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Originally Posted by hollywoodGU
Yea, i never said anything about bias or anything like that. The mods are fair IMO no one gets special treatment...even the ppl here from Day 1. All I am saying is it seems to me like threads are getting closed faster and faster. And IMO if a thread gets out of hand they have every right to close it. The problem I have is when a thread "could" get out of control so it is banned. IDK...kinda ruins the experience for me a little bit. Feel like i am walking on egg shells at time. That being said I have been here since the very begining (not as a member at first, but as a lurker) and I hope this little issue doesnt get too crazy to push ppl like me away...thats just my 2 cents tho....
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There's a very, very fine balance between keeping things controlled and containing an "outbreak".
Those of you who know me well enough, know that I'm not afraid to speak my mind on any issue and I normally try to keep things light-hearted. This is the internet after all. That being said, the other mods have all made great points on this topic as it is.
my only question is this:
What purpose does starting this thread serve?
the threads you brought up in the OP, you had no idea what was going on in the background. And while I'm not trying to say that you don't have a right to ask questions, sometimes its better to find out information privately before raising an issue such as this.
mainly because these types of threads do nothing but raise mistrust within our ranks. I dont think that everyone should blindly line up and never speak their voice, but at the same time, keep this in mind:
this is a privately owned website and the owners rules dictate how we moderate the site.
everyone is here of their own free accord. If you dont agree with the way something has been handled, by all means ask us. In most cases its a very simple answer. (usually, member repeatedly not following the rules after being warned....repeatedly). and if you still dont like the way things are being handled, make use of another freedom here at Camaro5.com. the freedom to leave.
I dont know what your intention was in creating this thread (which is why I asked.) Whether it was just to find out why those threads (and possibly others) had been closed. or whether it was to see (as the title implies) how many people feel the same way as you about some recent events.
IDK. you tell me so we are on the same page.
The Scotty situation... that was his decision to make. If he feels he can't be here as anything more than a car salesman, then that is his call. There have been plenty of other members that have been "corrected"
and they have stayed and been able to continue on posting without violating the rules because they are here for the Camaro above all else.
tho... one thing did catch my eye....
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Originally Posted by hollywoodGU
I hope nothing has been taken the wrong way, I just was expressing my point of view. Not trying to bash on anyone or the site.
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thats odd.... cus if I remember right...
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Originally Posted by hollywoodGU
IDK i think its alienating people...it is for me at least...dont know how much longer I am willing to stay on a site that has nazi-like mods
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a couple threads that you dont have the full story on are closed and we are nazis?
Like Tag Ur It said, this place is like a second home for a lot of us. Literally, like a second home. There have been stories about relationships on the brink of failure due to people being on this site so much. (some of those stories are very... very true). When I say this place is like a second home, I mean it. I'm a member on nearly every other camaro forum (and many other types of forums as well) out there. But none of which do I feel like I do with this one. You guys are our extended family. Some of us have been here nearly since the site's conception. We've been thru the ups and downs, the mustang trolls, the spammers, the overzealous vendors, the speculation, the enjoyment that is the 5th gen Camaro. (and so much more that I could go on about)
and with you being part of our extended family, we do what we can to satiate you without letting things go overboard. Sometimes we let things go on too long, sometimes we nip it in the bud before it gets a chance to explode. Cus its honestly a lot simpler to just shut it down early instead of having to play damage control after the fact. There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes that the regular members don't know about. And it's that way for a reason. We may all be well-meaning adults (most of us anyway), but beliefs and internet attitudes (aka e-peens) can get out of control in a heartbeat. And as it has been said before, we cant be everywhere at once on here. Sometimes we'll see a thread starting to tip the wrong way right before we log off for the night and we'll remove a couple of posts that were pushing it in the wrong direction. Sometimes we'll just close it all together. Just depends on the situation. I know that many... many times before I became a moderator here, my posts were edited or completely removed. Not because of my content (well, sometimes they were), but because I was replying to someone else who was starting trouble and the other mods were doing "pre" damage control.
But, back to being that this is a second home for a lot of us. I find it destestable when someone comes into my home and accuses me of being a nazi. (regardless of my very strong aryan genetic descent
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(and another thing about me that you should know, I dont get offended very easily, and even when I do, it passes quickly. notice the dripping sarcasm in the genetic statement
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We dont just close/delete threads and posts without reason. Its all part of the bigger picture. Sometimes we can't see the forrest for the trees.
