Chica Chaser, kindly address the following:
the rule used to ban me was not previously mentioned in this thread....it's in the main rule section.......people were under the impression that the only rules applicable to the Sandbox were listed in this thread......
Do any other rules from the main rules thread apply to us in the Sandbox and are not listed in this thread?
the rule used to ban me involves PRIVATE INFORMATION.....how is moderator action against me YOUR private information? Isn't it ECCIE information? I posted those PM's because I wanted people to see that points were being assessed to me wrongfully because disrespect is permissible in the Sandbox (FYI, CC never assessed me points for disrespect). I also wanted people to see that a "special" rule was being applied to me and nobody else. People know why I was being singled out.
If moderator actions are private information that can't be discussed, then any moderator who wants to abuse his authority can do so in secret and with impunity. Is that the whole purpose?
Originally Posted by Marshall
I can see how there could possibly be some confusion. I kind figured that everyone would understand the rules listed in my OP were a
suspension of certain established board rules. Not that they are the ONLY rules, I kinda figured that was an understood thing and wasn't necessary to explain in detail. But since apparently it is...well, there ya go. If these rules are unacceptable to everyone we can forgo them and change it back to full enforcement of all the rules here. Makes no difference to me. Perhaps a poll?
Marshall, to directly respond to you and your questions....
Posting private information publicly, whether it be a PM, email, ROS info, Locker Room info, whatever....will always be a violation here, period. I have already cited the board rule. You didn't get banned without previously being warned NOT to do that. You continued to do it after being warned...THEN you were banned.
#14 - Our moderating staff monitors the forums with the goal of keeping threads on track and on topic. Occasionally we may issue specific instructions or direction to a poster and we ask that you respect those instructions and follow them. Disregarding a moderator's written instruction or repeating a violation for which you have been warned will most certainly result in penalty.
You have already done it again since your return, what do you think I should do about that? It does not matter whether it was private communications between me and you or any other member here.
Who it is is quite irrelevant. If you think that the violations are out of line, you are always free to appeal those decisions to upper management of the site. I promise you won't hurt my personal feelings doing so.
Marshall was banned for posting his violations? *If true, that is total BS..it's like the phony wizard doesn't want us to see behind the curtin; or worse....I would like to hear an explaination from Mods on this one ! *Correction. *I think Ownership needs to step up to address this issue.
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Whirlaway.... so now that rule to protect the privacy of these types of communication is communistic?
It isn't anything like NASA; more like secret Soviet-style trials and punishment...
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Really? So in your mind it would be fine for anyone to post any of
your private communications publicly, correct? Any violations and any subsequent enforcement actions have always been a private matter between the member and management and not allowed to be discussed publicly...and will remain so. I'm guessing that if it were you that had been banned you wouldn't appreciate the public autopsy dissecting the reasons why.
No one is forcing anyone to be here and to participate in the various forums. And anyone is free to leave at any time. Since we are communists and all, I can't imagine the ANYONE would want to stay.