Irritated

There are a lot of irritations I have, probably more than I should have. But there is one that gets under my skin. That is, abuse of power

YoVille is a game I play on Facebook, and I frequent it's adjacent forums a lot. Lately the staff had a change, and in my opinion that is for the worse

The moderators that started the place up were great. They were fair, up front, and told things like they are, tactfully. If rules were broken, they were kind enough to explain what, and a don't do it again. If one was banned, they would explain why the person was banned, for a certain amount of time

These new "Ninjas" as the moderators are called, are power hungry jerks who apparently like the thrill of slamming the hammer down if they get offended by a mere comment. No explanation, no reprimands, nothing.

This morning I woke to some disturbing news that a fellow forum friend was banned. She isn't the type to go and stir up trouble for the sheer fun of it, She is in fact kind. But I will say that she will not hesitate to defend herself when the time is needed. She isn't rude about it, and she will defend herself tactfully.

Online forums I thought were a venue where different discussions were allowed, as long as statements like "You're stupid for thinking that way", "You're an idiot for doing that", "This game fucking sucks"... etc were kept out of them. Every forum needs a healthy debate and discussion to keep them alive. Not for the mere posts of, " I got x amount of posts, go me!" "I got hacked, scammed, suckered, reported for no reason" ,"Oh this is so funny, does this outfit make my Yobutt look big?" that is utter garbage and should either have a section all to itself, or kept out of the forums altogether. This forum however discourages such debates and discussions, associating them with arguments, and they keep those mediocre threads open... they let those other threads happen. I like YoVille, I like the players but there should be a line drawn somewhere. I love a healthy debate.

Once the new moderators showed up, the rules changed. No one knew what was or wasn't allowed and that pissed majority of posters off. People got banned for no explanation, threads were getting shut down, without an explanation, and so on. What really pisses me off is a lot of the people who should be getting reprimanded aren't even getting looked at. No matter how many degrading posts they make, or no matter how many times they cuss, insult, or 'Troll" others

Ever since a fiasco from someone who used to post a lot in the forums, things there went to hell. Because of her, let's call her "Prankster" the word "Bully" has been popping up on people's posts for sharing a contrasting viewpoint and opinion, where other posts calling others "Troll, bully, part of a bullying gang" are getting no glances.

No my friend is neither a troll or a bully. But she did call out someone for posting phishing links in her mailbox, and her post. She shouldn't have gotten banned for that. Excessive bumping you say? She was in a Trading thread asking to buy YoCash and she wasn't the only one bumping that post. "Oh she said 'Booger butt'" Not offensive enough to get banned. I searched her posts and not one thing I saw was offensive. Not one thing!

I have a suggestion for Zynga. Pull the fucking plug on those forums! Start another one! Run them under the Zynga site. Supervise your mods and admins. Because right now it's a fucking communist camp going on there in those forums, The Moderators have their favorites and least favorites, and their actions of favoritism shows by their bannings and reprimands and handing out of disciplinary actions! We're not allowed to talk about disciplinary actions? I think there should be an appeals process for those who felt wrongfully banned.

Sio there's my rant for the day. I feel a whole lot better now