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Originally Posted by browser2920
You should go back to the old mod thread and you will, in fact, find examples of where I admitted I was wrong, and reversed policies. You probably won't, though because you won't want to wade through hundreds of nonmod related posts to find the actual mod related posts.
I like to go through the old mod threads all the time exactly
because of that. A lot of the most memorable and entertaining posts were in the old mod thread, were way off-topic, and WERE NOT DELETED.
Reading Lozen's reply above, I think there are probably two camps within this forum:
(1) People that only really participate in this forum to talk politics and tend to avoid (or at least want to avoid) the general drama between users. I don't think those users would have a problem with your modding style.
(2) People that participate in this forum because they like to be part of the community, rather than only to discuss politics. People that not only like the banter between the regs, but think that is more the point of this forum than to just talk politics. Even when it is combative, such as having Trolly call me illiterate or Victor call me a fascist, and then taking shots back, it is more interesting to me than to discuss the same five political topics over and over again. This kind of poster, which includes posters like d2 and Victor, are always going to have a big problem with your moderation style.
I guess I can concede that if what you want is a forum where we are strictly limited to posting about politics, your philosophy is fine. I personally think that we can talk politics on dozens of other sites with higher traffic than this one, but the reason we come here is because of the community aspect.