I posted in the thread that Grumpy posted about my thoughts on the moderator. Got a few likes, someone else agreed with me. Ocha responded saying something along the lines of "Thank you for your comments, I take them as compliments lol please post more about me in another discussion" Ocha deleted the response, locked the thread, and deleted my post. I took a cap of my post for this exact scenario. If you go to the thread, you can still see someone's response to my post as of the time I am typing this up. Nevermind, Ocha deleted that one too while I was typing this up. Didn't get a screenshot of it.
My post had some points where I thought their methods were questionable. The links in the post are as follows:
Advising people to donate in order for their voice to be heard.
Condescending tone to simple questions.
My post was aggressive, I'll admit that. But I think my points stand and reading from the posts others have made along side all the frustration that people have shown towards the moderator in this thread, I'm sure that most people have the same sentiment.
There are two reasons I can think of as to why the moderator deleted my post. Either they thought I was attacking them personally and deleted it according to the rules, or they want to hide any form of argument that says they're a bad mod.
I've admitted that my post was aggressive towards the moderator. I should have worded it more neutrally, and that's my mistake. I'm sorry about that. But I was not attacking the moderator as a person. I was attacking the moderator as a moderator.
With Ocha's behavior as is, they are not fit to be moderating any site. And if what Ocha says in the post they deleted is true, and Grumpy and the other Administrators of bato.to allow for this sort of behavior from a mod, then there's nothing that can be done. We just have to put up with this infuriating moderation.
I don't necessarily want Ocha to step down, I just want their behavior readjusted to look like an actual moderator. Someone that is supposed to stop pointless fighting in the discussions, not fan the flames by acting like a condescending know-it-all. Not punish everyone using the comments by locking it down, but dealing with the actual troublemakers with warnings and soft/hard bans. Actually listen to the users, instead of sticking to one point and brushing aside any other argument. Act like a moderator.
I refuse to speak with Ocha and I don't want their input. I know what Ocha wants to say. I'm pretty sure they won't read/won't understand everything I am saying. I want a statement from the Administrative team. Are Ocha's actions reflective of what they believe bato.to's moderation should look like? If they say that Ocha's in charge of comments and such, then I'll drop the issue. You won't hear from me again. I'll continue reading from bato.to, but I will not be using any of the social aspects of it, like comments, forums, PMs.
I'll reiterate from my deleted post. I love bato.to and its community. It's easy to keep updated on the manga I want to read. I like to see the little jokes and whatnot in the comments. But if Ocha is representative of the bato.to team, I just have to say that it paints an awful picture of the site.
I wonder if Ocha will delete this post as well. I'll screencap this one, too.
EDIT:
Link to Mousou Telepathy donation post. Will work unless Ocha deletes it.
Edited by Gartender, 16 December 2017 - 09:56 PM.