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[ramAnag]

Correct no PM function even for mods. No idea about TTR's whereabouts. Mod privileges have been curtailed drastically in the past couple of years so I can't 'interrogate' (it used to be down to Ip address level which was a bit 'off' IMO and I only used it once when chasing a rogue user), including whether he's just quiet (he posted about a month or so ago) or left - there is no 'latest activity' date on his profile which might suggest he's deactivated his account but I think not revealing activity was an option when I first joined, might be wrong on that.

Not been pushed by me, he'd had a few yellow cards and warning PMs when I had that 'power' but he wasn't even top of the list for expulsion, but for some time mods appear not to have any sanction power at all

So you can’t fix anything, can’t get a reply from the owners, your ‘privileges have been curtailed’ and you no longer have any ‘sanction power’. Begs the question, is there any longer any such thing as a moderator?
Maybe MAGA stands for Make Andy Great Again.

[Andy_Faber]

So you can’t fix anything, can’t get a reply from the owners, your ‘privileges have been curtailed’ and you no longer have any ‘sanction power’. Begs the question, is there any longer any such thing as a moderator?
Maybe MAGA stands for Make Andy Great Again.

Please don't start the tiresome moderator bashing again, it doesn't reflect well. I was just offering RP as comprehensive a response as I could.

[ramAnag]

Please don't start the tiresome moderator bashing again, it doesn't reflect well. I was just offering RP as comprehensive a response as I could.

I’m not. I’m just lightheartedly checking. ‘Joshing’, if you prefer. Anyway I can’t bash something that doesn’t exist and, as far as I understand, the position of moderator is no more.

[Andy_Faber]

I?’m not. I?’m just lightheartedly checking. ?‘Joshing?’ if you prefer. Anyway I can?’t bash something that doesn?’t exist.

Thats OK then. Wasn't sure you understood the concept

[ramAnag]

Thats OK then. Wasn't sure you understood the concept

Hardly complex is it? You’re a moderator, in name only, seems to about sum it up.

[Ram Pant]

Please don't start the tiresome moderator bashing again, it doesn't reflect well. I was just offering RP as comprehensive a response as I could.

Ta for the reply on TTR AF, much apprceiated.

This one to rA is, IMO, out of step with the tone and feel of rAs post. Line 1. I think the you isn't referring to AF but to moderators in general. Line 2 reinforces that thought. Line 3 shows that it's a lighhearted post. I see it as an over reaction.

[ramAnag]

Ta for the reply on TTR AF, much apprceiated.

This one to rA is, IMO, out of step with the tone and feel of rAs post. Line 1. I think the you isn't referring to AF but to moderators in general. Line 2 reinforces that thought. Line 3 shows that it's a lighhearted post. I see it as an over reaction.

Appreciated, RP.

[Andy_Faber]

This one to rA is, IMO, out of step with the tone and feel of rAs post. Line 1. I think the you isn't referring to AF but to moderators in general. Line 2 reinforces that thought. Line 3 shows that it's a lighhearted post. I see it as an over reaction.

thanks RP, I'd accept your observations if they related to anyone else but rA, who's been on my case regarding moderator issues for many years.

[ramAnag]

thanks RP, I'd accept your observations if they related to anyone else but rA, who's been on my case regarding moderator issues for many years.

Lol! ‘On your case’. Get over yourself.
Look Andy, we disagree about virtually everything politically which is probably not the best basis for any ‘relationship’.
As far as moderator issues are concerned, imo a moderator’s job is to remain impartial and act as a peace maker and arbitrator. You seem to me to have been the antithesis of that, but it doesn’t really matter any more as, from what you said earlier, the role appears to have been made redundant.

[Geoff Parkstone]

So you can’t fix anything, can’t get a reply from the owners, your ‘privileges have been curtailed’ and you no longer have any ‘sanction power’. Begs the question, is there any longer any such thing as a moderator?
Maybe MAGA stands for Make Andy Great Again.

Agreed, these are basically now unregulated forums (fora?). Can we go back to East Fife again