Quote Originally Posted by Alusair View Post
Four reasons come to mind:

1. Courtesy to the users. Some users might not appreciate being made an example to the public.

2. Courtesy to the moderators. They should be able to perform their job without being at risk of being publically called out and put down by the public for it.

3. Courtesy to everyone else. I think most agree the boards are generally more pleasant without arguments springing up everywhere about who did what or why this and that was or wasn't deserved, or why this person sucks or doesn't, and so on.

4. Professional attitude. Things are usually better resolved when handled privately and civilly than when made a public spectacle.

In personal matters, I usually favour putting all cards on the table too. But in a professional atmosphere, that approach more often tends to be counter-productive, I think.

In regard to the freedom of speech thing, for however it was brought up here again, someone offered a nice explanation for that which I liked:



Needless to say, Evony isn't part of the US government.

in response to number 2, why would the moderator be held publically responsible for doing their job. The only time that would occur would be if the moderator acted out of justification. Everybody knows on boards that if you mess up you get warned, banned or any other punishment and no matter how much complaining a person did, if the rest of the public saw it as unfair, then as a majority it would be deemed unfair to an extent.

If a user brings something up in public then they are prepared to be subject to the eye of scrutiny by their peers on the boards and as mods, scrutiny works both ways.

You cant always win every argument in life, but by careful selection you can have more idea on where you can succeed and where you can fail