Modding is not fun. It just became less rewarding, to me. I am being selfish for once.

Cant complain about that, thanks for helping shape PV and v/videos

Sorry to DV you mate really your post doesnt deserve it but this was one of the links I was told to downvote in the IRC

SDBH sent me here to say that PV are ninny heads and a cabal trying to take over.

Don't stomp off like this.

I'm not going anywhere.

Drop it.
It's over. No more drama.

Smile, and go post cat pics.

Your definition of spam is very narrow, conveniently so, in fact, since you have previously called the HomerSimpson mass ping "ping spam". Mass messaging, or flooding, has been called spam for more than 30 years.

I feel justified in my stance. It's interesting that you feel the need to characterize the disagreement in terms of right and wrong, and that you do so to me as you did to PM_ME_YOUR_ARCHES in this comment:

Aren't you tired of losing this argument?

For your reference, the Internet community's definition of spamming:

Wikipedia - Spamming

Electronic spamming is the use of electronic messaging systems to send an unsolicited message (spam), especially advertising, as well as sending messages repeatedly on the same site.

In the 1980s the term was adopted to describe certain abusive users who frequented BBSs and MUDs, who would repeat "Spam" a huge number of times to scroll other users' text off the screen. [...] This act, previously called flooding or trashing, later became known as spamming.

It later came to be used on Usenet to mean excessive multiple posting —the repeated posting of the same message. The unwanted message would appear in many, if not all newsgroups, just as Spam appeared in nearly all the menu items in the Monty Python sketch.

I wasn't aware of anything happening in v/videos until AOU made a post at PV. The videos mods got pinged, and days of posts in several different places were made by various people.

Up thread here, IB has said that his decision to leave wasn't based on any of the posts but rather some differences he had with voat rules or admins aligning with community wants.

Most of the OC guys do not earn any significant money.
They are amateurs, sharing their creations, and talking with us about them.

That had nothing to do with you.

Most of the community or most of PV? In my opinion, he deserved the temp ban.

Ok thanks for doing all you have. I'll have to read why later just followoing pings at the moment.

It saddens me to see an abusive agent provocateur backed by the PV mafia succeed in bullying a transparent and community oriented mod team into retirement.

It's not surprising or totally unexpected; Voat has been drama free for a significant time, and it is PV we're talking about, but it is still saddening. I hope you guys aren't totally soured on Voat's "community" and continue to contribute here.

I respect that, d0c5, and you're right... I sincerely was typing that out with some hurt in me, and not as a mod or anything other than as a plain old user. Love right back at you, my baggy chilling friend

Thanks for the advice.

I think you all have done a very good job with the sub and the users have appreciated your efforts. I am disappointed at the decision you have made to leave and sorry to see you go. That you would leave over one issue on which there is some major disagreement, and conflict even... I don't even know what to say here. But, I will say again what I said before to you, IB - you are one of my favorite Voaters and you've helped to make this place a treasure; I'm sorry that you felt leaving v/videos was more important than opening your mind to what many have agreed was small bad decision on the part of your team. I wish you well.

Edited to add the strikethrough because that did not come out the way that I wanted it to and I agree it looks shitty. I'm genuinely sorry to see the mods leave.

I still see /u/THC listed as a mod.

Does this mean /u/AOU's ban has been lifted as well? I saw /u/Puttitout's comment about there being limits in place for the "report spam" function already, which seemed to imply this outcome.

Overall I'm sad about this outcome. Seems there could have been an easier solution on some middle ground somewhere. Does anyone have any links for someone trying to piece this whole drama together?

But why? You are a nice guy. Too nice, but that's a different conversation.