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I was wondering strongly about this. I do a lot of forum roleplaying. Now one thing that honestly bothers me is when someone who is friends with the person running the group, gets a free pass to run their mouth off at others. I am lucky, I admit. This only happened to me twice.
The first time was about 5 years ago, and I actually admit it was partially my fault. The mod in question was not a bad person, there was just a misunderstanding, where she thought I had done something that would hurt her friend (The Admin's) feelings. This mod had the decency to contact me privately in PM. Sadly I back then would flip my shit over being misunderstood, so I quit the forum.
The second time though was genuinely just the mod being a jerk. I posted a comment, on a news story I had heard, and I admitted that it kind of upset me, from what I knew of it. The mod deciding they didn't like my opinion decided to publicly bash me. I went to the Admin about it, and he's just all; "Oh lol, that's just how she is."
I think what bothers me so much about this, is that I kind of look at it from myself. I have no problem in letting my friends know when they need to back off. If someone is genuinely causing issues on my forum, I usually am the first to shut it down. If the person is just a troll, I'll block/ban them. If they're sensitive/emotional, I try to be supportive of them through PM messages, and on the forum to encourage their behavior to improve. When I notice my own friends being bullies in group RP's, I yank them aside, and I let them know.
I just don't know why other GM's/Forum Admin's are so terrified of reeling their mods in, when they start acting like bullies.
The first time was about 5 years ago, and I actually admit it was partially my fault. The mod in question was not a bad person, there was just a misunderstanding, where she thought I had done something that would hurt her friend (The Admin's) feelings. This mod had the decency to contact me privately in PM. Sadly I back then would flip my shit over being misunderstood, so I quit the forum.
The second time though was genuinely just the mod being a jerk. I posted a comment, on a news story I had heard, and I admitted that it kind of upset me, from what I knew of it. The mod deciding they didn't like my opinion decided to publicly bash me. I went to the Admin about it, and he's just all; "Oh lol, that's just how she is."
I think what bothers me so much about this, is that I kind of look at it from myself. I have no problem in letting my friends know when they need to back off. If someone is genuinely causing issues on my forum, I usually am the first to shut it down. If the person is just a troll, I'll block/ban them. If they're sensitive/emotional, I try to be supportive of them through PM messages, and on the forum to encourage their behavior to improve. When I notice my own friends being bullies in group RP's, I yank them aside, and I let them know.
I just don't know why other GM's/Forum Admin's are so terrified of reeling their mods in, when they start acting like bullies.