Mods on power trips ruining this site

I'm probably about to be banned. Don't even care. The idiots running the site don't even have many people posting here and are running to ban people left and right for "flaming." Hilarious. I just got my final warning. Yeah, this site is a victim of overmoderation, for sure. Sad, they really need to hire more stable, older people to mod on these boards.

If this is the last time, it's been fun. I wasn't even seeing many new threads on the Baby Driver board. It's pretty close to being pointless to being on here anyways.

Do you work for CNN?

I am very happy with MovieChat. The boards at IBMD vanished, and Jim the creator here went and transferred most threads from there. Thats alot of work, and its totally appreciated. As far as the moderators here... they do a great job, and its sad they have to actually have to tell people not to flame each other, or harass each other. I dont think babysitting people is alot of fun for anyone.
The 3 strike rule is pretty generous. If you have to be told 3 times to treat someone else with respect. well now thats a bit of an issue isnt it?
I watched 2 movies this week that I wanted to know more about. Not blockbusters or anything fabulous, but the threads were here. Isnt that the point? We should be grateful, and appreciative. Period.

Thanks for the great job you guys are doing. I love this site and really appreciate Jim for creating it. I'm grateful to have a place again to discuss movies and everything else. 😁 It's nice to have a place like this since IMDB is basically pointless now. Thanks again and keep up the great work! 👍🏽

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So ... if someone gets 3 strikes ( and I don't know how many strikes
I might or might not have ) in 20 years do they still get banned?

Seems like the strikes ought to time out after some certain time or
even Mother Theresa would be banned eventually.

It is hard to do the job of moderator, and I've rarely seen anywhere
that I think does it well or fairly.

There are a lot of very clever but sick people who work very hard to
goad someone into being insulted without actually insulting them, and
they never seem to get banned or "stuck". And then there are people
who don't seem to even understand what a conversation or discussion
is and how to have one.

People who get very defensive just because you criticize their favorite
movies or actors, even if you do it with sensitivity are people who should
not be on a site like this, or the people who make everything about
politics is an insulting way I hate.

At least you are trying though. Thanks.

That is true but only with message boards that have very inexperienced staff who can't keep indifferent. Like you said the opposite is in fact true.

So many times I have seen mods "enforcing" and bullshit but they drive out natural traffic & community spirit even between legit posters and shit posters (who often play with each other anyway in conversations)

I will give an example of a long lasting community with a great admin: http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/uhm/

No pussy admins & no pussy staff... just a community that has been ticking over for years.

I'm still working out my thinking about the role of mods. I asked someone on this site what movies they had enjoyed recently, and they called my question BS, told me to get some friends, and it wasn't worth answering. (That overall thread had been a little contentious I think.) And I thought, well, OK, that's a little unusual, so I'll talk on other threads. But I did notice that I felt much more reluctant to post a question after that -- it's hard to know if someone is going to yell at your or genuinely want to talk about movies. I don't know that you could call that remark a spirited argument really, but it did have a squelching effect, and that's probably the opposite of what you want for a discussion community.

I giggled.

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Dude, are you hurt because his quip didn't agree with your politics? People like you SCARE ME. There's a reason Trump is in office, because of people like you. America just elected a black man as president twice, so rednecks aren't the problem. You scared many moderate Democrats into voting Republican and quite frankly, you deserved it because of your arrogance. The real Idiocracy is from the 20 and 30-something millennials who get their political news from Colbert and Maddow. Grow up, seriously. Get a job.

Thanks for your insightful, thought-provoking post...

Yeah, putting this self-righteous boy scout on ignore, see ya.

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