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Moderator
Moderator
06-30-2002
| Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 7:13 am
We would like to advise members that attacking other members by Email or the TVCH Personal Message feature can be cause for immediate cancellation of the offender's account. We are doing our very best to provide a safe environment for our members, and will not tolerate harassment. Furthermore, we recommend that any member being harassed by another member, immediately forward that Email to moderator@tvclubhouse.com so we can take action. Thank you!
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Moderator
Moderator
06-30-2002
| Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 9:36 am
Dear TVCH Posters: Well, it's that time of year again, and apparently some of you think we suck. It's the middle of a BB season, a lot of people are fans of various players, and have taken sides while we're left out in the cold, brrrrrrrrrrrrr! Ah, how we miss that mod-lovin' feelin'! So we've been gifted with some lovely Emails, accusing us of playing favorites in the BB house; accusing us of favoring certain posters; and telling us each and every little thing we are doing wrong. Now mind you, we don't mind receiving Emails. But it would help if you were aware of a few things before you grab that mouse and hit “new Email”. First, try to remember that we never ask for a penny. We don't insert intrusive advertising that blinks and moves around the screen till your head’s spinning and you can't close the window and then screws up your computer. We don't line our pockets selling your Email addresses to unscrupulous (or even scrupulous) marketers. We do spend hours and hours of our free time to try and keep things civil. We do spend hours and hours organizing the board, writing updates, even doing live feeds to fill in the gaps. We spend more time debating among ourselves making sure we are applying the rules fairly and evenly and discussing whether we are being too strong or too wimpy. We work very hard to be conscientious about our decision making and to be fair. And we spend even more time answering Emails about what nincompoops we are. And still we try to do it even-handedly although some people use a rather sharp-edged keyboard when they write to us. And all those hours could be spent having fun - watching and enjoying reality tv ourselves. Heck, that's what drew us all here in the first place! So let us take a moment to answer the most frequently Emailed questions: Question: Hey mods, why was I moderated? All I did was say what I thought about Houseguest A. You suck! Answer: It's really not that hard to get along here at TVCH. Just play nicely. That's all it takes. Being nice in criticizing houseguests is the difference between posting: Wow, I don't like <insert HG name> doing such and such. That's not something I would do. And posting.... Houseguest A is the biggest dimwit on the planet. How stupid! Where did they pick these losers? Question: Hey mods, I'm just telling people how it is, and you modded me. You suck (or some inventive variation thereof)!!! Answer: Just be polite to other posters. It is perfectly acceptable to say: You know, PosterBuddy, I don't see it that way. Here's how I see it… But the following kind of post will go poof: You all just see everything so black and white! What's wrong with you?! Only I see things correctly, because I am an expert in <insert some fairly non-relevant expertise here>!! Email to the mods: Hey Mods, how come you mod all the bashing of Houseguest A, but not Houseguest B. That's not right! You still really suck!!! Answer: The mods are all unique people, and we have different favorites among the Houseguests. We really don't bias our moderating, because we're all rooting for different houseguests, well, that is if we are rooting, or even watching at all. Our favorites so far this year are the guinea pigs (Now watch - we'll get a piece of the fish lovers’ minds ). Email to the mods: Hey mods, why did you mod my post. Houseguest A really is a b1t@h! Why can't I say that? You suck a lot! Answer: If you have to engage your pinky on “shift” for those symbols to type a word without having it red-dotted, well, think about that. If it's red-dotted, isn't that a pretty sure sign we didn't want you to use it in the first place??? Email to the mods: Hey mods, I was here last night, and there was all this stuff going on that I can't get away with. Why wasn't it moderated! You must like those people more than me! Waaah! Man, you mods really stink!!! Answer: We realize it's hard to believe that we have actual lives. Honest. Real lives with jobs, with families, with friends, and a pesky need to eat and sleep. We try to eventually read every single post on the board, but sometimes we miss one here and there. If you think you noticed one of those, shoot us an Email. Seriously. You might get a better response if you say: Hey, mods, thinking you might have missed this post (insert copy of post with poster name, date and time, and name of thread). But if you write to us and say: Hey, you stupid meatheads! You removed 271 bashing posts about James, but not this one. Obviously you hate James, too. I am so sick of you people and this place. .... you'll get at best an eye roll from us, and a friendly invitation to pound sand. Email to the mods: I've sent you 17 Emails in the last 22 minutes, and you still haven't removed that awful post! What's wrong with you people? Answer: See above, and... Our Email box should not to be confused with a nest needing someone to brood over it at all times. Neither should we be confused with Domino's. Occasionally, we may need a little more than 30 minutes to find your mail, check out what’s up and reply. Take a deep breath. Answer nature’s call. Go watch TV. Thrill the wife/husband with a quickie. We'll get there. Email to the mods: Why did my post questioning your Moderating disappear into thin air from the Current Live Feed Discussion thread??? Answer: Because it is off-topic, unless the Houseguests are discussing moderation, and something tells us that ain't happ’nin’. Send us an email if you have questions. And one last hint - before you Email us with a complaint about how we didn't moderate so and so for saying such and such; you might want to just consider how much you've been moderated yourself this year. Really. Don't blame us if we don't get all in a tither about missing this or that post when we've been alerted to it by a bird of the same feather. We'll still get to it, however, so do write. We'll hop on over soon as we get a chance. Truly, we're glad you're all here! But honestly, SOME of the Emails we've gotten lately show us that you either have never read the rules and/or don't care about the rules. Perhaps you think we ought to be superhumans (not a cape amongst the lot of us, sorry), or that we're the scum of the earth. We're just people, trying real hard to do a decent job, and trying to keep TVCH a friendly place to be. And we're not whining, we're just explaining, 'cause it's tough keeping up with the mail, and it's a little discouraging at times. Give us a break. Lord knows we need it. TVCH Moderators PS. Any resemblance, real or imagined, to any actual posters is purely accidental.

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