I think that if a new user is scared at the mods, or any other user, it's mainly his/her fault. While I also think that mods can be a bit intimidating (locking threads, banning people), they won't do anything bad to you unless you do something bad. And when I say "unless you do something bad", I'm obviously talking about the rules. You're supposed to read the rules, and you even check a box saying that you read them and that you will abide them.
At 6/29/09 06:30 PM, Dobio wrote:
At 6/29/09 06:21 PM, CyberWolfX wrote:
At 6/29/09 06:19 PM, Dobio wrote:
, read the rules,
Oh come on! Who the fuck here accually wants to read the rules when they first join a website?
When you click that little thing that confirms you've read the rules, you agree to abide by all the rules that you 'supposedly' read. It's not the moderator's fault if you say you read and understood the rules and then knowingly broke them. :)
^This. A responsible user (or at least someone who really cares about not being banned), should know what to do and what not to do. And all of this is listed in the rules. So a person who has a complete understanding of the rules would never be afraid of posting, because he/she would know what to do in order to remain unbanned.
Now, if a new person doesn't have a complete understanding of the rules, mods are here to help, aren't they? A single PM is enough, and most mods would be glad to help (and glad to know that someone actually cares about the rules).
So that's why I think that it's people's fault to feel scared. If someone feels scared, then read the rules, and learn what you can/can't do. Then you'll see that there's nothing to be scared of.