Originally Posted by
Punki
Neither
Hunki nor I have ever violated the TOS. We are both charming and polite old people who believe in fair and honest government, including moderation. Yet, in spite of our 100% positive contributions to FT, we have both been issued lifetime bans, which were,
(Praise God overturned y Randy), for no valid reason, without ever once receiving an e-mail to discuss our supposed breaches or one of those much touted warnings.
Go figure.
It is entirely possible that we are aberrations and the only folks on FT who haave ever been victims of unscrupulous moderators, but that is what happened to us, and that is the truth.
Talkboard needs to make sure that this type of arbitratry banning never happens again,
I am
as well. You have absolutely sidestepped the issue of your own moderation practices on the board you founded (MoreMiles) and how those are totally at odds with what you advocate here. You participated there in private moderator forums, you deleted posts without notice, you suspended members without right of appeal... how do you reconcile those actions with your position here? In fact, I note
here that several members
resigned due to your policies.
You've also completely ignored that you were on talkboard once before, have been raising the same issues on moderation since 2000, even as you implemented far more restrictive policies on your own board.
The root question is thus:
- Why do you wish to hold FlyerTalk and the FT moderators to a different standard than you hold yourself?
You state you've not made any TOS violations. Were FlyerTalk to hold you to your own moderation standard
as displayed here it seems you'd not only have been banned but burned at the stake!
I'll refer you to
this post, as you appear to have missed it. It's understandable given that you've just finished a long journey and are likely exhausted. Still, I believe the electorate deserves answers and would greatly appreciate a comprehensive response.