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this is the place i will toss links to important threads which apply to the discussion within this sub forum. I have begun with the following report.


Gaia Government?
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10639540

some footnotes about Gaia.

Recently, over half the moderators petitioned for Gelmax to be perma banned for cumulative agression toward them and the administration. For the first time ever, the admins approved such a ban.

as is standard, his perma ban also acompanied the ban of all his mule accounts.

While the moderators did not have any specific TOS violation to take Gelmax down, his "near trolling" was classified as a cumulative effect and combined by the general lack of support he had at the time (having lost several allies in administration over the previous 12 months).

this represents a change in policy, a policy not publically acknowledged. It means that members of Gaia acquire penalties which gradually increase, not unlike the two strike system for moderators.

oddly, the moderators themselves are not subject to the cumulative TOS violation effects for flaming and trolling, as, anyone could tell you, far more than half of the moderators today did not get there without making several enemies along the way.

As for Ertai losing his account for two weeks, that's a reflection of being tried for a crime he committed about a month ago, however, the existing moderator involved was too lazy to do anything about it until after the Trial of Gelmax was concluded.

What this trend represents?

a movement toward penalties dating back to our origins, and a complete lack of sympathy for the development of individuals. The enemies people make today, will someday be in power, and only those in power may call upon to convict those who had crimes in the past.

So, if you have no enemies, your sins may be forgotten (for we are all criminals at least once, in the eyes of the TOS), but if you have enemies, and you come to a position of power, even the crimes you commit today will be forgotten, while the crimes of your enemies, days, months, or even years in the past, may be braught to the forefront, and used to exact revenge.

There has been discussion about a possible group designated to monitor moderator corruption, as the person in charge of this duty has changed job descrptions and the amount of corruption has multiplied.

Time will only tell, if this post suddenly disappears, know that it was removed by those in power who did not want you to know.

Know also, that there are many things which could be said, but will not. If this guild perishes suddenly, know, good people, that it perished not for Sin, but for Truth.

Quote from the clueless masses...




question of the day: what's wrong with this picture?

dramallama

i think you'll find that the system will be changing drastically in fall, including poltical upheavals. Its not unlike what happened with Churchhill, who quite frankly predicted the hitler crisis and was ignored until it was too late. Can't really call WWII a victory with that many corpses.

gaia is composed of hundreds of thousands of humans. Humans have fallability. Gaia depends on popularity, which means by nature, it has the proponsity to error.