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I'm not quite sure where to post this, but since my issues are associated with this forum, I'm just going to post this here. My purpose is to bring to people's notice some rather bizarre goings on on India Forums and ask a few pertinent questions to the authorities in charge.
Who is a moderator?
Presumably someone who can be trusted to follow the rules, judge between right and wrong and use their powers judiciously.
Who's a transgressor?
Someone who flouts the laws and thereby gets their posts closed. Because they broke the law.
What's the law?
The IF code of conduct.
These are basic principles- I think we all get this. So, now let me ask the bigger question.
Why does someone who openly posts "mature" and downright questionable content in her FFs get to be a moderator? I'm referring to this: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/rules-and-announcements/3823385/promotions-and-new-additions-to-the-development-team
One of the names on that list openly posts content that clearly violate YOUR OWN LAWS for God's sake. Here, take a look- I can count several different laws that are flouted in these posts.
Rule No. 1- No posting the label 18+- yup that's right there in this post.
Rule No.2- No description of anything beyond kissing. There's definitely more than kissing going on here.
Rule No.3- Using the blog to post the graphic content. She hasn't provided the link, but she's offering to in her post. And that's clearly where the "mature content" is.
So- she gets to be a Moderator. And you guys go around wilfully closing other people's posts for flouting rules. I think you need to take a look at your own people first before you make these decisions.
And I'm not making these rules up. YOU PEOPLE MADE THESE RULES! Take a look here:
Look, I have nothing against this person at all. I don't care what she does or writes. I am just saying the rules must apply equally to everyone. You can't have a moderator that flouts the rules openly. You guys have a reputation for functioning in a biased manner anyway. This kind of behavior only reinforces my opinion. Am I guilty of flouting some of these rules? I'm sure I am. But I don't have the power to shut down other people's posts. Whereas she clearly does.
I'd like an honest answer. Most of the time, I hardly care what you guys do and how you function. But this is beyond the pale. If India Forums takes itself even slightly seriously as a website, they need to do a better job than this with moderating. And please don't use the "this is an FF question, use the FF forum to ask your question" argument. This is NOT an FF question. This is a question about moderators in general and how they get picked in particular. If you break any rule in any forum of IF, you're clearly not qualified to be a moderator. That's how I see it. You can tell me otherwise.
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