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Moderators share the PMs coming into the Anandtech Moderator account, do they not? So that is not an adequate way to contact the moderator you have a question for.
I had already tried asking the question in the forums, but it was seen as a continuation of the previously locked topic (Which it was not). Is it against the rules to ask what the rules are? I had no way to PM a specific moderator, and I wanted to ask a specific moderator a question. He answered in my post, but it was locked. I didn't understand the answer (What are "the Private Topics" for instance?), but I couldn't ask what he meant because it was locked (Shouldn't the question remain unlocked for clarification for myself and others?). Moderators can make replies without locking a thread can't they?
In the moderator's interest, and not wishing to continue the cycle of locked posts, I didn't make another post seeking clarification. Instead, I made a thread asking how I could contact a certain moderator privately (because I didn't want to make another post asking about a certain banned topic for him to lock), but when posted, I already had a PM so I edited out the content. Is that against the rules too? I was threatened about "taking a vacation" because he/she obviously misinterpreted the "Delete me" topic and "Nevermind" post content as meaning that I had repeated my previous question or defied the moderator... NONE of which I had done! The post's previous content was a contact request only!
I was not a trouble maker. I was first asking if a topic was allowable and second asking for contact. Nothing more.
I had already tried asking the question in the forums, but it was seen as a continuation of the previously locked topic (Which it was not). Is it against the rules to ask what the rules are? I had no way to PM a specific moderator, and I wanted to ask a specific moderator a question. He answered in my post, but it was locked. I didn't understand the answer (What are "the Private Topics" for instance?), but I couldn't ask what he meant because it was locked (Shouldn't the question remain unlocked for clarification for myself and others?). Moderators can make replies without locking a thread can't they?
In the moderator's interest, and not wishing to continue the cycle of locked posts, I didn't make another post seeking clarification. Instead, I made a thread asking how I could contact a certain moderator privately (because I didn't want to make another post asking about a certain banned topic for him to lock), but when posted, I already had a PM so I edited out the content. Is that against the rules too? I was threatened about "taking a vacation" because he/she obviously misinterpreted the "Delete me" topic and "Nevermind" post content as meaning that I had repeated my previous question or defied the moderator... NONE of which I had done! The post's previous content was a contact request only!
I was not a trouble maker. I was first asking if a topic was allowable and second asking for contact. Nothing more.
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