Ahtu
The Perma Thread Muted(in practice).
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A Mod that kinda hates me, just bascially explained to me that "Appeals" is actually just for venting at mods. That makes so much more sense! It's not actually for lodging complaints and expecting them to be taken seriously. It's meant to let ppl vent about mods on the downlow, where only mods can see it.
When you view it like that, it actually makes a whole lot more sense(based on the reception I've seen). It's not actually about overturning blatant overreaches, I think those are just sort of expected(at least in certain cases). It's to let ppl vent about it quietly. Makes so much more sense to me now. It's a pacifier for those who have accepted that nothing is ever gonna come from it.
My point here? Dunno, just felt like sharing my flash of insight/"Ahaaa"-moment. Seems a lot like similar functions in society at large. A bit like those vanguard phone companies, that exist to take on angry phone calls, but don't actually have the authority to do anything to help the ppl calling - A way to try and deter ppl looking for compensation, or to lodge complaints, etc(and to stop them from going public en masse).
In other words, it's simply a semi-therapeutic function.
Personally I think I found the "understanding more" bit a fair bit more therapeutic.
PS. For a time I thought it was just about the facade, but this is where I realized there was more to it.
When you view it like that, it actually makes a whole lot more sense(based on the reception I've seen). It's not actually about overturning blatant overreaches, I think those are just sort of expected(at least in certain cases). It's to let ppl vent about it quietly. Makes so much more sense to me now. It's a pacifier for those who have accepted that nothing is ever gonna come from it.
My point here? Dunno, just felt like sharing my flash of insight/"Ahaaa"-moment. Seems a lot like similar functions in society at large. A bit like those vanguard phone companies, that exist to take on angry phone calls, but don't actually have the authority to do anything to help the ppl calling - A way to try and deter ppl looking for compensation, or to lodge complaints, etc(and to stop them from going public en masse).
In other words, it's simply a semi-therapeutic function.
Personally I think I found the "understanding more" bit a fair bit more therapeutic.
PS. For a time I thought it was just about the facade, but this is where I realized there was more to it.
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