A little while ago I posted a comment in a thread, I was trying to follow the name and shame rules and not go overboard....
A moderator changed one word of my comment, I wasn't sure if they thought that it was a spelling mistake or a deliberate attempt at avoiding the swear filter or an attempt to convey another meaning entirely.
Anyways, without knowing why they changed it, I decided to change it back....
I then received an infraction from a second Moderator.
The second Moderator that gave me the infraction was very polite and was just doing his/her job, however that second Moderator also explained why the word was changed and that there was a discussion amongst Moderators about the content of my comment and that they decided to leave the post there with just the changing of one word.
I do not have an issue with the second Moderator......
However the first Moderator (in my opinion) should have explained what the second moderator took the time to do so, so I would know what the limitations are and subsequently don't go to far in the future.
I am a moderator on another forum that is a lot more descriptive than this one and as such am aware of the need for effective communication when limits have been reached or breached.
I would like to talk further about the word that I used but will not put it here because I would expect to be "moderated" and infringed again by the first Moderator.... But the word that I used in the context that I used it in can mean a number of things (including "Mouthy") but the Moderators maybe did not see it the way that I may have intended to come across and read something else into it and without asking me why I used such a word.
Anyways, still a bit upset at the lack of communication from the first Moderator, it is the first infraction that I have ever received on a forum, although I have noted that some of my posts on here have been modified or deleted before by Moderators with no communication as to why.
Mike.
