RayAgostini wrote:Jersey Girl wrote:I've gone through spurts of reporting posts that I've noticed, that I think are not consistent with specific forum rules. Some have been acted on, others not.
Well
this one is still in the Terrestrial.
Not sure why I'm even bothering with any of this, but you do have a valid point. Once upon a time, even one or two posts like this would be expunged from the thread and be immediately sent to the Telestial.
Know and be sure that moderation is a thankless job and especially this time of year when so many people are working full time jobs and trying to take care of holiday preparation. I asked for a few temp mods to help take up the slack for the mods that we already have and backed the request with an offer.
My request and subsequent offer was made for the exact reasons that I stated.
Earlier, I looked at stem's profile. He posted here starting this past January, that's almost
a year. I don't claim to have read many of his posts, but I don't see where people have complained because he attacked them much less viciously or abused them in any way.
If he did, my mistake.
It's not easy for a TBM or other type of believer to post on this board. It takes an enormous amount of courage and something of a sense of humor to maintain a presence here. Not everyone has the gut for it.
Contrast that with how long it took for a few critics here to bristle in the face of criticism. Hmmm...what was that, in terms of minutes from the time the OP went up? ;-)
And they claim not to "trust" me, when the truth is that they don't trust me to turn a blind eye when I see violations they've made here. Just look at how quickly they swooped in when I offered up criticism. There is nothing that a moderator can do on this board, with the exception of editing from within, that cannot be undone. One of the reasons, by the way, that I disagree with editing from within.
As I stated previously, I don't care who moderates this board. I simply identified an issue and proposed a solution.
It's okay with me if Shades doesn't agree. It's okay with me if the critics take the field without challenge and claim victory of some kind.
I, as a long time poster, am simply not interested in seeing people abused day after day under the guise of "criticism" or "free speech", when, in fact, these types of attacks aren't in keeping with the board rules to start with.