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Should moderators take down opinions of DU members?

Anarchitect
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MadameLavender said:I believe, too, that our member Magnetron, hit it on the head a while back in another discussion of this sort: if you are a guest in someone's house, would you smear feces on your host's walls? Likewise, we are guests in the Webmiss' cyber house, and are allowed to hang our writing and art on her walls, but like the real house walls, would we smear excrement on these walls?

I would do it and then say it was my duty.

Cuz it sounds like I said doodie.

MaryWalker
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I once started a thread discouraging a particular poster from PMing me, who was in the habit of messaging the ladies for "chit chat" purposes. It was my way of telling ALL the boys I was here to post poetry, not "socialize". It was immediately deleted.   I lived.

lepperochan
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I'm moving this here, Jennifer. because the competition is getting clogged up and I wanted to reply. I'll hide the comments in a few minuits

Yesh
..you saw one line and said i was vulgar. A very offensive word.

What you just wrote was vulgar


yes, it could easily be construed as vulgar. I wouldn't disagree with that at all

because it had nothing much to do with Arts Comp

what do you mean ?  the prompt was to write about how you feel poetry will be in the future.

to be fair, there's a bit of thinking involved to get it, so I've added a title now and it should make it easier to grasp


....and you were mocking another member

mocking who ?  

. And it was so unpoetic

I really don't think you're qualified to say that. nor am I, so I have never said it.


it was pretty much just vulgar.

yes, you've said that already, and I agreed you wouldn't be wrong



Hypocrite

sorry, but I just don't get what you mean here.

you put up two lines as proof of your sheer brilliance at writing erotic, I said the lines were vulgar and in no way sexy to me

I also said, in my opinion a lot of your work tends to lean towards porn. and continued with "I'm not saying that to put you down and don't think any less of you because of it " ...and you cried your eyes out  ..and I said sorry


...so you'll have to explain the hypocrisy thing





vul·gar
ˈvəlɡər/
adjective
lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined.



I think if you had ever read any of my personal work, you would be right to have an opinion. But only a ego filled writer would call a persons work vulgar.

what?  what about an honest writer ? or should I just slap the back off you and tell you how incredibly incredible you are


I.have a couple that are. But i write beautiful, creative, sophisticated poetry. Refined poetry.

And you hurt my feelings so bad i.cried

yes, and I said sorry you cried your eyes out. then you threatened to leave


. You censored my opinion that was directed towards no one

you're opinion was directed towards the host of the competition. quite frankly if you're going to start rewriting history you should at least burn the evidence first..

. But i saw one of yours that was extremely rude. It sounded as if you were callimg others stupid because they wern"t doing it right


you wasn't able to get my poem. that's ok, like I say there's a bit id thinking involved.


That it hypocracy..
Or can moderators say what they please? You do that kinda thing a lot. Like


why should you have freedom of expression and not me. you're rant was moved from one thread to another. I messaged you out of courtesy to let you know


you're problem is with you, not me

calamitygin
Jennifer Michael McCurry
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You throw out opinions all the time. And you arent nice about it. What you wrote wasnt nice. You can take my opinion down. I dont care. But you dobsomething one time and something different another time with another person.

What was the comp about....oh the future. Arts comp. I saw no connection to his comp and what you wrote about f arts
Just you being gross.

I don't care. I don't care what you think. But you are inconsistant and talk to people like they are peons at times. The others don't. I don't care if you go there. Say what you think. It's your right. But see i do...
....i think it's your right......i think you are a condesending man. I can be too....that's the thing. Things get taken down whenever lep disagrees......well that's a great space for you...
But others?
The man you followed seemed offended, it shouldn't matter what i think to you if you feel right. Why go on? To prove your point?

You win....i am wrong....you are all knowing
...you showed me. I have learned my lesson, your brain is huge! If only i could think like you.

Please dont ever call me Jennifer

hemihead
hemi
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Here's my two cents, probably worth far less.

The DU needs mods, and there are very few who'll put a hand up. Lep, and others who do this role, have agreed to do this because they are good bastards and loves this place. They don't get thanked, paid or given any love for it....but, if they get it wrong (in someone's opinion) they gets slammed/abused/generally shit on for it...

Tough gig.

I reckon, having read the piece in question, he was on the money...but then again, that's just my opinion.

For the record, I was asked to be a mod once...turned it down because I knew I'd piss off most of the people most of the time....rather than one of the people this one time.

Seems like, even if he made a massive mistake and some kind of mad-house big DU-drama moment, it still doesn't mean actual blood got spilled, and the man should be cut some slack.

PS, porn is pretty easy to separate from erotica. Erotica hints at the event (think Hemingway's piece of filth in "for whom the bell tolls". It will get your dick hard no worries, but never once mentions a body part or bodily fluid. Porn is just that...close-up shots, written or otherwise, of shit getting pounded)

You're welcome, Jennifer.


Magdalena
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calamitygin said: Should moderators take down opinions of DU members?

It depends on the opinion.  

I'm not even getting into the "erotica Vs porn" thing.  It has been bashed out endless times here.  Mod's are not just one person.  So if an action is taken by one mod, it is usually discussed between them all before it is taken.

This is the most lenient site I know of on the internet.  I have been a member on many poetry sites over many years and there is none that allows you to freely express like this one does.

There has to be certain guidelines otherwise it would be a free-for-all and every troll would move in so they can play.  


MadameLavender
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Perfectly said, Hemi and Magdalena.

Not pointing the finger at anyone here, but just in general: mods are human too, we have our personalities and mannerisms just like everyone else here.  We have the ability to do the same things as all other members --laugh, console, cry, write poetry, be a friend, and even offend at times. The fact that we have an extra set of control buttons puts us at risk for being on the receiving end of rotten fruit and vegetables, but we do our best around here.

I was in the forums at Nine Inch Nails' website for 5 years, and I'll say that any issues that go on here are very small potatoes compared to the crap that went on there. In fact, one of the mods there was one of the biggest trolls I've ever come across online, so I'd say we're pretty blessed here with a darn good website that everyone has contributed to in some positive way.

ThornWithin
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Yes ! Mods should step in with votes .. we may not be better contributors for a certain tournament .. but even though with our (or at least mine) ..  the "winner" not coming close to the requirements as required by the contest host .. and the one winning it ..never even made it to to the requirements as required by that certain competition... because entries were presented in a way as to obscure the general goal of the comp to be voted publicly .. is an irresponsibility (of the competition host) ... entries were presented for public voting.. but not abiding the rules as presented by the host... as those competition rules were taken down .. we have a fixed rule and pattern with that certain competition .. the one who won, never made it close to the standards and structure that the competition host set.


Just ranting. And needing help and understanding.


Paul

snugglebuck
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"if you go erotic, don’t go pornographic," calamity

Calamity, defining between the two is quite simple.  When it's about you having sex with me; it's erotic .  When it's about you having sex with someone else; it's pornographic.  

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