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Dusty · 08-27-2014

I remember one time someone posted about doing a challenge of some sorts and drinking a ton of water, so I linked to a website about water toxicity and the dangers and the post was deleted and I was warned.

The biggest problem with the forums was not purely Darlene, but the fact that it was ONLY Darlene. The forums used to have multiple admins/head moderators, and it was sort of balanced as they all had different ideas on how to interpret the rules and run the forums. However, eventually all the other moderators started disappearing... all that was left was Darlene. Suddenly there was no one else to go to when you felt Darlene messed up. Everything was up to her discretion and she knew it. Her excuse was always, "if you don't like it, you can contact Unixmad." And I did, and I'm sure many others did... and guess what, Unixmad was NEVER THERE. So eventually it got to the point where she enforced rules however she wanted and there was no way to appeal. The only way to appeal was to PM her... and well, she would never back down and say she was wrong. So if felt that you got an unfair strike/deleted post, well tough ****.

The breaking point for me was when someone posted that video of the two girls a while ago on Youtube who talked about the dangers of child predators on Graal or something(it was a while ago and I can't find the video). It created a very healthy discussion on the topic on these forums, and Stefan himself saw the video and came on RC and talked about how important it was to crack down on that sort of thing. Ya, Stefan thought the video brought up a lot of good points. However when it was posted on the Official forums Darlene deleted the threads and said the topic was not to be discussed again, as it was inappropriate.

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Dusty Should be fixed. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,359	I remember one time someone posted about doing a challenge of some sorts and drinking a ton of water, so I linked to a website about water toxicity and the dangers and the post was deleted and I was warned. The biggest problem with the forums was not purely Darlene, but the fact that it was ONLY Darlene. The forums used to have multiple admins/head moderators, and it was sort of balanced as they all had different ideas on how to interpret the rules and run the forums. However, eventually all the other moderators started disappearing... all that was left was Darlene. Suddenly there was no one else to go to when you felt Darlene messed up. Everything was up to her discretion and she knew it. Her excuse was always, "if you don't like it, you can contact Unixmad." And I did, and I'm sure many others did... and guess what, Unixmad was NEVER THERE. So eventually it got to the point where she enforced rules however she wanted and there was no way to appeal. The only way to appeal was to PM her... and well, she would never back down and say she was wrong. So if felt that you got an unfair strike/deleted post, well tough ***. The breaking point for me was when someone posted that video of the two girls a while ago on Youtube who talked about the dangers of child predators on Graal or something(it was a while ago and I can't find the video). It created a very* healthy discussion on the topic on these forums, and Stefan himself saw the video and came on RC and talked about how important it was to crack down on that sort of thing. Ya, Stefan thought the video brought up a lot of good points. However when it was posted on the Official forums Darlene deleted the threads and said the topic was not to be discussed again, as it was inappropriate. Last edited by Dusty; 08-27-2014 at 03:06 AM.