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So what is it that makes the majority clearly see that invisible line and stay under it and some few repeatedly keep going over it?

It's invisible and constantly subjective. It is whatever the GM wants at the moment. As much as you would like to pretend otherwise, the "Most people will know" standard is ... poppycock. (See what a gentle term I used -- I could have been much harsher, but my purpose is not to muddy the waters but to clear the waters and let everybody see and admit the systemic problem ... and hopefully remedy it.)

Edit by Manon: I accidentally edited in a part in your post that was supposed to be in my post. So I edited it out and put it last in my reply to Gully.

Last edited by Manon at 4/17/2016 2:44:47 PM

I believe you can ask The GM's to start treating your posts with 100 acceptance though if you like and you'll very fast see the difference from now and then.

Oh come on now. Seriously? If we're going to have an honest conversation you can do better than that. Throwing sarcasm into a thread does nothing to elevate the conversation.

Last edited by Mike Franks at 4/17/2016 1:34:30 PM

So what is it that makes the majority clearly see that invisible line and stay under it and some few repeatedly keep going over it?

Who says the majority clearly see the invisible line? Apart from the fact that the vast majority of people don't even see the forum I could just as easily say most people are more tolerant of unfairness than others, or they probably don't see the possibility of saying anything making any difference whatsoever.

I know I have seen Perpete say that GM"s are not perfect and make mistakes just like any other user will. And that will never change.

I can't really say anything about Perpete here and how he relates to something that happened with me, because of course I'm not allowed to. However, what I will say is, when a GM does make a mistake, not only is he capable of not admitting his own mistake, but other GMs who enter the same thread also don't admit his mistake (probably because they don't read the conversation and just assume the GM is right), and then add to it by "teaming up" against the user who is being wronged.

That would have been so much easier to say if I was allowed to comment on GM's decisions don't you think?

By the way, I think its a fairly common problem that GMs tend to team up to beat down a particular user. I believe it would be much fairer if once a GM has involved himself as a GM in a thread, then other GMs should stay out it. (Barring an appeal of course.) Ending up in conversations with three people at once tends to become confusing and certainly to making you feel outnumbered.

There was not a single ounce of sarcasm in that. If your having trouble seeing the line I'm sure they gladly will help you finding it.

A veiled threat is unbecoming of you. Too much of the business of the bosses is already done that way.

But honestly I think your smart enough to see it your self

Of course, I'm smart enough to know it is purely imaginary. It is whatever a boss feels like on that day. If he had a fight with his wife, look out everybody! If he got laid, anything goes.

There was no threat either. Sure I got the MOD powers but it's absolutely not up to me on where to set the line. And I'm sure you'll see I have a lot higher line then 100 in the majority of cases.
Seems I may have been wrong on the smart part though, oh well at least I tried.

Doubling down on the sarcasm, ad hominem attack ... you have completely derailed a constructive conversation.

I still hope that the bosses review this process. Having imaginary, ever-changing standards of conduct is no way to run a website.