I think this will be appropriate here, my reply in hellblazer's thread.
Mods are seen by the community as smart, respectable, mature members of WickedFire. Moderators are also not seen as individuals but an entity, much like the police, when one police acts questionably people react to the police force, not the police himself.
1. Nicky is a mod.
2. Nicky scrapped WickedFire with his signature, in my opinion this is disrespectful and inconsiderate to do to a community you're a part of.
3. Nicky created a few scripts, gave it a snazzy name and implemented harvested data within.
4. Nicky gave his product a 50/month price tag and decided to sell it back to WickedFire.
5. Nicky repeatedly called out other people creating sub-par products, at every chance he got before eventually creating his own. This double-standard ignited much of the fuel we see in most drama posts.
6. Nicky PM's Jon for for permission to remove posts that don't float his boat.
7. Nicky created a last ditch PR stunt in an effort to save face when the above was exposed, a truly moving and inspirational story but the sequence of events that brought his dark past to light is less than flattering, therefor removing any pity he hoped to gain.
8. Instead of backing himself or his product, Nicky's way of handling criticism is resorting to call anyone that doesn't approve of him or his actions a baby or tearful person. Addressing criticism in a logical, coherent way will go farther than acting like a baby himself.
Summary,
Nicky took the unoriginal path of selling a product that he himself would laugh at if he wasn't the creator - to the very same people he gathered data from. The very same thing he viligantly opposed in the past. This hypocritical stance he chose, and continues to portray is the problem. In short, all of the above makes people lose the respect they once had for him and his brand.
I don't know if you guys are repeatedly asking the question of moderator abuse to avoid what is blatantly obvious to the rest of us, but it's not working. Clearly, the problem lies not in the fact that he abused mod powers, and has everything to do with being a mod.
Mods are seen by the community as smart, respectable, mature members of WickedFire. Moderators are also not seen as individuals but an entity, much like the police, when one police acts questionably people react to the police force, not the police himself.
1. Nicky is a mod.
2. Nicky scrapped WickedFire with his signature, in my opinion this is disrespectful and inconsiderate to do to a community you're a part of.
3. Nicky created a few scripts, gave it a snazzy name and implemented harvested data within.
4. Nicky gave his product a 50/month price tag and decided to sell it back to WickedFire.
5. Nicky repeatedly called out other people creating sub-par products, at every chance he got before eventually creating his own. This double-standard ignited much of the fuel we see in most drama posts.
6. Nicky PM's Jon for for permission to remove posts that don't float his boat.
7. Nicky created a last ditch PR stunt in an effort to save face when the above was exposed, a truly moving and inspirational story but the sequence of events that brought his dark past to light is less than flattering, therefor removing any pity he hoped to gain.
8. Instead of backing himself or his product, Nicky's way of handling criticism is resorting to call anyone that doesn't approve of him or his actions a baby or tearful person. Addressing criticism in a logical, coherent way will go farther than acting like a baby himself.
Summary,
Nicky took the unoriginal path of selling a product that he himself would laugh at if he wasn't the creator - to the very same people he gathered data from. The very same thing he viligantly opposed in the past. This hypocritical stance he chose, and continues to portray is the problem. In short, all of the above makes people lose the respect they once had for him and his brand.
I don't know if you guys are repeatedly asking the question of moderator abuse to avoid what is blatantly obvious to the rest of us, but it's not working. Clearly, the problem lies not in the fact that he abused mod powers, and has everything to do with being a mod.
Google Translate FTW LOL! I wish I knew French.
