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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3064783, member: 10461&quot;]Yes, and yes.&nbsp; The mods police the place, mostly behind the scenes.&nbsp; (I&#039;m just now getting my first glimpses behind that curtain, though as of this post my mod clearance and credentials are not yet complete, let alone my &quot;training&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s interesting.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a credit to the staff here that the moderation on this site is well balanced and for the most part discreet.&nbsp; Firm, but polite, without being too draconian.&nbsp; (Opinions may vary.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Having been scolded by one of PCGS&#039; corporate leaders (not just a mere moderator) on their forums (mostly via PM, but also publicly), I know all too well what heavy-handed forum moderation feels like, because I&#039;ve been subjected to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The person who took me to task over there (sometimes deservedly, other times less so), no doubt <i>meant</i> well but had such a brusque and condescending manner that it really turned me off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look, I get it - a corporate-hosted message board site is (and almost <i>has</i> to be) a dictatorship, not a democracy.&nbsp; But a message board site can and should be a <i>benevolent</i> dictatorship.&nbsp; I like to think that&#039;s what we have here.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(And to give PCGS their due, aside from a certain corporate executive of theirs taking on a bit too direct an involvement in their forums some years ago, they have a great community too, or I wouldn&#039;t have spent 16 years there before making this site my primary online destination.)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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