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8. Forum hosts have the power to lock threads and to ban members from their forum

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:52 PM

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Most use these powers very sparingly or not at all, but some use them, sometimes with people they have personal disagreements with.

ETA - There's one forum I sometimes post in with an authoritarian host, and it pisses me off that I have to walk on eggshells. /ETA

There are forum hosts, but they have few moderator powers.

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How do I ask the moderators a question [View all] MadameButterfly Saturday OP

There are no moderators. There are two admins, and EarlG usually answers questions. highplainsdem Saturday #1

I want to learn the best place to post OPs MadameButterfly Saturday #2

Greatest Discussions isn't a forum you can post in. It's the page that collects threads with at least 5 highplainsdem Saturday #4

Thanks!!!!! MadameButterfly Saturday #5

Also, if I wanted to ask EarlG a question MadameButterfly Saturday #3

You can just email him. But he doesn't always have time to answer. In which case I suppose you can highplainsdem Saturday #6

And to find his email? MadameButterfly Saturday #7

See the "contact" link at the bottom of every DU page progree Saturday #9

To email him - send DU mail - while you're logged in, click on his name anywhere on the board (you highplainsdem Saturday #10

Forum hosts have the power to lock threads and to ban members from their forum progree Saturday #8