TBT is a House

[KarlaKGB]

In light of some recent threads, I thought I'd be so bold as to make an analogy.

The house belongs to the mods and the admins. We are their guests. They will do everything in their power to treat everyone with respect and accommodate everyone's wishes, but this is a private site, so when we're here, we abide by their rules. They're not obligated to observe anyone's notions of free speech or fairness, but will try to do so. All other things being equal, they will give preferential treatment to site members who have been here longer. Consider them friends of the house owners. This doesn't mean those people get to do whatever they want, but they do get the benefit of the doubt.

This is a fair analogy, no?

 

[Flop]

And Jeremy is the landlord.

Anyway, I'm not sure why people are complaining about how things are run on TBT. It's much better than any other site, and this is the first and only forum I have joined. It's one of the most laid back communities on the web, and people are STILL complaining about it? No one seems to realize that order needs to be maintained, and that there should not be exceptions to the rules.

 

[Kildor]

Correction : TBT is a MANSION.

 

[Yui Z]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I googled what an analogy was... I'm kind of confuzzled by what you meant when you said "they will give preferential treatment to site members who have been here longer."~ I don't see users liking someone for how long they've been on the forum. Just wondering.

Or maybe I'm thinking about it too much and misunderstanding.

 

[Caius]

Not really. Tbt is a house, but the house is owned by everyone. Everyone contributes, everyone's here for different reasons, and when it comes down to it sometimes it's required that someone else comes in to solve a problem because people don't feel like they've done something wrong, or need to cool their jets.

 

[KarlaKGB]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I googled what an analogy was... I'm kind of confuzzled by what you meant when you said "they will give preferential treatment to site members who have been here longer."~ I don't see users liking someone for how long they've been on the forum. Just wondering.

Or maybe I'm thinking about it too much and misunderstanding.

I'm saying that users who have been around for longer, probably contributed more, and who aren't prolific troublemakers will be able to get away with the odd reaction gif or one-word post. Basically what Jason said in the other thread.

 

[Caius]

I'm saying that users who have been around for longer, probably contributed more, and who aren't prolific troublemakers will be able to get away with the odd reaction gif or one-word post. Basically what Jason said in the other thread.

Pretty much this. If you're not doing it every day then we'll usually chuckle at the post and move on.

 

[J087]

And Jeremy is the landlord.

Anyway, I'm not sure why people are complaining about how things are run on TBT. It's much better than any other site, and this is the first and only forum I have joined. It's one of the most laid back communities on the web, and people are STILL complaining about it? No one seems to realize that order needs to be maintained, and that there should not be exceptions to the rules.

Being, as you described "one of the most laid back communities on the web", does not mean we have to accept everything that's thrown at us. We have the right to let our disagreement be heard.

 

[Flop]

I'm saying that users who have been around for longer, probably contributed more, and who aren't prolific troublemakers will be able to get away with the odd reaction gif or one-word post. Basically what Jason said in the other thread.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case a lot. I suppose that it's at a Mod's discretion, and we shouldn't be nitpicking over it.

 

[Yui Z]

I'm saying that users who have been around for longer, probably contributed more, and who aren't prolific troublemakers will be able to get away with the odd reaction gif or one-word post. Basically what Jason said in the other thread.

Okay now that made sense to me :3

 

[KarlaKGB]

Being, as you described "one of the most laid back communities on the web", does not mean we have to accept everything that's thrown at us. We have the right to let our disagreement be heard.

Sure, you can always open up a line of dialogue with the mods. The point of my post is that it's unrealistic to treat TBT as some sort of transparent democracy where everyone can be held to account.

 

[Jacob4]

I for one love this community the way it is, and there's no real reason to quibble over the circumstances, in my opinion.

Overall, this forum treats everyone equally consistently, and I for one prioritize this amongst many things that are great about this community, as many other forums struggle to grasp this concept of equality.

 

[J087]

Pretty much this. If you're not doing it every day then we'll usually chuckle at the post and move on.

This is exactly what I mean. Moderators keep contradicting themselves.

I've never posted a single image as a reply to a thread, until yesterday, and you said with your own words that immediately the suggestion of giving me a warning arose. Prior to my reply were several off-topic messages which weren't dealt with, thus leading to my decision to post that image.

I really don't find it weird that some people consider this forum a dictatorship, or some mild version of it. Moderators moderate the forum users. But who moderates the moderators?

 

[Jacob4]

This is exactly what I mean. Moderators keep contradicting themselves.

I've never posted a single image as a reply to a thread, until yesterday, and you said with your own words that immediately the suggestion of giving me a warning arose. Prior to my reply were several off-topic messages which weren't dealt with, thus leading to my decision to post that image.

I really don't find it weird that some people consider this forum a dictatorship, or some mild version of it. Moderators moderate the forum users. But who moderates the moderators?

But, surely there is no need for such a high rank?

Simply, if a moderator is seen to be not doing their job right, they would be demoted?

 

[KarlaKGB]

Moderators moderate the forum users. But who moderates the moderators?

Oh please, this ISN'T a democracy. This isn't a public body with some obligation of transparency.

 

[Yui Z]

But who moderates the moderators?

The admins ;D

 

[Flop]

The admins ;D

"But then who moderates the Admins?"

Seriously though, the Mods know what they are doing. Even if they mess up every once in a while, it's nothing to worry about. Take a visit to ACC for a month, and you'll realize that TBT isn't bad at all.

 

[Jas0n]

Prior to my reply were several off-topic messages which weren't dealt with, thus leading to my decision to post that image.

This here is the sole reason why you were warned. A thread is turning off-topic? Don't make it more off-topic. Posting a single off-topic post isn't too big a deal, adding to that off-topic discussion and turning into spam is bad.

 

[Kildor]

This is exactly what I mean. Moderators keep contradicting themselves.

I've never posted a single image as a reply to a thread, until yesterday, and you said with your own words that immediately the suggestion of giving me a warning arose. Prior to my reply were several off-topic messages which weren't dealt with, thus leading to my decision to post that image.

I really don't find it weird that some people consider this forum a dictatorship, or some mild version of it. Moderators moderate the forum users. But who moderates the moderators?

I know Zr388 mentioned that you do not need to be afraid of mods, and if you feel that something is not quite right about what they said/did, you can report them and the other moderators will investigate on the matter.
If it is about a certain moderator, they will pass the case to other moderators. But I doubt that the moderators can do something wrong that they do get teported.

 

[Yui Z]

Seriously though, the Mods know what they are doing. Even if they mess up every once in a while, it's nothing to worry about. Take a visit to ACC for a month, and you'll realize that TBT isn't bad at all.

Yus I agree. People need to remember that everyone on this forum is a human being, not a robot. Including the mods and admins. Nobody's perfecto hehe.