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[waterbaby]

I'm not going to wade in where others have already been and said it better than me .... but I will add that I find it much easier to write those "slap on the wrist" tsk tsk PMs to people I have met through gatherings than those I don't know. I feel that I can appeal to people on a personal level rather than coming across as a cold note from a stranger. People I know (99% of the time) respond to PMs really well.

When it's a poster I know personally and something about them is under moderator discussion or review, I refrain from commenting and abstain from voting but always offer to write & send the PM to them.

BTW - There are TWELVE of us moderating ... (someone mentioned 10 somewhere)...

[kimcheeking]

[waterbaby]

[ratslash]

good post.

austin, dude, lighten up man! you write good stuff when you can understand half of what you mean (glad Tiger Beer broke down the last lot of stuff you wrote ), and i'm sure the mods do what kimcheeking said, and wear different hats when they have to do different tasks, or at least try to.

i've never met anyone on this forum, i never receive unpreferential treatment, but then again, i don't i think i write anything controversial.

anyway, why do you, anyone, care what someone thinks or does on a bulletin board? i know some people make this their hobby almost, but at the end of the day, in the whole scope of things, of life and everything that truly matters, what people do, say or write on this board doesn't really, honestly, matter.

[Holyjoe]

[schwa]

I'm quite sure theres no mod conspiracy, the moderators do seem to be reasonable & well-intentioned people, & I realize this is only a discussion forum.

Its been suggested that the operation of this board is a work in progress, so its nice to see a thread where ordinary users seem permitted to make public comment. Its not clear to me why this has been a closed option in the past.

So my question. Why the need for secrecy in the management of this board? The moderators wield considerable power here -- fall afoul of them & youre banned for life. No public hearing, no appeal, no explanation -- youre outta here. Again, let me say I presume their decisions are rational & justified, & I appreciate the civil tone they maintain here.

But. If ordinary users are kept in the dark about behind-the-scenes policies & decisions, its not surprising that there might be a perception of in-groupism & arbitrariness. Why did so-&-so disappear (he was thorny but logical) yet someone else (pointlessly stupid & offensive) continues to post?

I think if the mods decide to disappear someone, they should say so & tell the rest of us why. I might have been in the middle of a civil conversation with someone & suddenly there is unexplained silence. Likewise, when a post reads 'edited by [someone other than the OP]' I think an explanation is warranted. Why not?

I know this a private board & Dave owns it but really it effectively operates as a public forum. I think the mods want to operate things in a modern & progressive way. Why run it like a Star Chamber?

[gajackson1]

ya kno, Schwa, there was another poster here who used to ask the same sort of questions as you. Maybe you remember him? His name was


JIMMY HOFFA


See where this is going??? Fair warning . . .

G.

(j/k, in case there was ANY doubt! )

[Zyzyfer]

schwa-For your queries, I highly recommend you check out the article that panthermodern is working on, then. It's piqued my interest, even though I haven't, uh, answered his questions yet. It'll probably explain a little bit.

Otherwise, I'm not sure how much us mods can babble. We have rules, too....-_-

[Ryst Helmut]

[Zed]

I'll see if I can make that one. I was sick all week before your last one. Never been to Songtan despite living so close.

[Zyzyfer]

[William Beckerson]

[denz]

[panthermodern]

Zyzyfer:

I am sorry you to hear that you have had death threats.

So, have I.

I can understand.

[The Man known as The Man]