Good idea, let me screen out the BS if I want to

I appreciate the 'gustsy' comment but I have no interest in taking the mods on nor am I trying to. I'm simply stating the obvious, that the choices of the mods are what will ultimately set the tone of this board no matter how positive, negative, or neutral the commentary is. Members and alias's alike.
They'll then decide to participate or not.

This isn't a challenge, it's a fact.

Sir C

No worries, friend foquette...just an observation.

Sir Cumalot

You should see the mod meetings

You take the power.  Fuck that, you take it.  Uh-uh, not me I don't want it.  I'll out you at work if you don't take it.

I think you get the idea.  I've met a handful of the guys in person and talked at length to several more.  Mostly, they're (like I'm not, lol) just a bunch of horny opinionated assholes that got tricked into free VIP in exchange for a few minutes of approving posts.  Then the reality hits them of how much more work it is, and we have to beg to use the corporate jet.  A lot of mods leave on their own because it frankly stops being fun after a while.

There certainly are guys that love the power and pressure girls for free pussy.  They usually disappear without a trace.  We are watched pretty closely and any time an accusation comes up, it's looked at seriously.  I won't get into the legalities, but a mod trading sex for favors puts the site in some serious legal hazard, so they don't take it lightly.

Like any judicial body, the context behind which element is stressed, and how certain rules are interpreted or enforced give the mods a great deal of power.  The only limits they really have are imposed by appeals to admin which rarely if ever override a mod opinion and the sheer volume of crap they have to put up with and process.

So in many ways if they want to, they do set the tone for the board.

Guys like LP tend to take pretty neutral tone and is usually pretty good at separating his mod opinion from his personal opinion.  Gambler is another that does a good job of segregating his mod power from his membership opinions.  I think the reason he trolls this board as often as he does is because he does not mod on it and likes to tell me to fuck off along with a few other friends.  Others are not as balanced.  

However, I would not volunteer for the job, free membership means nothing to me, I have more than a year in the bank.  I would not want to give up the right to write reviews and deal with the integrity issue of possibly seeing ladies on a board I moderate.  Several mods have suggested I step up to the role, and the cost just isn't worth it, let alone the time commitment vs benefit.

All that said, some times a mod does step out of line or encourages a degree of hostility that does not add value and allow messages to post that could be interpreted as violating the rules of TER, if that happens, it is fair to call foul.  Good mods get the difference of opinion, the others get personal.  I admit sometimes I have gone too far in objecting, in others, I have had mods reach out to me and work to correct a thread.  The mods like Roanoke and myself are human, sometimes tolerance must be extended.

In terms of the context of the OP, alias post have several valid reasons.  Where they cross the line is in launching personal assaults.  When allias are used for simple bullying and meanness, I think they are wrong.  Nasty behavior still occurs when you use your handle, again I admit to having done that in the past, probably will in the future.  But when a hobbiest or provider use their handle, it can and will impact their reception in the market.  Hence it reflects personal accountability.

So with the tune of Judy Collins 'send in the clowns' playing in the background, I await the storm of alias replies.  I really don't care what your opinion is, but I do enjoy humming that tune.

 Sir Oak, as always love the private exchange of communications, thanks for sharing mutual experiences, hope you do not
mind the plagiarism I posted last week when I stole your generic cave man review.  I do enjoy your humor when I run into it

Thank you.

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