“Vision” wrote: “What makes this an outstanding thread is not only is the question awkward, but it’s worded bizarrely and you posted it in news.”
There’s nothing bizarre about the way the question is worded, and I started this thread in the chat forum. After “HAL9000” suggested I was asking for phone sex, the moderators ensured my name would be exposed to the maximum possible amount of mockery and defamation by moving the thread to the news forum.
You actually made a good point, there ought to be a better way than just the "abuse" button. But the way you phrased it - about having "private conversations with moderators" - is the sort of unintentionally funny post that sometimes become legendary here, like "I'll be in the shower", or "I've been staring at the sun for the last hour", or "Am I logged on?"
If you check with the previous victims who asked an earnest question and got a little sarcastic humor in response, most of them will tell you that the best thing to do is have a sense of humor about it and keep moving along. That is especially important advice if you wish to participate in politics.
You did that on your own. Fifteen minutes after you began this Vanity thread in Chat forum you then began a duplicate Vanity thread in the News forum apparently after your not receiving enough attention from this thread.
Because this first Vanity thread was current and active, it was moved to the News forum to replace your duplicate second Vanity thread which was pulled and is referenced below.
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Private conversations with moderators (vanity)
Posted on 12/15/2007 2:35:54 AM CST by Kurt Evans
Sorry to post this in the news forum, but I'm having trouble getting a serious response in chat. Is there a standard procedure here for having a private conversation with a moderator?
Sure it is.
I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties.