and be honest about it!

me, i got modslapped by missy (I LOVE OYU MISSY!)

so yeah...and tell us about it. what was the message or general point of said message, etc.

me, i wrote

0, actually. I wouldn't know. I don't think I have... have I?

There's no option for zero, so my vote was nulled.

And I'm sorry, but you deserved that. As does anyone who gets reprimanded by a mod. They don't just do it for nothing, from what I've seen.

It was a thread in Issues. That was spam. It deserved to be deleted.

I think I've only been officially MOD slapped twice, I know once by Missy, and I am unsure of the 'other'... If I have been 'slapped' more than that , I probably forgot or never saw the posting again.

But no MODslap beats Missy's... I'm so into pain now because of it...

*sigh*i guess i did. but i got modslapped! i feel loved!

oh yes...i should add a "0"...silly me!

I've never been "modslapped"

None, since I'm on fairly good terms with all the mods on this board. (The ones I talk to on a daily basis, anyhow.)

Unless you count that time Dayan said something about Margaret Thatcher and Thom Yorke reproducing. That counts as a modslap, I believe.

twice, both deserved, and im sorry for both

I think I was mod slapped once by missy.... then I wasn't here for three months.. I'll probably get modslapped again soon

Let's set a goal not to be modslapped again, shall we? ^.^ It's really not too hard.

never! \m/

it can be hard.... sometimes its like they get bored and decide that a holy smiting is in order.

Uhm no.

Sometimes people act like idiots, and they decide to stop them.

Good lord.

They don't have some sort of personal vendetta against people. They're just trying to do their jobs. I have several moddy friends...and it's a very thankless job. Crap like this just makes it worse. I wish people would quit whining whenever the mods do something they don't like. In every single situation that I've witnessed, it has been justified. Get over it!

How Mata stays an optimist without happy pills is quite beyond me as of ..

Now.

That was uncalled for, WT. If you've got a problem with the fab five (Or however many it is now), I suggest you PM one. Get a proper modslapping that way, eh?

Yeah. Mods don't randomly slap people when they get bored. They do it when there's a reason... Cand's right, it's a thankless job and alot of members make it even worse with whining and the like

Don't be an arsebucket. Let's thank our moddy friends for trying so hard to keep the qaulity in the boards!

Does it count if I've slapped myself? Sometimes I do it in the car to keep myself awake.

If you think I've nothing better to do than wander around this forum, handing out warnings and smackdowns for my own personal enjoyment, then you are sorely mistaken.

When problems arise, I handle them. Nothing more and nothing less.

I do not warn people because I am bored or pissed off. I do not spend endless hours looking for your every mistake or misjudgement. I do not read everything that is posted. I do not waste my time cross-checking IP addresses.

I am not perfect at my job. I, too, have made mistakes and misjudgements. I am not so different than you that I have forgotten what it is like to not be a moderator.

It hurts me that the general populace believes this such a exceptionally easy and pleasant responsibility. I do this job to the best of my ability because Mata entrusted me with it and I care about the future of this forum.

My dream is that all people would take care of themselves, take care of each other, and take care of this place. This means respecting the rules. Coming here with an open heart and mind. Being honest and being able to trust those around you. To laugh and to learn and to come away from the computer with a smile.

If all that were to come true, moderators would not be necessary... my wish is that it does come true, someday.

But although I am a dreamer, I am firmly rooted in reality, and the reality is this: not everyone abides by my dream.

So I am here, still "modslapping". I wish you wouldn't call it that. Most of the time, what we mods do is simply formally remind others of the rules, and lead as best we can by example.

If you can begrudge me for that... there is nothing more I can say to you.

never been mod slapped, i don't think anyways...hmmm....?

mods if i have been slap, slap me again because i didn't remeber

i think someone's forgetting a certain night in irc...

and damn f--king straight to what missy said. being a mod isn't all fun and games. we have a job to do. if you've been "modslapped", then it was MORE than likely for a just reason.

Have not been warned, but I would not say I am with that great of terms with the usual mods I see around here like I used to be.

(Ps: D-man you ever gonna reply to my pm?)

I've never been modslapped---Although, I really haven't been on lately, so that may be why I'm not familier with the term at all.

Never have been and never intend to get "modslapped", personally if you have been warned then you pretty much deserve it. These boards are very relaxed and informal so you can get away with some things, other's you can't.

As for attitudes of the mods, well there human and have been asked to take on a role by Mata. Which when you think of it is a nice little honor, but they are human they have bad days and good days. Some take things more personally than they should do, but then we swing right back to being human.

Another thing though, i don't think ANY of the mods have done anything vindictivly (typo?) to anyone on these boards. So personally threads like this are not nice, due to the fact that your attacking (yes i class this as an attack on them, because if you have a problem with them, PM them) people who do this job for free (yes that's it FREE, ie: give you their time to keep idiots, from making racial,sexual slanders, and there have been a few since i joined..).

So if you don't like it, don't type it simple.

I've never been mod slapped...and probably never will be because the mods all love me and i love them all....and i give them money

I have never been "modslapped" thank the goddess.. But my thoughts on this are these.. these people are not doing this for money... or glory... they are doing it so you can have a place to come and share your ideas, and have a good time. These mods take time out of there day.. to come here and read our crap to ensure this forum stays alive and well.. I think they deserve a arse load more respect than they receive. Your all are lucky I am not a mod.. back in my day.. we used sledge hammers to mod... mmwwwwwwhahahaha

What on earth is a mod slap?

Food for thought -

What IF Mata had no mod-team? What if there was no quick, authorative Missy or banhammer waving Leo? What if there was no Dayan to do his job despite the crap he gets, no saucy_tara with all of her saucy glory, no Jonman with his quick and witty remarks, no motherly LoLo to console you when you got in trouble, and no Fuzzra to be mellow, but squirrely firm?

This forum would have erupted into chaos and would currently resemble the burning remains of.. something very broken and burning. There would be fights and sore feelings, cursing everywhere and whatever wasn't that would be spam. I think you should thank your good friends - ay mod team take a bow. ^.^

I'm right and you know it. *wink.*

i dunno actually, i think ATD made it up for something to post about....i'm assuming its the amount of times a mod has rained down upon you with their furious anger!! (heheh pulp fiction/bible reference )

Show me one time that's happened. One. The mods here are the best I've ever seen, and they're the reason you still have a forum to post on. They are the reason this place hasn't been overrun by spam and irrelevancy. They're the reason the forum isn't embroiled in pointless flamewars. You should be grateful as hell for all the time they devote to you.

Being a mod isn't solely about handing out warnings and weeing on peoples parades. Like others have already stated, if anyone has been warned, it is for a justifiable reason. There are certain people on this forum who annoy the hell out of me, so because I'm holding the flaming sword of Moderators does this mean I can vent against them? Not bloody likely. As moderators our team here have to try to be as impartial as we can to those who seem to be causing flame wars, or spamming too much, and yeah, it is hard sometimes to make a decision to raise a warning level or to send a PM.
But WE HAVE TO DO THIS in order to keep this forum from sinking into an all out free for all bitch-fest.
I can't speak for the other mods, but some of the decisions that I have made have upset me on a personal level, and yeah, it affects me sometimes. But I have( along with the rest of the moderating team) a duty to this forum to make it the best we can.
EDIT: Im going to put on my mod pants now and move this thread to Issues

I've been modslapped a few too many times to be healthy, but I thoroughly deserved most (OK, all) of them. I reckon that sometimes MODs can come down a little bit hard, but they're only human. Except Missy - she's from Mars. She peeled off her skin-suit once. All I'm saying is that it was slimy underneath. *Shudders*
And this forum is unbiased and relaxed? HA!!! I snicker in a derogatory fashion at you! *cough* Logicman! *cough*
Only human...

erm ... I've never been slapped by a mod, but if any of them are interested I'll DEFINITELY interested .....

/me sliiiiiides up to tara .... tell me ... do you get your name because you like Lea & Perrins? ... I'm from Worcester you know ....

I don't think this poll was ever made with the intention to "whine" or complain and gripe about the times we have been "touched by a mod".

Nor do I hope this poll was made with the intention to hurt the MOD (insert current number of MODS here) in anyway as to seem ungrateful of the fact that a policy enforcing body exists.

I participated under the idea of genuine curiousity in this poll, but that in no way does it mean I can't have fun at my own expense.

I understand at times it may seem MODS may be perceived as "bored-nothing-better-to-do-than-this" individuals, but that's between those people and the MODS.

Let's not forgot the MOD numero uno himself, Mata, any deliberate disrespect to his team is directed at him, it's his forum and it's his policies that the team enforces.

Personally nobody is going to say "Oh thank you for correcting me !" nobody likes getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar, I sure don't. But sometimes, yes I act like an idiot, and while I don't defend that behavior, I also have to ask everyone, that we are all and foremost human, and we have minds, and we think not at all alike for the most part, our sense of humor be just as varied.

So, let's not get our panties in a bunch and have fun, even with serious issues, if you can't laugh at yourself, then surely there is no hope for anyone, loosen up all of you!

Never been MOD "slapped" or anything of the like. Although I think I've come close to deserving one a few times.

I think the MOD team does a great job, and they are a bunch of nice/smart/other good things type of people.

I dont get it acid, did you want the warning. umm are you proud of it. or umm what. I'm confused e_e'

I understand that mod teams are very important hell, I'm part of one on a site and an admin on two others, soon becoming an super mod on anouther forum. I know its hard work especially on a forum that is this active.

Being a mod is far simpiler then being an admin. as a mod you give verbal warnings, then raise warning levels then if the person doesn't listen you refer them to an admin. I draw many parallels between mods and a police force, since mainly thats what they are. and admin is mainly a supreme court judge who also runs the country and does police work of his, or her, own. its not much fun.

I was in no way meaning that the mods on this site are teh kind that will "modslap" you for no reason. Anytime I have been "modslapped" it was becuase I was being and idiot and its my own fault. What I meant is that I have run into mods who do get bored, decide they don't like someone for some reason and make that person's time on a forum a living hell. this doesn't last very long if the admins there pay any attentio though. you'd be suprised though on how many admins don't pay much attention and leave the whole site up to a couple of mods with no real power other then to warn. thats when it gets out of hand.

twice i think (possibly three times, but i doubt it. maybe mata's memory is better than mine). both/all of them deserved. i'd rather not say how or why, because i feel stupid enough just remembering it.

I dont know if I have or not...have I? cause i know me and missy dont always agree...but I still love her....ummm I nulled cause I dont know....have you mods out there ever slaped me? if so I'm sure I deserved it...

OnceMissy is hot hahaha but it was completely unnecessaryMissy is hot hahaha
Missy is hot hahaha
My avatar and sig were once destroyed by a mod, who I won't mention at all.Missy is hot hahaha

Nope not at allMissy is hot hahaha

Blimey - slippin in me duties as an e-hubby there!

I've been more of a slapper than a slappee in me days here. In fact, I dun think I've ever had more than a "Well, you could type in better English, Leo" from the man Mata. But we were in the pub at the time, so I guess it might not count...

Anyways, whenever I dish out a slap, you asked fer it. I dun go round randomly slappin members here jus fer the fun of it. I'd rather keep things amicable.

he admits it!!!

he's a slapper!!

um... you trying to say something there Oni???
heheheheh... I have this subliminal urge to hump Missy's leg now... hum...
oh well...

but anyway.. I stand behind that I think the mods are fair. The mods are a extension of Matas rules and he has final say on people being banned... it is his forum so if he has faith in them.. so do I. I think if you have a problem with a mod, you should keep it off the boards and take it , a. to the mod, b. another mod, or c. Mata..

Nice to see you areound Leo.. miss u...

But your unique way of typing makes your posts so very you, Leo!

/me would be frightened if he stopped..

And back on topic, some people enjoy a good modslapping there and again if you know what I mean. ;)

- Because gee, I'm so very very vague. >_>

Hey I've got more sauce then a crate of Lea and Perrins in a sea full of Worcestershire sauce.....

*is so very dissapointed*

Careful, I'll give you another modslap!

Seriously though, Logicman is a good example here:

Logic had persistently posted threads that were very much on the borderline of the rules and his manner of posting these could often verge on the offensive. Such offensive assumptions and attitudes are always likely to annoy other posters.

We have a very active forum here and therefore it needs the big mod-team that I've put in place, and bless 'em all, they do a fab job.

As has been correctly stated, the mods are only human and so Logic's posts were bound to annoy at least one member of such a large mod-team. In the past it has been other members of the team that have been especially annoyed by certain posts/forumites. Sometimes the mods have weighed in with a more angry tone than they should. It happens.

BUT

It happens for a reason. If people are making posts that make other people angry and then show no sign of remorse that they have provoked this reaction it's pretty safe to say that they are either stating directly or (as with the case of Logic) persistently implying attitudes that break the rules of the forum. If you don't see how Logicman provoked the responses he got then perhaps you should review some of the threads he started.

Have a look at those rules again. They seem simple don't they?

1) No hatred

2) Mind your language

3) No intimidation

They look simple but if those rules were applied to every encounter in the world we'd have a far more peaceful life around us. When a mod is responding with anger I usually contact them to request that they try to calm them tone, but I never say that they are wrong for responding the way they do. The reason they have been made angry is because a forumite has not been respecting rules that are put in place for their common sense simplicity.

The mods on here are as close to being unbaised as mods can get while still being thinking, feeling individuals. Is it wrong to be biased against a forumite who has made a habit of posting inflammatory subjects? I wouldn't say that's a bias, that's just common sense.

Another point I'd like to make, the mods on this forum give up their time entirely voluntarily to help keep the peace here. We have discussions about what we believe to be the correct decision to take in certain circumstances, and we take great efforts to remain calm when executing those decisions. Sure, we don't always succeed but that's not the point. There is great effort being made to keep these forums civilised and that effort often goes unthanked.

For those who have posted in this thread to say 'I was warned and they were right to do so' I thank you showing your appreciation for the job the mods do.

I personally do sometimes get given the final call on these things. In times when there are problems on these boards I will often spend an entire afternoon making sure that the decision I make is not only correct but explained thoroughly so that the reasoning behind it can be understood. That's a lot of time I spend here in the role of a mod.

This is without mentioning the fact that these forums are here and living on a server that costs me about the equivalent of six months rent. They use up resources that I personally pay for. It's not some distant corporation somewhere, it's my living! I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty about this, the point I'm making is that if I didn't want these forums to be here then they wouldn't be. As simple as that. Because of this I find it hard to see how anyone could suggest that the mods do anything that would encourage these forums along negative paths, if they were doing so they'd be given an almighty modslapping

Yes, the mods are human, but yes do also do a fantastic job. I'd say that I've not yet seen any words or official warnings given by a mod that I think was entirely unjustified, which is more than can be said of many forums. They keep this place as close to my intention as possible, that being, these forums are for open and productive communication between people who are happy to talk about things that matter to them, be those subjects serious or silly.

PS. I've added the 'never been slapped' option to the poll. That's another thing mods do!

I am not going to comment on Logicman's actions, as from the evidence I have seen, they were largely indefensible. I do, however, wish to voice my concern at Debaser's response to Logicman. He was frequently offensive and hateful. Though Logicman may well have provoked such a response, was it wise (particularly for a Mod) to bring such inflammatory language to the forums? Also, I got the strong impression of a concerted effort to remove Logicman - on several occasions, which for the sake of laziness I'm not going to mention, some of his comments were completely blown out of proportion. I know that a lot of people disliked him, but is this really in the "Matazone Spirit"?*
Mata, as usual you make a fine defence of the Mods' actions, but this time my concerns haven't been fully allayed. Can you allay some more? Allay - allez!






*I reserve the right to make things like this up

OK, I know that comment was uncalled for, but I am surprised at how explosive everyone's reaction was to that. It seemed like nothing more than a throwaway comment, but it got such a strong response! I get the feeling that tempers are running high this week. Shouldn't everyone calm down?

Remember: just add the word "sausages" to every sentence before you respond, and we'll all get on a lot better.
For more expert counselling and advice, call Dr F. Ool on: 4324-636-9887

I've never been modslapped, but then I haven't been here for long

I have to say I agree with Crunchy above. I missed this whole fiasco, but the thread in the Daily Life part is it? where Logic is announcing his departure, people did get too carried away. He isn't even there to defend himself.

Just like to say, the remark about mods giving a 'holy smiting' when they're bored. Did it occur to ANYONE, that it may have been a remark made lightly, as in with little truth behind it, you know humour, sarcasm, not really accusing. Sorry, just with the amount of people that really attacked that sentence was...remarkable. Saying this, mods are always needed, and this board has a great reputation. I've gotten the impression that it is a lot easier to get modslapped or banned here than in other forums I've been part of...just thought to say

Aysha xxx

OI! I started to reply before you, and you replied and posted before me. *grumbles* damn brother and his incessant need to find his glasses...



Aysha xxx

Really? I've been on boards where people got banned all the time, but we've hardly had any bannings here, and it's always for serious or repeated offences.

I've never been mod-slapped. But that's because I'm a good little spider...

And I randomly bribe the mods with tasty tasty curry...but that's a secret, shhhhh!



I actually think the mods around here are awesome. If they weren't around to warn members of bad things, or lock threads where I would probably have gone off on some Matazoner with the furry of an enraged hermit crab, or tell me repeatedly to make my tag smaller (he...he... ), then this place would go to pieces! The Logicman thing...well, that may have gotten a little bit out of control, but I'm not saying he didn't deserve it really. And that's all I'm saying about that.

*hugs for Mods and Mata*