I dont think I am really paranoid, Bahco, ( sorry dont know your real name ).
Let me explain, there are lots of forums like this and most have a simple set of guidelines mainly aimed at foul language and abusive behaviour. Most operate without any moderator at all and in spite of that run most of the time without any problems.
The Owner of this site has set it up within a business primarily to support the advertising. He has listed a rather stricter set of Rules than most sites. That in itself is not really a problem.
Unfortunately, he has a couple of moderators who dont seem to have any jobs to do and view every posting within minutes from 7 am until well after midnight. They seek to find every opportunity to tamper with peoples postings just like a junior school teacher with a red pen looking for spelling mistakes. Its as if they have a power complex.
If I was running a site I would operate a soft touch moderation with a private email to anyone seriously causing a problem, only rude, libelous or abusive posts would be deleted or publicly edited.
I would have expected, as someone within the industry with most of the right qualifications and prepared to spend a little time to give polite help, that I would have been welcomed. Not so, the two moderators jump on my postings with great glee sometimes deleting them without any explanation. The site Owner's comment is that " if I dont like it I should go away!".
Does this explain why I dont feel comfortable here? I have never had a single posting at ANY other forum deleted or edited!
Tony Glazier
MOD
if i move or delete a post you get an explaination why
you may not like it or agree but you get one
BTW there are more than two moderators
as i have said before tony i dont make the rules
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