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quote:Originally posted by mtpocket2
Just a question for the forum moderators and readers of this forum. I had a post that had the words tree hugger in it. The phrase was promptly deleted and replaced with a message about flaming. I look today and there are people writing about enviro Nazi's and tree huggers among others. People quoting from the bible etc. I am not giving my opinion whether these are right or wrong or whether they belong on this forum. I am asking why the rules are not applied across the board. Do you build up credits which allow you to say certain things after so many posts? If you do not attend the rallies does this mean you are allowed to say less. If you know someone personally does that give you the ability to post whatever you like? There is as always valuable information in this forum. Always good to read. But in a public forum the rules should be applied across the board or there should be none.
Stepping off soapbox for today.
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Thank you for stepping down from the soapbox. Now it's my turn.
All organizations have rules to abide by and we're no different. The problem is one of consistency. We all are human and as such we are going to do something one way one time and another way at a different time. That is to be expected.
When this forum was established some years ago we were determined to not let it get to the point that some other boards had gotten. On some of those forums you could not post ANY type of message without being "flamed". We really did not want that to happen to our forum. So we started out with a relatively limited range of messages that were allowed. Basically we wanted people to not bad mouth other members and to stay as positive as possible about RVing issues in general and Montana rigs in particular.
Since we started at zero it was easy to deal with things on a consistent basis. Now that we have several thousand members it is a bit more difficult. We have added administrative staff as we've grown but that actually causes some additional concerns. Each staff member has their own set of standards that they bring to the table. Even when we try to make sure everyone is on the same playing field it is difficult. And to make things even more interesting all staff is on a volunteer basis. How do you reprimand someone who has volunteered and expect them to remain helping?
OK... now to your situation. We look for KEY words to alert us to postings that may be out of line. The phrase "tree hugger", enviro nazis, any and all racial and or ethnic words and or phrases, and so on. When we see these sorts of things we watch closely to see what happens. If the offending word or words are severe enough we yank them immediately. If they are just questionable then we watch and discuss among ourselves and take the appropriate action.
Unfortunately we do not catch everything. And sometimes we even are inconsistent in our application of the rules. Shame on us. We will strive to do a better job.
As another member has mentioned:
"So seniority, credits, number of posts, knowing people, attending rallies, etc has nothing to do with it."
We hope you will continue to contribute to the MOC. In spite of its shortcomings it is still one of the best Forums on the INTERNET.
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