[Moderator Note: This thread was created by splitting posts from the How good are the best alternatives to the Big Bang theories? thread, in the ATM section. As it raises several questions about to report posts, moderator actions, etc, I feel it has value here, in the About BAUT section.]What do you call a scotsman at the World cup? A spectator!
Same with me. I am now a spectator.
Nereid has chosen to play by the rules.
Nereid is a moderator.
In the above post by To Seek (a moderator no less) rule 4 has been broken.
To whit i quote;
So Nereid, as a moderator, I formally ask you to apply the rules and ban "ToSeek" for at least two minutes for breaking the forum rules.
we can all play by the rules.
cheers,
lyndon

Okay, I'm banning myself until at least 10 pm this evening. (Of course, I'm going to a baseball game, so it doesn't make a big difference.)

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Sorry , ToSeek.
Us atm er's want blood.
I have reported your post to a moderator, Nereid, as per the rules.
It is up to Nereid, and only Nereid, to apply the rules.
These are the rules of the board.
Nothing personal.
Rules apply to moderators and posters.
the rules say that we have to report breaches to a moderator.
i reported this breach to a moderator.
So, Nereid, what are you going to do about it?
Cheers,
lyndon

Well, if we're going to get serious about it, there's nothing at all wrong with my post. I did not deliberately misspell any bad words, nor did I replace key letters with characters or numbers. All I did was hold down the shift button and press some number keys. How you interpret that is up to you.

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What about that second character, the little one between the 8 and the $ ? That will surely raise hackles amongst the 12 year-old set.

lyndonashmore, it seems that you have been posting in BAUT for only a short while (or, more accurately, have written few posts in BAUT, outside the How good are the best alternatives to the Big Bang theories? thread), so you may not be familiar with several differences between the old BABB rules and the BAUT rules.

First, please note that to report a post you click on the Report Post button (red triangle with a black exclamation mark in it); you do not write a post, in the thread, commenting on it.

Second, actions to deal with reported posts are handled by moderators (of which there are more than 10), and mostly via PMs (so BAUT members only rarely get to see what those actions are, except if a BAUT member is banned or suspended).

Third, we already have a thread, here in this section, discussing the role of moderators in threads in which they are also active (content) participants; that thread also includes some posts concerning how to address a situation where a BAUT member feels a moderator's actions are unreasonable.

Before anyone gets too serious, may I suggest everyone rereads lyndonashmore's suggested sanction:

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And I was off for hours!

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In unrelated news, Google Inc. (GOOG) stock was down 2.54 since yesterday.

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There is another thread, here in About BAUT, that's relevant - How do you report Bad Posts?.

And as to Nereid's sense of humour, well, if confusing the punchline with the title is any indication, Nereid's life in comedy would be rather brief and unrewarding.

On the other hand, a life in comedy as the straightman (hmmmmm, straightperson?) may be indicated After all, Bud Abbott, Dean Martin, Dan Rowan, and Dick Smothers all had rather long and rewarding careers.

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