Reply #747: Laz, I have to disagree with you on one point...There is a moderator who currently mods

[Heddi]

who has deleted MANY threads without consensus, who has locked MANY threads without consensus, who does it knowingly (not recently, though) and who I and other mods have had to go to Skinner about restoring threads and unlocking threads. He even locked a thread 2x's after Skinner unlocked it 2x's. He has done this for the last year or so that I've been modding.

There are moderators who are biased. I dislike moderating with them. They are very open in their disdain for certain groups of DU'ers. I have spoken several times about these Moderators with Skinner. I have called these moderators out in the Mod Forum.

Skinner has assured me that these "issues" will not be an issue with DU3 and the new way of moderating.

I only hope so.

The only reason I have stayed on as a moderator for the last 3 or so terms is that there are several mods who I feel would be very dangerous without just one person there to say "NO! I am against a lock" or "No! I do not support banning this poster" (not an issue any more since we don't tombstone without Skinner's approval).

The last 3 terms have seen the loss of several very good, very balanced moderators because they were tired of the bullshit cliques in the lounge, the bullying, the superiour attitude, and the ability for bad mods to continue to be mods, and to continue to be bad mods.