Suggestion Best Posts in Thread: Personal or moderation - which hat?

It has been on my mind a while the question: When is a posting from a moderator done wearing the moderator's hat and when just as an individual member of the Forum with an opinion?

This has become more relevant as I found two of my posts on the thread "looking to move to Duma" deleted with no notification or reason given. When I repeated them, one (the one connected with a moderator, the person who deleted my posts) was very swiftly moved to off-topic. That one was in reply to a moderator's comment (which I considered trollin') and he is the moderator who deleted the posts! But, interestingly, his off-topic trollin' post remained

This has now led to me being threatened with 'actions' for daring to question this. I believe in fairness, so you never find me crawling into the 'hole' allocated to me by those with power. Never have and never will. I am not bothered by negative ratings, mockery, threats - or anything. And that's in colour!

The moderator had the option as an individual to give a rating or a written reply to my postings - but chose instead, using moderating powers no ordinary member has, to delete them.

I SUGGEST if it is time for moderators to have a 'Moderator profile' separate from their personal one. This means they can comment as moderators, which I accept they have the right to do, or separately in a personal capacity. This prevents any misunderstanding of which 'hat' they are wearing. I have no grudge against moderation as such as I understand and accept that without it any Forum would run amok.

 

I am not going down any road but simply suggesting something I think would benefit the Forum and that some members would like. I have never been aware of the person(s) moderating my online posts on any other media and I think it complicates the matter to have moderators, some with buddies through outside activities, who mix personal comments with moderating duties.

But it is not my website, not my Forum, so I will not pursue this. Just an idea.

As I stated elsewhere, I have already contacted the moderator @DavyL200 and his response has, in my opinion, been mocking.

 

Kind of you to admit the response was incorrect - nicer still if the deletor (any such word?) had said so.

 

But in another thread you stated there is a log of moderators' actions.

I understand why it is very difficult for mod to criticise mod - even the police look after their colleagues as the number one priority.