Moderators Overmoderating?

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Originally Posted by chrisj

I don't think there is such a thing as over moderating. The only people who are complaining about stuff like that are guilty of some stupid remark that generally flames. I administered several forums in the past, and while there is freedom of speech and freedom of opinions and all that, there is no room for bashing another member (flaming). Those people were gone in a hurry...forcibly.

Someone has to police forums, for sure.

agreed.

Originally Posted by yaris-me

Yes, the mods do over moderate. They have their own rules as to what is fair. Other forums have much better moderators.

if they were to have been over-moderating, there are a few posts of mine that were toeing the line, that should have been "moderated", as they could have been construed as inflammatory...

case in point, my thread about light bulbs, which was a tongue in cheek statement about forum life, was never touched by the mod team...

this is, by far, the most relaxed forum i am a part of...

so to any statement that the forums are over-moderated,