... the 'Moderators' option should be removed.

How about SportsAdmin?

Epsius is clueless, per usual.  TER did not do away with moderators.  The did away with volunteer moderators. That's why we have such pros moderating the boards now, LOL!

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I direct you to this link...

So TER called them "customer support?"  So what?  They are still mods and operate that way.  Plus, this memo is nearly three years old and parts of it no longer apply.  The "hosts," for example don't exist except on the Newbie Board (swimtrekkr).
But more to your point, did you even read my comment and Dr. Who's?  Who exactly are all those mods we named.  And, yes, they are mods because they fill all the functions a moderator always fills.  They check posts of people who are moderated before putting them up.  They pull posts considered "rude."  The pull threads and branches or close same.
Bottom line, they are moderators and just because the 3-year-old memo calls them "customer support" does not change the fact.
Could you be any more dense?  I think not.

... WRONG...

If TER has a 'moderators only' board that nobody uses? Why is this your problem?

Epsi, you are a moron and have no idea, not only about how things work now, but about how things used to work.

How do you possibly know what degree of authority or responsibility any of the current "admins" have? or how likely any of us former mods were to shut down an "entire thread"? Come to think of it, I shut down many of your "stalker" threads back in the day, and just like every other mod, both past and present, I was able to do so with nothing more than a simple keystroke.

Why don't you go back to stalking hookers or talking to trees? You clearly haven't learned a thing in all your years here.

... as a "former volunteer moderator" does not make you an expert on how things work now.  

it's called Suggestion and Policy.  

You state the current "Aministrators most likely have a higher desire of responsibility, etc."  "Most likely" is right, because you really don't know.
In fact, the one thing we do know is they fulfill all the duties of a moderator.  They don't have to have exactly the same duties as the old mods to be considered mods. End of argument.  
You lose, dummy.


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So maybe, just maybe, they know more than your dumb ass.

fuck it...

no more members who are moderators.  All the moderation is by TER staff personnel.  I'm the closest thing to a moderator, as I'm designated as the 'host' of the newbie board.  I have no power like I did when I was a moderator, I just answer as many questions as I can.  I cannot access the moderators only board either.  Why admin asked me to assume the role of 'host', I have no idea, they never told me.  For those of you who wonder why my handle is a different color on the newbie board, my status as host is the reason.  When I post on any other board, my handle is the same color as everyone else's.

... 1-9-2015

because he did not say what you claim he said.
Here's what he did say:
"There are no more members who are moderators."
That's true.  The moderators are now non-members.  They are part of TER's paid staff.  
"All the moderation is by TER staff personnel."  
Exactly what I said.
All of the rest of what he wrote relates to his role as host of the Newbie Board and has nothing to do with how other boards are moderated.
So, once again, you've shown a complete lack of reading comprehension.
In other words: YOU LOSE. (again).

Of course there are no more members who are mods.  And of course you're correct that moderation is done by TER staff.  That's exactly what I was trying to point out as well.  But now Epsius thinks you've proved HIS point because he can't read plain English.
As to the rest, we all understand your role as host of the newbie board and what powers you do (and do not) have.  Which has nothing to do with the central argument here.  I'm sure you get it, but Epsius doesn't.
I can't wait to see him come back to declare victory from the ashes again.