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posted by
Raging Budda:
Are there official standards or is it just an arbitrary decision by whoever is granted mod status?
Just a bit of randomness on the moderation on this board in particular.
It's somewhat arbitrary as each mod has a slightly different take on what is ok and what isn't. I can say that these days, we don't really tolerate racism anymore. There's also a high chance that a thread will get locked if it devolves into people just trading insults back and forth, especially if it's just a run on flufffest between two people(like whenever Celphi and Ford get going at it).
Finally, if people message me complaining about something, there's a much better chance of action being taken.
Also, a lot of the randomness depends on if a mod actually sees the post or not. We don't read everything all the time. That's why we rely on you guys to let us know if stuff is going on and we don't catch it.