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No one is taking a tone with you.

Oh, the irony.

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Comments. What about them? The close message is auto-inserted so we don't have to take the time to comment.

Irony, no. My tone here is a response to being called overzealous and condescending. It has nothing to do with my attitude when I'm acting as moderator on SO.

I don't understand why you seem to be attempting to speak for all moderators. I don't know or care what your attitude is about moderation, I'm speaking of my own personal experience with SO moderators.

Provide some links, please.

I'm not linking my online identities.

And you don't have to. And you do not have to answer to that SO mod's request here for several people here agree with you and know you're not making this up.

There's no need for anyone to provide links. A lot of people are complaining about this. And as soon as anyone tries to post in meta about this issue (the issue of mods over-zealously closing questions), these posts in meta get downvoted to no avail and there's a flamefest of "high horse" posts... By mods! Constantly defending themselves, just like you do here. It's always the same "link or it didn't happen" and then the exact same "oh but I wasn't using a 'tone' here". Yes you were. And you know it. And several people here agree...

"Link or it didn't happen" is a perfectly valid response to empty complaints that provide no evidence. As a moderator I'm in a position to actually do something about real problems. If you just whine and complain without giving me a link I can't do anything about it.

No, I wasn't taking a tone. If I was I wouldn't say that I wasn't. If you perceived a tone, it's on your end. I'd thank you to not call me a liar.

That word: I don't think it means what you think it means.

Sorry, no grammar cop points for you. That was a correct usage of the word "irony."

Not sure the point was to be grammar cop. I, at least, took it as a line from The Princess Bride (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes?qt=qt0482717)

No, it wasn't. Either he was implying the SO mod was being inappropriate (wrong), or he used the word incorrectly.

>>> in the most condescending tone possible.

>> No one is taking a tone with you.

> Oh, the irony.

Condescendingly telling someone "nobody is taking a tone with you." That's the irony you're missing.

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