[zenith]

Our mods are human. They make mistakes. They post things that they regret, or are taken the wrong way. So do I.

I'll be the first to say that if they go over the line they are warned. If they continue to not do their job how I feel it should be done, they will be removed. I do get complaints, and I do inform the mods about them. They digest the complaint and generally understand what they did wrong if it wasn't petty, then try not to make the same mistakes.

So far I feel our moderators do their job well. They aren't perfect and have posted some things I wish they hadn't, but that's just life. They weren't born as moderators. They learn from experience.

Yes I appoint the moderators. I've approached several others in the past with the challenge, and they didn't want to bother with it. Being a forum moderator doesn't mean they cannot take a stand on something, but it seems many feel they need to be robots and not have an opinion.

It does seem the same players try to push the forum mods over the limit. If they remove an entire topic, there are complaints and it's reposted by the same player. If they edit out parts that aren't appropriate, then players complain that they do selective editing. If they do nothing, people complain they did nothing.

There are ways to get your point across in the forums without being obscene, vulgar, and/or inappropriate.