I wish to lodge a further complaint about inconsistent and improper moderation across all Flat Earth forums. I'm doing this on the advice of
Pongo, whom (I consider) undeservedly reprimanded me for posting what he termed an "off topic" response.
To recap the specific scenario:
The question "
For what reason would NASA need to lie to us about the earth being round?" was posted as a topic starter in the Q&A forum by
RoundEarthFact on 21 December, 2014 @ 07:58:38 PM.
Shortly thereafter,
iWitness posted this comment:
Do you think when they realized the earth really was flat in the 1960's after failed space launches, they would just be like "oops, we were wrong the earth really is flat?" I think we can all agree, it would be easier to make a movie than risk the possibility of mass hysteria. My theory, is JFK was heavily involved in the early space program, and after finding out the earth was flat he was considering telling the public... but that didn't sit well with other world powers, and you know what happened next. RIP last great President.
Subsequently, I responded thusly:
Q1. What credible evidence do you have that proves JFK was "heavily involved" with the space program? What does heavily involved mean exactly?
Q2. What evidence do you base your claim on that JFK was "considering" telling the public the earth was (purportedly) flat?
Q3. Why weren't any of the other confidantes of Kennedy silenced as well? Hundreds of technicians would've also been aware of it.
Then, today, 30 December,
Pongo posted this response as a result of my three questions (as above):
Why are you bringing up JFK questions here? At best you're woefully off topic, at worst, you're arguing with moderation. If you want to complain about moderation then do it in S&C. If you want questions about JFK in regards to a flat-earth, start your own thread.
So... as a flat earther, the posting by
iWitness was not considered "off topic", nor was he warned n any way. On the other hand, my direct response to his (apparently acceptable comment) was considered by
Pongo to be off topic, and I was duly warned.
I'd appreciate—firstly a response from other moderator(s) (other than Pongo of course)—and also responses from other forum members, both flat earth
and round earth—as to whether or not this is a classic example of unfair moderation favouring flat earthers, whilst at the same time disadvantaging round earthers.
As people are probably aware, this is not the first time I've raised the issue of unsatisfactory moderation on these forums. As an old internet hand, I'm a member of literally dozens of other forums based around all sorts of subjects, and these Flat Earth forums are undoubtedly one of the worst moderated forums I visit regularly. There seems to be no consistency amongst the different moderators—nor are the forum's rules (such as they are!) applied equally to flat earthers and round earthers.
If any moderator feels the need, then I'm more than happy to respond to any PMs to avoid an on-line war of words.
—Thanks.