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Okay so, I'll get to the point.
I was demodded as of March 29th. Why? "Discussing Moderator/Helper issues in a public forum"
I will tell you right now I do not agree with their decision. Yes, I made a single mistake in that field in a guild I am in, but I did so naively when I should have just PMed the other moderator. Yes, I apologized to her.
However, the second "mistake" is what I do not agree with. I asked a user in an unconventional way** to be my helper. This is how I will always see it. This user has been banned a few times in the past. Sounds bad enough already, right? Why did I even think about helpering them? Because I dont discriminate. This user knew the forum I assigned them to very, very well. The time they were helpered, about 24 hours, they moved things correctly and they didnt get into trouble.
I came back later that night to find out that I not only had a "mod warning" for the first thing, but a complete demodding because of the helpering. They said I had made "another thread" after they had "discussed" with me what I did earlier. I NEVER made a new thread, and I will challenge anyone to find said thread. They told me my actions were disrespectful to other staff members because the user was a "known troll". He was a reformed user. Since that incident? He's gone back to being his old self in the forums. That certainly proves a point there.
Yes, I was instructed to e-mail an admin if I didnt agree, but they should have told me I'd be waiting almost a week for the same thing I had just heard, only more patronizing and dismissing.
I will always "treasure" these quotes:
"your actions almost appeared to be callous in nature"
"We have records of and situations from the past that caused us to make this decision"
"You know me to be fair, as I've shown you in the past when I supported you in another situation last year"
"I am a super busy person, and don't have time to argue this issue with you back and forth on email so I will simply complete our business here"
The last is my favorite, closely followed by the "we have records" one. Oh you have records alright. You mean the time I was accused of harassing someone while handling an Breedables scamming case when I had fully documented everything neatly where other staff could see my progress and you STILL came to me about it despite your having not read all of my case notes (and you told me this!)? Then you proceeded to tell me the report would be dismissed because not only was it a THIRD PARTY report, there were no grounds at all for the report. Or do you mean the time I bidded on Eli's profile auction with a mule because I didnt want to scare off bidders but still wanted to bid? Then you proceeded to arbitrarily "discuss" this with me, throwing the rule I helped found for the exchange about bidding on your own auctions with a mule. For one, it wasnt my auction, I was just editing in bids for Eli. Secondly, this was also not "official" or 'stricken from my record'.
I'm still a little sore about the issue, but I will get over it. I had the opportunity over 2 years to be a moderator, and I did my job. I did it fairly, and I did it unbiased. That was my motto. Anyone who has come into contact with me and my cases knows this. If I can hold the respect of people I have banned in the past, then I know I was doing something right. If I have younger mods coming to me to thank me for being their mentor, then I know I was doing something right.
I'm going to go the mature route about this. This is the only and last time you'll hear about this issue.
**unconventional way: I proposed my helpering of this user as a "social experiment" in which I would test the merits of a reformed user (one who had been banned in the past). I only did so because this user would have flat refused if I had asked them directly, and I didnt want to lose a valuable helper because he was put off by other staff members.
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I don't really know what to say.. ;-;