Originally Posted by nvoigt
When coming here for the first time, it might be a bit hard to accept that this is not a democracy. This forum's control system is a lot like a mediaval court. There's a king ( Webmaster ), some knights ( moderators ) and a lot of pawns. The knights keep control. This is absolute power. No three tier system like modern states, with executive, legislative and judicative systems keeping each other in check. A moderators decision is final. You can complain in the kings court, but that' unlikely to succeed. We try to be "good" knights, but "good" is a subjective point of view and though we try to be fair and enforce the rules, it won't always look that way. We know the older members by name and though the rules are the same for all, it's easier to tolerate a spam thread per hundred from a trusted member than it is to tolerate 3 spam threads from someone we don't even know.