- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: One One Seven
Well part of the problem as I say is that the rule seems to be loosely enforced. As I have said, I have seen large threads use this tactic to get attention with no repercussions.
The moderators rule by their judgment, the stickies, the terms of use, and the code of conduct. Their judgment is the thing you are talking about. One mod may ban a person for a political topic, while another may just lock the thread with a warning, and then a mod may just lock the thread. Ones judgment is above all things, unless of course it is severely against the code of conduct, such as posting pages of spam and flames. Now, if it is such a small thing as this, they are against the stickies, then a mod will most likely put their judgment as to what to do, as to what the stickies say. This is just small minor things mind you.
So, as you can see moderators moderate based on a few things. If it they were just like robots banning and locking all in offense, there wouldn't really be such a large support for the current moderators. They have personality, and thus have judgment. There is not a very solid base for a moderator to moderate other than the stickies, code of conduct, terms of use, rules in the mod group [sorry forgot the name], and of course their judgment.
If you wish, I may go more into depth with this farther, but I do not really care to bore the community with my babble. And just for future reference, this is all based off of what mods have stated in the past.