Randy, moving all of the threads makes sense. It really looked odd when the one relating to me was the only one that was moved.

This is especially true since, in my case at least, ClueByFour's, "first step" didn't exist (as a matter of fact, neither did steps two or three).

Mod1: User X is doing something bad.

Mods2-5: discussing action.

Consensus: ask Randy to intervene in the form of a timeout.

The discussion (and I use that term loosely) about me was initiated by B747-437B who stated: "As many of you have probably noticed, yesterday Punki started yet another
thread criticizing Steve's action, and the moderation process as a whole," referring to this thread.

Is it inherently "bad" to question a moderator's action? In this case the the original moderator reopened the thread as a result of my post. Does that make him "bad" as well?

Well despite the fact that I was right, B747-437B continued on with his totally off-topic insults. Other moderators (some of whom I previously respected) also jumped into the fray slinging their own totally irrelevant mud.

I couldn't believe that techgirl actually posted: "Earlier this morning, I donned my flame retardant suit and moved her "off topic" post about seeing FTers names in license plates to OMNI.
Can't wait to see how she complains about us squelching her fun." Sounds like her only goal was to stir up trouble. How does this help Randy or FlyerTalk?

OK, back to the thread that started the moderator discussion. A lot of other folks (many of them moderators) jumped into the fray and made a lot of false statements to and about me, many of which should have IMHO been deleted by a moderator as they were clear TOS violations. It is amusing that most of the poster did not even realizing that the original moderator evidentally agreed with me and reopened the thread.

The Result: The memory with which many of you are left is that that Punki is a bad person who hates moderators. Guess Hitler understood the average Joe pretty darned well. Glad to know that there are at least some of you who read and understand a little bit more than the average guy in his target audience.

Yes, Randy, MoreMiles does have a private moderators forum. There are some MM moderators who have strong opinions regarding some MM posters, but I assure you that I have never seen any off topic back-biting or gossip within that forum. I think you know Rudi, BlondeBomber, dgolds and I (among many others) well enough to know that that type of activity would not be condoned in our presence.



[This message has been edited by Punki (edited Feb 02, 2004).]