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[Easy Limits]

Moderating can be a double edged sword. If a mod takes an aggresive action then they can be accused of heavy-handed moderation. If a mod does not do enough then they may not been seen as capable of holding a mod position.

With that being said, I locked the thread for three reasons: 1. I was at work at the time and I really couldn't spend a whole lot of time on the thread. 2. I wanted to delete the thread but then Mike wouldn't have been able to see the offending thread. 3. I wanted to let the offending poster see that his post was not appropriate.

If we had had a place to move the thread off the main forum to without deleting the thread I would have done that. We (mods) now have a place to move questionable threads to, thanks Mike!.

[Marc Martyn]

I didn't see the mentioned post also. From what I understand it was totally inappropriate. Posts like these show up, like you said very late at night. They are usually made by people who don't have a life and are surfing the web.
Mike and the moderators are now working on ways that we can "net these birds" as they fly by much faster.
If you see a totally inappropriate post, immediately send a PM or e-mail to the moderators. I think this was done in the recent mentioned post. We can move the post instantly to a moderators forum for review.
We deeply appreciate all the help from the members. Like Mike has stated, "it is the members that make the site." It is a big forum and is a lot of area to cover for just a few people.

[leahcim_dahc]

Moderating can be a double edged sword. If a mod takes an aggresive action then they can be accused of heavy-handed moderation. If a mod does not do enough then they may not been seen as capable of holding a mod position.

Especially when it comes to those threads that get rather heated. Emotions run high...people start getting accused of censoring, blah, blah, blah. Takes quite a bit of patience to maintain a neutral position so moderation can be effective and fair.


Chad

[cavdad45]

I must have missed the thread y'all are talking about. I guess I'm glad that I did. With that being said, let me talk about our Moderating Crew. I am very happy with the job they do and the decisions they make. Not only are they great moderators, but they are super posters, too. Good job and Thanks! CAV

[Anonymous]

got that right! FYI, we apparently have someone using someone else's membership to post obnoxious stuff. So dbfisherman, if you see this post please e-mail me!

[iPodrodder]

He's had me running around 10 different threads today (no exaggeration). Luckily I was able to mop it up and slow him down before too many members saw it.

[leahcim_dahc]

FYI, we apparently have someone using someone else's membership to post obnoxious stuff.

That's too bad...

I've seen that a couple other times...that's if it's a "friend" logging into their account. People really need to keep their stuff a bit more secure or knock their friends' heads together.


Chad

[Marc Martyn]

The ear apparel that iPodrodder is wearing in his avatar is really SONAR headsets!:thumright

Great Job!:cheers:

[iPodrodder]

Sonar? Come on, I can't even read a fish finder.

[Marc Martyn]

Don't tell anyone, it will blow your cover.

[gpc]

got that right! FYI, we apparently have someone using someone else's membership to post obnoxious stuff. So dbfisherman, if you see this post please e-mail me!

Thats crazy and really too bad. I never thought of that. I think I am auto logged into about 5 different computers, I will fix that, so this dosnt happen under my name too.

[Mike Carey]

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