that's... really not what has happened... as i have previously stated, ignoring is an infractable offence. i did not take action on a single post where gossigirl attacked me, but not following moderator requests is an offence. gossipgirl's behaviour leading up to the post backs up the infraction, as a history of these posts can be seen.
Hello there!
I know I might be adding fuel to the fire, but I'm gonna try and phrase my thoughts as eloquently as possible:
Me personally, I don't think drawing political views into this is relevant (although if you guys wanna talk about that go ahead). Thank you
@Socialism for addressing this though. Also, I don't think anybody is denying the fact that we should be following moderator instructions. At the risk of sounding offensive (or hell, being banned) I think that the reason everyone is protesting is because nobody can see why her actions warranted deletion in the first place. If somebody doesn't believe their actions wrong, doesn't it make sense they ignore it?
As
@C2H6O said, we - or at least I - do respect you, and your moderator position. (All hail the orange banner!) It is undoubtable that you have a meaningful and large presence here, so I'm not calling that into question. But I believe many of us 2025ers find it a tad uncomfortable considering you're younger than the majority of us - especially those of us who knew you before - and further, these deletions (as far as I'm aware) only ramped up after your promotion. I'm not attacking you, I'm just pointing out an alternative viewpoint.
We understand that infractions are infractions, and that the moderator's word is the moderator's word. However, I think we feel that this particular ruling has been a bit heavy-handed - at least that a ban wasn't in order, though a warning, sure. It has never really been mentioned in the past how 'necessary' staying on topic was, and since this thread (which I assume is where everything occurred) is titled 'chat', we all chat about whatever topics we desire. At least, before an outright ban, a clearer warning and declaration of forum rules would have been in order?
(God, I sound like a moderator now!)
Anyways, toodles!