English Muffin

100% agreed. Indeed, *sometimes* the button-pushing is the only way. But not always. In fact, not in most cases. So why has button-pushing become the tool of first resort?

It wasn't the calling that got you your interview date, your interview would have been on the same date regardless. Your call just let you find out when it was.
Yes, they do!

It wasn't the calling that got you your interview date, your interview would have been on the same date regardless. Your call just let you find out when it was.
Yes, they do!

People really call daily for an update on when their interview is going to be scheduled? Even those of us in AP don't do that!!

No, I won't be contacting him via the contact form. Let's stop pretending this is some government bureaucracy that needs a certain form number to be filled out before it can act. Captain Ewok has seen this thread and has sufficient mastery of the search engine to find the offending post himself using the information already provided. If he does not, that's because he doesn't want to.

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

You're revising history again. I did give him a chance. After the initial uproar I sat back and didn't say a thing for quite some time. But nothing changed, and he continued to be rude to members, he continued to violate the TOS, and he continues to bait instead of moderate. Eventually I became more vocal about it, and still you did nothing. I had private conversations with you, and still you did nothing. And even if you don't remember that, why is it MY responsibility to give him a chance? Why can't he be an adult like (presumably) the rest of your mods and just do what's right?
You said to give him a chance, that he would eventually grow into the role, that he would grow out of his juvenile inanity into somebody who takes responsibility seriously. The chance was given, and you were wrong. So when are you going to do what you implied you would do if it didn't work out, and fire him? How long does this little experiment go on?
By the way, I wasn't the only person to "immediately attack him." His welcome thread was filled with many more than just me who challenged you on this decision.

+1, Just to be difficult

He looks ghey.
Am I allowed to say that or will I get banzored?

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

God damn but this is fecking maddening. It's like you people can read, but you have no comprehension function. If you think this is all "reaching," then you really need to just turn in your badge and walk away. You've obviously drawn a line in the sand between the admins and the peons, and the only way you know how to answer to an angry membership is to "let them eat cake."

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

I'm sorry - but that's highly dubious. How on Earth could Charles' post be construed to be "useful to the discussion"? He took a post from a forum he moderates and posted it here to suggest that Marc's previous personal attack was somehow justified.
Whatever protestations of innocent intent Charles may have given you behind the scenes, it was clearly antagonistic and added nothing whatsoever to the discussion in this thread.
It's one thing to throw out a misogynist insult at a woman, as I believe Marc did in the post that was originally referenced. That was indeed completely unprovoked and inappropriate. It should have been deleted and if the standards that are applied to these things are followed - he should have been suspended for it. For the reasons you gave, moderation is inconsistent; and clearly Marc wasn't punished for it. If the point was that a suspension doled out for posting an obscene poem, but not for a direct, very offensive personal attack against a member, I think you have to start asking where VJ moderation's priorities are. Because calling a VJ member a ####### seems rather more offensive to me than a scattering of swear words or descriptions of sexually explicit acts.
The fact is, this is a forum of adults. People are going to post lewd things, descriptions of dates that they've had; there are even past threads about people's sexual encounters. Where it goes wrong is when VJ members start using people's personal information for the purposes of personal attacks. Just because someone gives out a handjob on a date and says so, it does not mean that they are a #######.

Dodi, you need to learn when to shut up. Seriously!

That's better, short and to the point.
You're learning.

WIMPS and people who need to stop panicking about nothing!

You might also consider switching to decaff.

You might also consider switching to decaff.

WIMPS and people who need to stop panicking about nothing!

I think you need to provide some links Ms Maven.

Common sense also suggests that people shouldn't give out intimate details about their sex lives, or defame racial or other minorities on a cosmopolitan message board, but it goes on here.

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