Here we piss and moan about CC Mods

[ed2]

41 minutes ago, moos54 said:

the problem is that we should ban everyone in this case, even you

Correct! I've trolled quite a lot recently. It is deliberate! I wanted it to go out of control, because then maybe someone would see that this is trolling. As the forum is now, it is either troll or be trolled. Giving warnings upon warnings, but never any penalty, means the rules have absolutely no effect on those who choose to ignore them.  I'm just doing what I have to do to survive in an anarchy. If you Moderators had managed to create a climate where we could have civil debates and disagreements, I would of course try to follow that. But right now, it is pretty much impossible to stay civil and polite in this warzone of a forum.

[ed2]

34 minutes ago, Amy3 said:

The other day I posted some pics from the attachment center that were posted in the private club, but not in the forums. I did this in an effort to undermine the club and try to end it with the hope of getting everyone back posting in the same place for the good of the forums and really the good of all involved. There is absolutely no rule against me doing what I did, yet I was attacked by many members and called a troll among other things in the open public forum. I had members openly calling upon all other members here to ignore me and put me down. Indeed a gang of bullies descended upon me in open like vultures at a slaughterhouse. I purposely did not attack these people or say much of anything other then to explain why I posted the pictures. All the moderators did was quietly clean up their mess. I was really hoping that this time maybe they would get punished like I have several times. Surely calling another member a troll is pretty much the worst thing you can call someone in a forum, no? It is essentially calling their whole self a fraud and a lie. There is no worse insult in a forum. Anyways, what happened to them? Not a goddamned thing that’s what. The moderators here are biased according to their own self interest. Thus, the rules are applied accordingly. A good moderator only sides with the house, never the players.    

A good moderator actually moderates, to put it frankly. The policy on CC is that everyone should just ignore insults and personal attacks against themselves.

[Thestarider]

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[Foamy T. Squirrel]

On 5/17/2020 at 6:46 PM, Amy3 said:

Was anyone punished in any way for what that angry mob did to me? I don’t consider deleting their hateful words as punishment really. In what forum is a mob allowed to run amuck on a forum and publicly insult other members in the open forum and nothing happens to them?  I did not violate ANY rules! I wonder what would happen to me if I followed someone around constantly calling them a troll. No need to answer, I already know. 

Although this forum is member-driven (not Moderator-driven -- we are all unpaid members, after all), there are things that happen here that you don't see, sometimes relating to your complaints. Members are responsible for their posts, and the Ignore Function should be used when trolls show up, since these creatures should never be fed.

I think Mods should all wear ModCams, so you folks can see how much fun we have cleaning up these childish food-fights.

It sucks.

Keep the Apartment threads clean and sparkly, and Foamy will be a happy squirrel.

This moderator opinion is meant for ALL MEMBERS! It is not particularly directed to any member in particular.

 

[ze81]

I learned something maybe sinse one,two years in cc ago,people that dont let you express your opinion and just insult you instead of saying,rebating in logical way..dont wait for mods,sinse i joined cc i had to defend myself most of times and fine with it..so i imediatly put those users in ignore list..have about a dozen users there and dont regreat it for a single second.

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

I'm just here because I'm all out of new jig saw puzzles.So I'll just leave this beer:

 

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

I haven't banned any members in a long time, come to think of it.

I suppose I need to recharge my squirrely wrath.

[happyone]

58 minutes ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said:

I'm just here because I'm all out of new jig saw puzzles.So I'll just leave this beer:

 

Squirrels should not drink--cause they can't spell when they do 😏

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

1 hour ago, Amy3 said:

So my takeaway from this nice little video is that the best forum is one where no one says anything at all. It'll be great! You moderators will love it cause then you're truly have nothing to do at all. Bliss! Keep fucking up idiots! Think I'll go download some porn.

Actually, I'm one of the original free speech guys. And I hate the rules. We shouldn't be in a position that we would need them. But I think that cuz I'm old school, and learned forum etiquette on Usenet. I'm the nice, warm, fuzzy and tolerant Mod. So be sweet to me, and I'll be sweet to you. Especially if you can send me a 1,000 piece jig saw puzzle to pass away my quarantine time cuz RLC's been pretty slow lately and somebody else has been hoarding all the pecans from Walmart...

 

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

I promise to ban myself tomorrow for being off topic. That will prove that I'm a hard ass for banning people for breaking the rules, and everyone will fear my wrath and will know that I take this place very seriously.

So here goes for you bored ass quarantined folks who are non-essential and want to perfect your artistic abilities:

https://www.wikihow.com/Type-a-Bunny

 

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

This is why I hate feuds between members. Incidentally, in the matter of feuds, both parties usually get called out on it. And then we mods get attacked by both sides. ("But mommy -- he started it!")

I was supportive of banning one none-Premium member from WorldWide Politics (also supposed to be unmoderated), because he was clearly an outsider hired by a campaign to spread propaganda throughout social media. In other words, an outside-of-CC troll. Your "enemy" also got a dressing down. Personally, I just hate dealing with Mod Reports from tons of members who are not involved with the feuds and are tired of scrolling through such childishness. If people enjoyed viewing such attention-getting self-indulgence violence by posters, they can always go hang out at 4chan.org/b.

 

[happyone]

10 minutes ago, Amy3 said:

Dressing down? Hardly! All you guys did was cover over their assault on me and enforce dividing lines. Yeah, that really solves the problem. The result is a forum with tiers. The clubbers poke into the forums and retreat back to the safe zone to gather their strength and team build. It is a club sized bully with the primary principal being anti-Amy3. People who used to be fairly neutral joined the club, made a pledge, and became an army. They are no longer individuals. They follow a single mindset whether they believe it or not. Your forum is a fractured mess with pent up hate, anger, and underlying animosity running amuck. If I were really a troll as they say I am, I should be happy with this result, right! Guess what, I’m not happy. I would much prefer for everyone to be individuals and equals in a single forum. 

I have been reading all the comments by everyone regarding this club---IMO it boils down to one thing--Amy3 is pissed off, got her feelings hurt, and is upset because she was not invited into the club--

Yes, clubbers probably do retreat into the social group that they enjoy interacting with and exclude those whom they do not want to interact with.

Same happens in real life--not everyone wants to associate with some people--so they are not invited to parties and social gatherings.

So a lot of the times, those excluded just accuse and point fingers at the others, rather than take an honest look at themselves to determine just why they were excluded--