In what way? There was a mod notification on the thread, so Neroon closed it temporarily for review and to allow cooler heads to prevail. Upon reopening the thread the same people went right back to the same hostile back and forth with accusations of racism and trolling. So, in order to avoid what would inevitably continue on in a downward spiral until infractions would have to be handed out, Neroon closed the thread.
I didn't try to get the thread reopened because I don't really enjoy wasting my time.
Not out of protecting anyone who has mod favoritism or who is part of any "clique" - because there were people close to the line on both sides - but just because believe it or not, in general we really don't like having to give out infractions except as a last ditch thing. I can't find any fault with Neroon's closing of that thread. It was the sensible thing to do to avoid people getting in trouble, which would not have been an alternative you or others would have been that happy with either, I believe.
To be clear on this - the issue of certain users enjoying protected status and certain moderators being overzealous with the lock button are separate issues. I never accused Neroon of being part of the first group nor did I even mention him or any other moderator by name. I was asked for a recent example and I provided one. It just so happened to be one Neroon closed.
At some point though I really think you need to examine the fact that you seem to have pretty much a consistently negative view of every staff member you deal with with any regularity on top of a large number of members of the board, not to mention the entire atmosphere of the board itself according to your comments in this thread. Who's the one common denominator that connects all of those very different people and forums together? Maybe the negativity is coming from there instead of from everyone else.
First, I deal with RJ, Holdfast, Jadzia (before she left) and a whole bunch of others without any such negativity being remotely necessary. What is the difference between the way they treat their role on the board and the way other mods do ?
I don't want to get into an argument with you or anything, but honestly, this was a lighthearted topic and you really kind of turned it into a downer by saying how much the staff sucks, and certain forums suck, and certain members suck. It's really not fair to kind of force everyone else to share in your own misery all the time. If you're going to stick around here (this is not asking you to leave) you need to make some effort to make things better too instead of fixating purely on the negative all the time.
Look, I know we haven't gotten along in the past, but I'm not saying this to try and insult or attack you. If you're genuinely not happy here something needs to change, and that effort has to be a two-way street. If there are things you'd like us to change, communicate them to us. But the constant negativity needs to stop, because it's draining on people.
I have tried!
I have tried and tried and tried but all I get is empty promises from T'Bonz (oh, and threats to be booted off the board for something to do with Timby I'm still not clear on) and fucking Garak following me around making disgusting references to paedophilia in reply to my posts on completely unrelated topics while you people congratulate him for it.
You want positive changes ? I'll give you some ideas.
1) More infractions for flamebaiting.
2) Calmer, friendlier moderating. Explain why a thread was locked, don't just make a comment about how you're not in the mood.
3) Less misuse of the separation between moderator and poster. If a moderator does something wrong, he shouldn't be able to use "I'm saying this as a poster, not a mod" to wave it away. Everything you say represents the board whether you like it or not. Moderators should lead by example.
4) MA threads should only allow comments from the person warned and members of that forum's staff. Nobody else. They turn in to a general ranting session otherwise.
5) At least be careful with thread bombs. Some of them are quite funny, sure, but sometimes they read like things you'd be warned for if you hadn't pasted the text over the top of a funny picture.
And yes, I'm sure I can be negative but at least I try to do something about it which is a lot more than the "quit whing(e)ing" brigade can say.
There are some genuinely cool people on here who I enjoy talking to a lot, even though I don't always agree with them I can usually come out of it with a better understanding of their side and can at least (virtually) shake their hand at the end. It's a shame more posters can't be like that.