The Rayaan / Jacob(smooth) Situation

[Tiberius]

Oh I nearly forgot. I would have posted this in the original thread in off-topic had it not been locked (I never posted in that thread):

The privacy policy clearly reads this:

• "You are also required to state your religious views, which is displayed on your profile for the benefit of all members. This information is not checked for validity or accuracy, and is publicly accessible once your account is created."
  

With all due respect what Rayaan did was a clear violation of the present written policy which states very clearly that "this information is not checked for validity or accuracy". To me that phrase is very clear and it means that a person's stated religious beliefs will not be investigated by staff; yet that is exactly what was done in this instance.

Tiberius, since you didn't specifically address this part of the privacy policy in your post, could you please clarify the staff's collective opinion on whether my interpretation of this is accurate or if you have a different interpretation of this part of the privacy policy?

That section was added to the policy mainly to clarify that the "requirement" to state your religious views didn't mean you would be banned if you lied about them. However I see now how those words could have the other meaning that you refer to. We will look into making that section more understandable

The investigation of religious beliefs isn't usually done, mainly because being a poe isn't against the rules. It only breaks the rules when the poe starts trolling or otherwise disrupting the forum. Usually people only create poe accounts because they want to troll at some point, so looking into poe accounts (even though being a poe is not against the rules) is done on occasion so that the staff are aware of potential trolls.

I was disgusted with the mod who spoke about 'whining' and frankly THAT moderator should make a public apology without the avoidance that Rayaan demonstrated.

He did: http://atheistforums.org/thread-22974-po...#pid573050

Quoted here to save people clicking:

Tiberius had already asked the parts to refrain from commenting on the matter, that we were seriously looking into it, Then Jacob brought it up again, when we didn't made any deliberation. My bad use of 'whining' was sheer dumbness by my part, as it seemed to 1-Dismissive of legitimate concerns; 2- Since I am a mod, people might take my posts as official positions.

Sometimes I'm an ass like that.