OP needs to learn a few facts about VGChartz
1. VGChartz is a huge site with a low moderator:poster ratio, meaning that the moderators don't know most of the people they're called to deal with (even if they have over 1000 posts) and that they don't have much time to investigate the situation they're supposed to moderate. Confounding this is the fact that VGChartz is full of schoolchildren and people who act like it's 10 years ago, back when the internet was SRS BSNS and no-one was able to tell what was a joke and what was serious (and always assumed the latter, no matter how obvious the satire or sarcasm were) . Most of the time, mods are called to intervene in arguments between people they don't know and spend a few seconds skimming the last few posts, making a snap decision without any knowledge of the context. It's easier to do this and pacify the whiners than it is to spend time coming to an informed decision.
2. Following from point one, there are great advantages to be gained from becoming a prominent poster with tens of thousands of posts. In this case, moderators will usually take your side in an argument unless they have a specific grudge against you, even when it is obvious to an outside observer that you are the one in the wrong. A high post count means that you're a more valuable member, after all.
3. Also following from point one, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. If someone is beating you in an argument, be sure to report some dubious complaint to a moderator before one of your posts gets reported. The more you bitch and whine, the more likely it is that the person you're arguing with will get banned!*
*Just remember point two. This "squeaky wheel" thing doesn't work when the person you're reporting someone who is well-known and doesn't have an especially bad reputation. In these cases, squeaking will make the situation worse because you'll be seen as a trouble maker and an "uppity" newcomer.
Rainbow Yoshi said:
I almost got banned for saying that the Falklands were British. |
How frightful. The Falklands are British and have been since before Argentina existed.
Unfortunately, the remnants of fascist propaganda and lies still exist in the Argentinian education system, and they believe that they have some kind of divine right to the islands just because they're nearby.
Of course, if the Argentinians wish to take back a few small, rocky islands full of English speaking Brits, they are welcome to try. The last time they did, they were humiliated and their government collapsed.
BTW, does any system exist to bring moderators to account for such blatant abuses of power? And if there is, does it actually work? Or do the people at the top just stick together (like in real life)? It seems absurd that moderator could get away with using their powers to ban or bully people who don't agree with their political opinions or who state facts that the moderators wish were not true.
