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I want to make a public apology to the

Posted: Aug 11, 2014

Moderator for having my suspicions about censorship.

I received a very nice note from her, explaining problems she's recently been having (which I don't care to disclose), and I appreciate her reply very much.

Thank you, Moderator, and I apologize for ALL of the snarky remarks I made.

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Do you mean problems with this site or personal - problems? nm

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I don't think I should reveal that. If the - sm

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Moderator wants to publicize it, I'm sure she will, but it's not my place to do that.

OK, I just wondered if it was something on this site more - than anything, because I

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don't want to cause any problems.

Why would the moderator divulge personal information when addressing your concerns - about the board?

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This is why I don't post much here any more. Moderator gets too friendly with posters. Personal friendships are not something I look for when moderating integrity is so important when they hold our personal information, if just as limited as our IP and email addresses. Not professional. Thanks for confirming my suspicions, not that I really needed any confirmation.

I don't believe I EVER said that it was - sm

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something PERSONAL, and I NEVER implied that we were "personal friends," because that is not true.

All I said was that I appreciate the nice, polite email to me.

YOU'RE the one jumping to the WRONG conclusions. You're assuming things that are not true.

"revealing problems" indicated personal - We're all human

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would be a good summation of this, I think.

As usual, you are ASSUMING INCORRECTLY. - sm

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And that makes you look foolish.

Again, there was simply an explanation, and there was NOTHING PERSONAL ABOUT IT!

Again, if the Moderator wants to explain it to the rest of the board, then she can certainly do so. It is NOT MY PLACE to discuss it, as it was specific to my problem posting and, frankly, none of your business.

Really wasn't - sm

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was offering that some might have thought that by the common use of words. I don't think you should have to or should reveal anymore and I appreciated the sense of the original post realizing that we all have days.

Thank you very much. - nm

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:-)

I apologize for misreading your intent. - sm

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I just wasn't expecting everyone to come down on me like a bunch of angry hornets, DEMANDING to know circumstances that I didn't feel comfortable revealing, when all I was trying to do was publicly thank the moderator for mistakes I made.

I apologize again.

accepted and ty - I was trying to mediate - I should know better

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It is sometimes difficult to express inflection and concern in these posts...without sounding sappy, which you'll get pushed back at you too!

Wow! - Moderator

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Since some are so interested, there was a problem with the account I use in order to delete messages on here - someone hacked the password or something to that extent, and a bunch of posts were deleted that I had nothing to do with. The OP emailed me and asked me why her respectful post, with link attached, had been deleted, so I explained the problem I was having, I apologized, and explained I had hopefully corrected the problem.

I'm certain I have never been "too friendly" with posters here - If anything, I've been told to be a little more friendly and understanding by some of you (and I've been called a lib, a pinko, a commie, a teabagger, a pub, a bigot, and a racist, depending on whose posts I've deleted). I get that most of you don't like having a moderator and if your post gets deleted, you don't like me much either. That's fine. I can deal with that. That's why I don't respond to anyone whining about their posts getting deleted - most of you know why anyway. But when something goes wrong, I want to make sure you know it's not me, it's not the site, and whether it can be fixed. I'd like for you all to keep coming back, but I also need to keep this board a civil place for everyone. Keep that in mind the next time you get out your poison keyboard thinking insults are the way to make people understand your point of view :)

Happy posting!!
Moderator

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Excellent post - thanks Moderator - sm

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You have deleted many of my posts in the past. I never took offense to any of it and realized that sometimes I go too far and the deletions are justified. It's a hard job what you do. I've seen just as many nasty posts from all sides be removed, then I've watched them call you all the names they do.

Thanks for explaining. I will say that I think you are more than fair in what gets deleted. It's a tough job.

Some days we all feel snarky and sometimes it (sm) - LM

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comes out. I know this for a fact. :)) The moderators here are very nice, in my experience and it's nice of you to thank them publically. - is that spelled right? Bad bad Monday.

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