Originally posted by ANOK
They are supposed to give you 24 hours notice to fix, which I didn't get. I was told if I didn't like their rules they would ban me. They broke
their own rule...
That "rule" states:
If you receive a warning from a moderator to alter your signature to comply with the guidelines above, you'll have 24 hours to make the
changes. If you don't make the alterations within the reasonable timeframe, the noncompliant material will be deleted from your profile for you.
Note that I highlighted the SIGNATURE part. It does not apply to avatars. ATS reserves the right to "kill" an avatar instantly. Why would we let
someone post something questionable (a nude image for example) and then have to wait 24 hours for the member to take it down?
As for the banning if you didn't like the rule...I submit that like your other misintepretation, you are could doing the same here. I don't know of
people being banned for this reason. I also suggest you
see my post on D-ego regarding
our group approach on matters like that.
I explained the mistake to the mod politely, got no responce.
Why not make another complain submission? It could be that a Mod thought someone else was handling it or they contacted a Super that hasn't had time
or missed the request. We're human too you know and not perfect.
Seems like forums are run as a dictatorship, where the mod is always right even when proven wrong. It would be fine if they would admit their
mistakes and correct them, but doesn't seem to be happening.
This is a PRIVATE discussion board. Read the copy below:
Lastly, and most important, this is a privately owned discussion board community. The administration and senior moderator staff reserve
the right to take action against any member who is deemed to be devoted purely to disruption or whose actions represent behavior contrary to community
building. This action may include complete banning of your username and IP address.
Many times if one of us is wrong we admit that and try to correct the mistake. This seems like one incident that you want to broad stroke with a
brush and generalize to all cases. This is simply untrue. I think some members can attest to this and even (dare I say it) some probably even remember
me admitting fault somewhere and doing my best to fix that.
And I'll bet you anything my post here will get deleted. Can't speak out against mods around here, they call it board drama...LOL
Why delete it? I don't think your rant over an avatar is worth the bother, although this whole thread probably belongs in the Rant Forum. So now we
get to the matter of "speaking out" that you mention. It IS drama and we do call it such. You feel slighted and so rather than email (mine is in my
profile - I just don't check it so often), u2u (I always check), or complaint (all of the staff and council sees them)...you would rather make a
"poor me the evil nazi mods" post simply intended to create board drama.
A simply followup on your part might have gotten you an apology (someone probably thought it was handled) and most likely a solution to the original
matter. Sometimes it's better to see the good in people rather than the bad.
As for your matter. Personally I was aware of it and thought it WAS handled already. The solution? Put your avatar back. Maybe even send me a
link first and I will personally have a look and be sure it's alright for you. That should resolve the issue.
), we're definitely called on, by other mods, and the
membership. 
