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I think it was Alex intention that the members moderator themselves the only reason he made extras mods was because of Atomika-like attacks. The Mods were picked at
random to delete spam and ban spammers. If Mods start doing things like banning
members and deleting or editing their posts because they are in a bad mood or they
don't like the member, i feel members have the right to call them on that. If a
particular mod has such a thin-skin that they cannot handle any criticism at all they
probably should not be a Mod. Being a target for criticism is part of being a Mod. It
goes with the territory. I had a problem with one of the Mods and i tried to contact Alex
about it via PM and my mailbox was tampered with. I got upset about it. Nothing was
being done about it was very frustrating sorry for loosing my temper.

I do know what it's like being a Mod as i am the only moderator of a group of almost
400 members. It is not a AS group it has all kinds of ppl in it NT's, AS, people from all
over the world. I have never had a problem so far. It's pretty nice, everyone gets
along. Nothing has really even come up.

I think if everyone just ignored the spammers they would stop coming back and their
would be no need for the extras Moderators. It is no fun for spammers if no one
responds to their attacks. Instead of getting 50 replies to their messages!

Well basically what i wanted to state was just because a person is a Mod, does not make them above reproach.

(edited for spelling)

If people in general were able to moderate themselves, we also wouldn't need police or fire or ambulance personnel. Because everyone would obey the laws, would be very attentive to hazards and risks, and would be taking perfect care of their own health, their own homes, their own autos. We wouldn't have global warming or wars, we wouldn't need prisons and all that money could go to help the less fortunate.

People cannot moderate themselves. We all bring with us our own thoughts and opinions. And here, in Aspieland, we might do a lot of misinterpretation. I do that all the time. No one has defined all the words, as to what it means, in the rules of this site (or any site). They THINK it's clear to everyone. It's not.

YOU think that moderators should be targets of criticism. It depends on what they do. And I have the option of NOT staying on a forum, message board, or site that has moderators that are out of control. It's tough.

One doesn't want to leave their friends, or leave the place they are used to, but sometimes that has to be done. I've seen great sites and very poorly run sites. Poorly run sites end up being a home to trolls. Because nobody cares what goes on. Nobody is in control. There HAS to be some sort of control in effect because people DO NOT MODERATE THEMSELVES.

I do not understand how a mailbox online can be "tampered with". There are very few legal reasons that messages can be read if they are not addressed to the person to whom they were sent (or by who sent them).
http://www.cybercrime.gov/ECPA2701_2712.htm

The people that troll and attack should be ignored by the general membership AND dealt with by the moderators or staff of a site. It is unacceptable behavior. The same way that people who start throwing punches should be backed away from, to allow authorities to remove that person. Not fighting with them, or encouraging them, or doing much else but getting out of the way. Reasoning rarely works.

Open discussions on what should and shouldn't be allowed, as well as clarification of the existing rules would be a good thing. So we can know, ask questions, make comments. We can help point other members to that discussion to learn and contribute.

What exactly is meant by "mail box tampered with"? How do you know? What were the observed things?

In real life, I didn't even know I had mail stolen, somewhere along the line, until I got a letter from the Secret Service or something, asking if so and so had permission to have my mail in their residence. Huh? Um, no, they don't. As a result of that real life mail theft, I forgot about auto insurance payment, because I didn't GET the bill, and my insurance was canceled.

The insurance company didn't believe me when I said I never got the bill. They said I either got the bill, or it would have been returned to them. I was able to take the letter from the Secret Service to the auto insurance office to PROVE I had not gotten that bill.

As far as online stuff, there are enough glitches and server burps to wipe out a lot of things. Like that weird evening thing with the MySQL server problem here every night. If you tried to send something in, and the server was down, you lose your post. Oops.

I've had many computer crashes and freezes in the past. Lost my post or mail. And I've lost two hard drives, so I lose everything. I've been on websites that update and switch message board styles, and they lose all the old posts. THOUSANDS of old posts just disappear. They promise it won't happen and it does. They promised a second time that it wouldn't happen, and it happened again.

So, we should know if the folks are reading our PMs and why. I am definitely behind protecting children from predators. Protecting ANYONE from predators. But I am against reading PMs for jollies. It's nobodies business what occurs via PM if it is not illegal, immoral, or unethical.

I thought moderators couldn't read PMs?