Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 05:34:01 08/11/00
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>On August 10, 2000 at 11:21:27, Pete Galati wrote: >>On August 10, 2000 at 08:56:43, Aaron Tay wrote: >>Anyway, Dr Hyatt himself is currently keeping a low profile because of some >>disagreements with some Moderator who intervened in a thread that he (the >>moderator) was involved in.. >>I hope I'm not misrepresenting his views, but basically he feels that a >>moderator shouldn't intervene in a thread he is participating in.. >Keep in mind how many threads he never did touch. There are all sorts of >subjects that he never posts a reply to. Actually if you looks the thread above about top posters, Dr Hyatt himself is by far the top poster in CCC, almost twice that of the second poster! Of course, the figure is inflated somewhat because he asks lot of posts directly addressed to him.. >Good. People need to start taking care of themselves anyhow. If he is >involved in a thread (same for the other moderators) and feel he now can't >delete something in it, then good. >It completely baffles me that people think that this place should be some sort >of perfect world in here, and that there should be no conflict, and no insults >whatsoever. Everything should be peachy all the time, is that it? I don't >think so. People have to stand up, take a stand, protect yourself, protect >others. Why should the moderator do your work for you? I don't want the >moderator doing the work for me. I don't want the moderator deleting a post >before I get a chance to read it, and I also don't want him having any say >about what I should be able to read or post here. >It sounds to me like you want the moderators to not be involved so that they >will be free to take things away from you. But I want moderators not to >moderate as much. I'm sick & tired of this place being one big padded cell. >The place more or less proves that the moderated forum concept doesn't work all >that well. >Pete You seem to hate the idea of moderators..My point is that if moderators are not free to moderate, it would defeat the point of nominating and electing them regardless how level headed they are..
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