements on some of the gray areas they've been few and far between. On matters of board policy I tend to agree with him far more than I disagree.
TL : DR
Yes he's a mod. No he has no authority in Houston. Yes he likes to mix things up and plays his games in his own way, same as everyone else. Some mod's don't like that but who cares. That's his prerogative. Originally Posted by SpiceItUp
Originally Posted by SpiceItUp
