so can we talk about this lord of the flies shit?

[saraandmichael]

re: flexie going in and editing someone basically saying something "mean" to anotherfosh.

because this is going to get regoddamneddiculous real quick if nobody is allowed to call out douchery.

[RobotLegs]

Yeah I just said that in that post. I need to be able to call an asshole an asshole.

[candyapple]

You're being a douche.

I'm just testing.

[angelaa73]

Screeeeeeech
what!?

[dowagercountess]

I think she said something other than mean, but I agree, not cool.

[broc]

[saraandmichael]

May 11, 2012 21:26:19 GMT -5 cjoy said:

On this board? The board of freedom?

Who got to pick mods anyways? I don't recognize their authority.

i was thinking the same thing!

[CheshireGrin]

I didn't see the post before it was edited, but it was implied that there was something more to it than simply being called weird, so I don't know.

I really like Flexie and I think that most of the time she is an excellent mod, but this isn't the first time she's been a little trigger-happy with the delete key.

Keep it cool, Flex, okay?

[candyapple]

We should have a Declaration of Independence that expressly states that we are free to criticize others, yada, yada.

[RobotLegs]

You can take our posts but you can never take our FREEEEEDOM!

[eb777888]

May 11, 2012 21:29:19 GMT -5 @smace said:

WE SHOULD MOVE BOARDS!

LOL.

It depends on what was said exactly. Being called weird definitely doesn't seem to warrant a delete. I also had no idea flexi was a mod here.

[melindafelinda]

I just paged her to say this. What the motherfuck? If I can't call people fucking weirdass pansy asses than I am going to be fucking pissssed.

[missyny]

I just "Haaaa'd" for real... and LOUD!

[angelaa73]

yeah flexie
don't go erecting a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

[angelaa73]

May 11, 2012 21:41:22 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

May 11, 2012 21:36:39 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

yeah flexie
don't go erecting a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

Dirty!

cake cake cake cake cake
and it's not even my birfday

[EllieArroway]

You guys have been here like two days and you already have drama!

I have no idea what was deleted, but I think in general stuff should only be deleted if it contains personal info or is over-the-top harassment or something like that. Run of the mill insults aren't really edit-worthy IMO.

And the mods definitely aren't set in stone. Basically the mods right now are people who volunteered--several of them were mods on tn, but not all--and I can switch it up if it becomes a problem. Who was the ML mod on tn?

[CheshireGrin]

We specialize in drama! It's pretty much our raison d'etre.

Flexie and Jenniebeeb were our old mods.

[nestbrenda]

HI. It was definitely ONLY calling her weird. NOTHING ELSE. It was along the lines of, "You will always be filed in the category of "totally weird, must keep distance from".

That's it. Almost word for word. Maybe that is more than calling her weird. But not in my book.

[angelaa73]

May 11, 2012 21:44:32 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

You guys have been here like two days and you already have drama!

I have no idea what was deleted, but I think in general stuff should only be deleted if it contains personal info or is over-the-top harassment or something like that. Run of the mill insults aren't really edit-worthy IMO.

And the mods definitely aren't set in stone. Basically the mods right now are people who volunteered--several of them were mods on tn, but not all--and I can switch it up if it becomes a problem. Who was the ML mod on tn?

can we just nominate someone who begrudgingly does it. People who WANT to moderate skeeve me out

[CheshireGrin]

I think we should take volunteers/nominations, and then have a sticky tab with a poll to vote.

[Deleted]

if there's a volunteer sign up sheet, i'm signing up for paper products. i don't want to be up late the night before making macaroni salad.

[OHMBLEEGOHHHHH!]

I want to moderate. I believe I have made my disdain for mods deleting things known.

[ErinExpat]

May 11, 2012 21:47:32 GMT -5 cville said:

if there's a volunteer sign up sheet, i'm signing up for paper products. i don't want to be up late the night before making macaroni salad.

Mmm, macaroni salad.

[margotmacomber]

Yeah, nestmod definitely only said she was filing anther in the weird category forevermore or some such shit. No derogatory name calling. No personal bashing. I was super surprised. But I don't want to get banned so, .....

[margotmacomber]

Andplusalso, I was two steps away from saying the same damn thing myself.

[nestbrenda]

I vote in favor of a vote of mods! I have heard of this system before, letting the people vote...where did I learn this?

[bumppkathleen]

I nominate NestBrenda and me. We are experienced admins so you know you can trust us.

[hubes]

I say we put the whole list up there and whoever wins begrudgingly accepts.

[nestbrenda]

Or regulars who want to are put up, then are voted on. You know, people like Saraandmichael, ombligo, and I forget the other one I was going to say. But I had another good name. Oh wait! And Floyd.

[flexie]

Everyone has spoken. I will willingly and cheerfully bow out as mod. My apologies to those I have offended. Truly. : )