But really, the job of a moderator is to MODERATE.

It's more difficult than it sounds. I mean, sure, the cleanup part is simple. A bit tedious at times, but incredibly simple. Working all of the tools and panels is easy. The hard part is the actual moderation.

Warn for this, and we're too strict. Don't warn for this, and we're not strict enough. Forum staff are under constant scrupulous supervision from the community and are often berated for just doing their "jobs." In my eight years here (six of which have been on staff), I have seen a lot of changes in the way we do things.

Anyone who thinks we're being strict now should have seen it before I was ever even on staff...

Bottom line is, at the end of the day, we're here to serve you. We can't always please everyone... if we could, we wouldn't even need to be here because everyone would please themselves.

Anyone who wants complete and total free reign to be a troll with no strings attached should just visit 4chan and hit up /b/.