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In my experience, mods always have some distance from the ordinary people. Maybe that isn't neccesary, but it's what I've seen...
My brother, many years ago, got IP banned from AoKH, back when we were sharing a computer (obviously this ban effected me as well). Basically, he thought that the mods shouldn't have deleted his "hot women" thread (or somesuch), and expressed his opinions over the board. After realizing he'd been banned, he emailed them, and the ban was lifted in a few days, but obviously things were different, and neither of us posted much there again.
Anyhow, the admins at AoKH banned several people, who migrated to SPSW, which allegedly had more personal freedom (it also runs slower than your average gym teacher). Now, a few years later, and behind the backs of many forumers (including my brother and I) the chief admin at SPSW set up a secret board for "select" forumers. That's just catty and low.
Anyhow, the point of this little history lesson is that you really need to be able to trust the people in charge. In either of the above described situations, especially the latter, you would suffer for pissing off the moderators.
Therefore, even implying that you'd like to ban someone for pissing you off seems like an abuse of power. It's like saying "grow up or else". Maybe I just need to know Tal better.
Edit: Wow, that's too long to expect anyone to read.
My brother, many years ago, got IP banned from AoKH, back when we were sharing a computer (obviously this ban effected me as well). Basically, he thought that the mods shouldn't have deleted his "hot women" thread (or somesuch), and expressed his opinions over the board. After realizing he'd been banned, he emailed them, and the ban was lifted in a few days, but obviously things were different, and neither of us posted much there again.
Anyhow, the admins at AoKH banned several people, who migrated to SPSW, which allegedly had more personal freedom (it also runs slower than your average gym teacher). Now, a few years later, and behind the backs of many forumers (including my brother and I) the chief admin at SPSW set up a secret board for "select" forumers. That's just catty and low.
Anyhow, the point of this little history lesson is that you really need to be able to trust the people in charge. In either of the above described situations, especially the latter, you would suffer for pissing off the moderators.
Therefore, even implying that you'd like to ban someone for pissing you off seems like an abuse of power. It's like saying "grow up or else". Maybe I just need to know Tal better.
Edit: Wow, that's too long to expect anyone to read.
