A note about our moderators

[ctenidae]

As for walking on eggshells, I don't want to ever be accused of that. No, I tend to stomp on them, grinding little bits into the carpet.

I do try to stay on my side of the line, though.

[BeanoNYC]

Originally Posted by ctenidae

As for walking on eggshells, I don't want to ever be accused of that.

I'm sure Marc could vouch for that.

[bruno]

Originally Posted by David Metsky

Yup, I hate that place. Damn moderators.

-dave-

duder! you know who i'm referrin' to! and it ain't you!

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by riverc0il

this isn't even about waters being calm. the mods have taken on extra responsibility to ensure the community and forum remains civil and enjoyable to all. even when we disagree with a decision, we owe each other and the mods respect on the decision. if a lot of people disagreed about over zealous mods, i am sure issues would be raised but rarely does any one cry foul and it is almost always the person causing trouble. i have seen other forums with iron handed mods, this forum is not one of them, so much respect to those making the decisions on keeping things civil.

I'll speak for all the mods...thanks Steve and everyone else who has posted about this.

[kcyanks1]

I agree th mods do a good job here. There are never trolls, posts stay on-topic. I post in un-moderated newsgroups, and while there are advantages, you never see the trolls and spam on this site that you can in newsgroups. It also seems like it is pretty rare that they step in and edit posts or close threads. Though I guess I'm with Austin that locking is preferable to deleting, when action is necessary, unless the offending post is really extreme.

[Bob R]

I think our members do alot of the moderating. They self moderate. I get many pm's from members showing what they see and tell me what they did and ask for help. Most of the time when I jump in it cause I was asked by others to help unless its useless spam..
Its the community thing. If we step in its not a powere issue. We all make decisions some good some bad. I came here because of the mellow and safe feeling here. I stay for the same reason. Some nice words guys and thanks for those that have offered reasonable suggestions and ideas.

[2knees]

I think you guys run this place fine. I definitely know you have a lot more restraint then I do in regards to putting up with junk on other boards. Heck, I'm having a hard time resisting the urge to pop off. Must fight it.....


Anyway it seems like a mostly thankless job but you do very well imo.

[SilentCal]

Greg is correct when he mentions that you can not please everyone. Try as much as you like, but there is always someone that will be upset with whatever decision is made. If your truly upset with a moderators decison then maybe the particular forum you are in is just not for you. 95% of the moderators that I've spoken to on various sites are volunteers who are quite sensible. Very very few are true jerks.

One of the best things to happen to this site was the removal of politcal topics. I'm sure it cut moderators work by 80%.

[Bob R]

Silentcal is one of the non-moderators who moderate I was talking about. Nice words though. He sent pm's to me to hike.

[Brettski]

Damn,

I wouldn't have even thought that this would be an issue here

In any case, I prefer my calm waters to bee in the form of deep, deep snow