If you want to have an actual dialogue with someone, realize how you package what you say impacts how the message is received. If you spend your time calling people "10-somethings" and "stroke their mod ding-dongs" as if any of us really would prefer infracting, you won't get far. We don't enjoy infracting.

What people tend to not realize is most of the time smods don't go looking for things to infract, and that nearly 100% of posts that are infracted, are done so after being reported by either local mods or regular users... sometimes even multiple times.

You know what people hate more than over-moderation? Inconsistency. If I've given someone a warning (as I tend to do), and then they go out and report someone for breaking the same rule, I'm going to get an earful if I don't do something about it. I'd rather follow the letter of the law when enforcing rules than let you "just play out" whatever banter you have.

If this forum takes itself too seriously, and that's your complaint - you should talk about that. You should cite some more successful forums with more lax rules. Attacking us as moderators won't help you.