I hereby revoke my previous posts about giving warning to poachers, since some of You are too dumb to read a profile before sending a target.
From now on I apply a zero tolerance poacher policy.
If you try you will
1) fail
2) be blocked
3) be reported
4) be exposed
This will apply from the first attempt, there will be no warning.
Trying to poach me is an insult to my love and loyalty for my Owner.
Being a slave AND a moderator
Preliminary note: this only reflects my opinion, and my fellow moderators might have a different one. I invite them to discuss it in the comments to this blog then, i am very interested in knowing what they think of it especially subjeffie and BotyomBear. Other comments are welcome as well of course.
Being a moderator is not an easy task, especially a chat moderator. Keeping your head cold and not abusing your mod powers when it would be so easy to do so requires some temperance. Being a slave moderator is even more difficult as some Masters might get angry at being given orders by a slave (which is perfectly understandable). They should stop seeing the slave as a slave but see him as a moderator, but that's easier said than done, especially when you are in a hot discussion.
That's the reason i rarely moderate the chat. i mostly moderate the pics, to relieve MoA from the burden and i leave the chat moderation to Master mods. However when no Master mod is present, or none of Them can moderate (for instance if They are involved in the conflict), i will not hesitate and take my responsibilities.
Here are a few guidelines i have in that case, and i would not be surprised if even Master mods would find them good:
1°) i am not a mommy trying to separate her bickering kids. You are all 18+ (at least that's what you said when you registered on OF) so you are supposed to act like adults. If you have a problem with another member, discuss it with them in DM, don't come to me to decide who is right and who is not. i will not take sides. Or rather i will always take the same side: the side of OF.
That means i don't care about the reasons of the conflict, but i will do my best to preserve the chatroom as a peaceful and friendly place. If you disturb it, you can expect me to tell you to stop. If you don't you can expect me to ban you.
This goes for everybody, Master or slave, friend or not. i would even ban my Owner if needed. That might earn me some dungeon (He is very intelligent and hopefully He would not do worse than that like booting me from His stable), but i would do it anyway.
i must admit i would probably not ban MoA since He could overrule me anyway ;-)
2°) When i speak as a mod and tell you to stop doing something, i am not opening a debate. If you don't comply, you are banned. This is not a discussion, this is an order (I know Masters won't like this word, but that's what it is). Usually it is pretty obvious when i am speaking as a mod because my tone is very different from the one i usually have in the chat, but if you find that's needed, i can use some typing effects like typing in bold or in red or whatever. We can discuss that but that would be better if that was a common rule for all mods.
3°) I can be wrong sometimes, and if you think so, feel free to discuss it with me but in DMs,
not in the chat. If you think i am abusing my powers and you no longer want to speak to me, feel free to complain to MoA, i will accept His judgement without causing any trouble, but once again,
not in the chat.
OF is not a democracy where we discuss and vote on issues in the chat. We are here as guests of MoA, and when you are a guest, you don't s**t on the carpet. If you don't like something in the site, discuss it with Him, but His rules apply, and the chat is no place to criticize them (unless He calls for a debate of course but usually He doesn't do so in the chat). You are free to leave if you cannot find an agreement with Him, and He is free to stop welcoming you as His guest if your company is not to His liking.
4°) Even if i ban you, that doesn't mean i have become your deadly enemy. That just means i think you need to take a step back and reflect on what i just told you. The discussion is welcome in DMs, and we can become very good friends if we can reach a common agreement.
5°) i never ban permanently. Personally i think that should be MoA's privilege. If a recidivist is going too far again, i can ban him for 24 h and that gives me plenty of time to request his permanent ban to MoA.
I would like to share with A/all of Y/you my review of one of the most famous hotels in OF: the Dungeon
The pros:
- a very quiet place
- friendly (well i hope) animals running around
- all inclusive package: meals are included, drinks as well, even though another selection would have been prefered over my water bucket.
- extremely cheap as it was free, though, strangely, one needs to pay if they want to leave the room earlier than planned.
The cons:
- lack of light: the small barred window is letting more rain than light come in.
- moisture, well i guess it is related to the previous point
- the friendly animals are eating my meal
- bed quality needs upgrade: the straw stunk
- need to find another chef though the friendly animals don't seem to mind for some reason
- room service is very poor: the staff should privilege dialog instead of using that whip
- the iron collar chafes and the chain to the wall makes noise during night
- wifi not working (could not connect to OF)
MoA i am very sorry, but i cannot give this place more than 1 * out of 5. i hope to read soon of Your plans to address these points, then i might reconsider this judgement. Hopefully another visit should not be necessary.
i was wondering if Corona was having an impact on Masters' income and if so how?
i am not sure on what effect to expect: on the one hand, i can understand it would turn slaves focus out of serving, on the other hand, when a slave is quarantined, or just deprived of social events, i would expect him to turn to his main addiction to change his mind.
i was thinking, maybe it is both: first slaves tribute less, then they get used to the restrictions (and bored) and they tribute more.
Of course if that's the case it may be smoothed for successful Masters who have slaves all over the World, since the epidemic is not at the same stage everywhere.
Any insights?
Some Masters understand quickly (i hope) but you need to explain them for a long time (sigh...)
Here is my answer to a Master who sent me a 5000 target.
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Dear Sir, Your target request was labelled "Show me you understand that I'm the number one Master".
1) I am owned. That means the number one Master is not You but my Owner.
2) I am owned. That means You should have asked my Master if You could send me a target first.
3) I am owned. That means You can be extremely well built (and You are) I will not fall for You because my Master makes me strong.
Target request rejected.
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Sometimes i wish there was a dungeon for Masters. i respect all of them even if i serve mostly one, but there is one kind i really hate: poachers. Those i think would be appropriately described as "the most vile of creatures on Owned Fags" and as such, they would deserve a MoA offered all-inclusive lodging in the dungeon.
MoA has gone through a lot of efforts to make it clear what ownership means, but still some "Masters" would try to approach owned slaves in the hope of being served, sometimes even insulting the Owner and trying to lower Him in the eyes of the slave. This is absolutely unacceptable.
I am lucky to be owned by a very generous Owner who is not jealous, and who allows me to serve His friends as well as some other Masters whom i feel inclined to. The only limit is i am not allowed to serve a few Masters who have been offensive to Him or hurtful to one of my slave brothers in the past. This DNS ("do not serve") list is very short (3 Masters at the moment if i am counting well). As such i often pay small tributes or gifts to other Masters as Sir Coinnigh, Sir youngswimmerboy or MoA Himself can witness, but i never do it in the back of my Owner and He fully approves of it. It also doesn't mean i would serve a Master i am not inclined to, except if my Master ordered it of course.
I posted what i thought was a clear warning on my profile months ago stating that i didn't want to be approached by poachers, and that i would take appropriate actions, but this doesn't seem to be enough, maybe because some Masters are so full of themselves that they believe it doesn't apply to them, or just because they don't read profiles, whatever...
So from now on this is how i will deal with poachers who contact me:
- first time i will answer them politely i am not interested in serving them and remind them i am owned (at this stage i would not consider them as poachers)
- if they insist, which makes them poachers, i will ignore them
- if they still insist (for instance by sending me targets) i will let it publicly known they are poachers by posting a negative comment on their profile
- if they go on i will report them to MoA.
The only reason i don't report them sooner is i think MoA has a much better use for His time improving the site than dealing with such scums and i don't want to bother Him unnecessarily.
