I honestly believe that tempers are high here for a number of reasons. Politics, the changing in user age demographics, the constant assault on the 2nd Amendment, the paranoia of Social Media and how it is being used in Red Flag Laws, the change in Ownership due to a topic that is being kept in Team GD, and a whole bunch of other shit.

I can honestly say that my limited experience as a Mod here really has shown me how hard it is to make everyone happy. It is impossible. TBS and the rest of the Site Staff has really wanted to clean up GD and the website as a whole. But it can't be a heavy handed approach. It is a fine balancing act. The problem is, differing opinions are just that.

What some think the problem is of trolling in reality is someone else having a differing opinion. When some here think this is a Pro Trump site gets all pissy when someone else have a criticism of the President they accuse others of being Never Trumpers. The same can be said with the Pro/Anti LE discussions. I'm for legit criticism of cops when they fuck up. Just as I am about the military and government as a whole. But we draw sides and just beat each other to death over stupid shit.

The biggest issue is that fact that since people bitch, instead of follow the rules (like if a Mod takes action and the member believes it wasn't warranted, bring in Site Staff for review) they just add fuel to the fire and bitch. Seriously, if you feel a Mod did something you don't agree with. Contact the Mod and discuss it or contact Site Staff. They'll review it and if need be smack the Mod and say "No, bad Mod" if it is a legit fuck up on the Mod.

Another issue is that the community shouldn't be and isn't based simply on the most popular members get a pass at shit and for a bit, it kinda happened. And now that the rules are being applied more across the board. Shit is getting warnings for something that originally would have been swept under the rug. But that comes back to people taking shit way to seriously on some stuff.

I can also tell you this.

It honestly is pretty hard to be permanently banned from here and even then, most are allowed to come back. I was banned for stupid shit and allowed to come back after I apologized and agreed to follow the rules, which honestly I try. I don't want to have issues with other members here. Even the ones I don't always agree with. Because guess what.... I do agree with them on other shit.

I firmly believe this is a great place and it still could be in the future. But I think people are taking things way too seriously. (Myself included sometimes, again...  emotional investment in certain topics, stress from daily life, etc. None ofnus are immune from it.)

Look, I ain't perfect. I sure as shit known that. We all have fucked up here. Arfcom is a great community with a great group of folks. We all have our own personal shit to deal with outside of Arfcom. Kids, jobs, debt, family, health, etc....  sometimes, that shit bleeds over here.

The CoC is pretty easy to understand and follow. Additionally, I think we all need to take a deep breath, Members Mods, Staff, etc.... take a deep breath. Arfcom is a hell of a community that has given me some great friends that I've had the pleasure of meeting in person at NRAAM, SHOT, Cola Warrior, the Retro Shoot, and just across daily life.

So let's all chill the fuck out. We all fuck up, we all get heated, we all get emotionally invested in shit, etc....

And yes, I'm a Waste of Site Resources and so is this Thread.

Edit, to fix a typo and waste even more site resources.

Reported

For saying stupid shit in the religious subforum when I thought I was in GD.

Fuck yeah, I have it in my DVD collection. Just say the Sherriff is near, not the other line.

¿Que?

But then again.... this is the internet. What I might take seriously, you could see as a laughingstock.

Hence why we should all take a deep breath.

Too much of what we field is a judgement call in the moment for everything to be governed by a hard and fast rule.

Nope, started it of my own free will (*blinking rapidly in morse code*).

The issue with moderating this place is opinion. Mods are volunteers as are Staff. We all have differing opinions but the rule on our side is try to not go heavy handed. I honestly do an informal IM instead of a warning most of the time simply because I don't want to "officially drop paper" on someone.

Consistency is hard fo a degree because again... opinions and interpretation is different depending on the who's reading something. Hence why the CoC clearly states that members can request other Mods or Staff to review something if they feel isn't right or just.

Yup... Mods are there to make judgement calls. Sometimes Mods fuck up. Nature of the beast. But some take it way to seriously when a Mod takes action and instead of following the correct course (seeking a second opinion in a calm manner), some go off the deep end.

Get rid of the legit trollers and rabble-rousers. Folks that really do spam the site and are shitlords causing problems. That's part of cleaning it up. The other side of it is a more equal enforcement of the rules. No more of the popularity contest and more of a "Hey, let's all have fun, enjoy this place, and not try to skull fuck each other because of a slight difference in opinion."

You mean Striker? He's America's Hat.... so he really isn't foreign.

Thats racist!!

Fuck no.... I ain't resigning as a Mod. I already did and resigned a lot IRL by becoming a investigator and riding a desk instead of a marked unit and having a Puerto Rican wife (she is the best boss ever) and now a newborn daughter. All I have left is being a Mod and wasting site resources.

No one reads pinned threads.