OT: Something worrying

[Jack Simth]

Yeah, I think what's driving everyone crazy is that it was a MODERATOR that was behaving in a trollish fashion. When it's a moderator that is being rather directly insulting, where then do moderators get the ... "higher ground" so to speak ... to do little things like edit others' posts, delete offensive posts, and tell others to cool it? Sure, they get the system permisions from the forum administrator, but moderators are supposed to be the ones making sure that such posts are kept to a minimum.

Granted, it was another moderator that told him he was out of line ... and yet, after being rebuked, he hardly apologized or admitted any wrongdoing.

Tell me, who watches the watchers?

[Phoenix-D]

That's why many forums have an informal tradition of mods doing things like

<modhat>
Cool it down or I lock the thread
</modhat>

when talking in their official role.

[Renegade 13]

Jack Simth said:
Tell me, who watches the watchers?

The site admins.