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Originally posted by intrepid
The only bias that the mods of this site have is the T&C. That is what ATS is run by. We have mods of every range imaginable. Barely 20-60+. Conservatives, Liberals, Independents and others that aren't part of the American mainstream.
We have Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, Agnostics, Eastern faiths. ATS is guided by the above T&C and unless it's a blatant violation of the T&C, like spamming or pr0n, everything is discussed, by these people with different backgrounds. Seeing as ATS is reaching out to more and more people all the time, this is working. Stay inside the T&C and all will be well, for everyone.
However, the person purposing the non-mainstream theory is told very clearly by the owners and the moderators of the board that they should expect to fully defend and answer every criticism and question that comes there way from people who often have graduate degrees in physics and astronomy. The criticism can be ferocious, but that's how things are done there.
Originally posted by intrepid
The only bias that the mods of this site have is the T&C. That is what ATS is run by. We have mods of every range imaginable. Barely 20-60+. Conservatives, Liberals, Independents and others that aren't part of the American mainstream.
We have Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, Agnostics, Eastern faiths. ATS is guided by the above T&C and unless it's a blatant violation of the T&C, like spamming or pr0n, everything is discussed, by these people with different backgrounds. Seeing as ATS is reaching out to more and more people all the time, this is working. Stay inside the T&C and all will be well, for everyone.
1b.) Profanity: You will not use profanity in our forums, and will neither post with language or content that is obscene, sexually oriented, or sexually suggestive nor link to sites that contain such content. You will also not use common alternative spellings or net-speak alternative for profane words.
Originally posted by yadda333
Who determines what is obscene? I've seen words allowed on here that could be considered obscene by some. A bit subjective?
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by yadda333
Who determines what is obscene? I've seen words allowed on here that could be considered obscene by some. A bit subjective?
Subjective, yes. That's also why the staff comes from many different nationalities. We have people From Norway, Britain, America obviously. Also The Caribe, New Zealand, Germany, I could go on but the ones you really have to watch out for are the Canucks. If you look at the proportion of the membership/ staff, Canadians are taking over.
That said, we can't see everything. We try but we can't. That's what the Complaints/Suggestions button is for.
Originally posted by KAKUSA
So do you feel that there would be a conflict of interest if a moderator for a web site forum topic was a nationallity whose nationallity was against the topic they were moderating ...???