do people generally get tombstoned after a consensus is reached by all the mods?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

or can one mod TS someone without a 'mod meeting'?

[bigwillq]

1. Why?

You do something wrong?!? :P ;) :) :evilgrin:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. maybe.

[bigwillq]

7. Ut oh.

I got your back though no matter what you did! :) :hug: :loveya:

[unpossibles]

2. I don't know

but you're going to turn me in, aren't you?

I'm sorry. I'll behave.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. yeah i will make sure they cuff ya!

[Aristus]

5. Don't get yourself tombstoned, okay, lioness?

I'd miss you... :(

[Cabcere]

I second that.

:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. why thank you. i hope i dont too.

[madinmaryland]

6. No. I don't think so. See this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2507034

:rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. he is an admin though and may possibly have god like powers.

:P

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Yeah, pretty sure mods can't act unilaterally the way an admin could, haha.

And that post still brings a smile to my face whenever I see it, ahha.

[IndianaJones]

10. ...

[Lex]

11. Rules say

How the moderators do their job

The moderators of Democratic Underground enforce the rules based on consensus. Whenever a moderator takes action, they are required to first get a consensus from the available moderators that action is necessary and appropriate. What constitutes a consensus varies based on the situation. If a rule violation is obvious, then action only requires a second opinion from one other moderator. But if a situation is unclear, highly subjective, or likely to be controversial, then the opinions of many moderators are required. Whatever the situation, one moderator has the power to veto any enforcement action. All moderator actions are logged by our software, and can be reviewed by the administrators.

All of our moderators are unpaid volunteers. They are selected from the membership of our community, and represent the full ideological spectrum of our membership. They usually serve for terms of three months. During any given term, we usually have a mix of veteran moderators who have served for many months and relatively new moderators who have only recently volunteered. Before each new term, the administrators post an announcement calling for new volunteers. If you wish to volunteer, keep an eye on our announcements section in the forum Lobby.

[Richard Steele]

13. No. Single mods can't "tombstone" members.

Both of the Mods I've met in person have told me that.

They weren't at liberty to explain the process in any detail,
but assured me that there -is- a process, and that tombstoning
and "moderator warnings" are never the decision of a single Mod.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. cool.

thanks.