Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:45:51 07/23/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 01:07:04, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>On July 22, 1999 at 23:40:29, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On July 22, 1999 at 20:12:33, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>(snip)
>>>I don't think that moderators are above the charter, and I will react the same
>>>way to a moderator post as to any other post. If I had seen any other member
>>>post that I would have deleted it.
>>>
>>>bruce
>>
>>
>>To Bruce: Of course moderators have to be treated in a special way! Maybe now
>>you understand why?
>>
>>What about:
>>
>>#1. deleting the post.
>>
>>#2. sending an email to Fernando saying "Sorry, I have deleted your post to
>>avoid some trouble, but let's talk about it tomorrow together with Karinsdad and
>>decide if it is appropriate to repost it".
>>
>>Just doing point #2 would have saved us from a lot of trouble I think. Just a
>>little bit of tact, you know...
>
>I deleted the post and forwarded it to the CCC moderation email alias, along
>with the explanation that I deleted the message because I didn't think that CCC
>should become the "dirty joke forum".
>
>Fernando wrote me some mail in which he essentially called me a prude,
>criticized my parents, and accused me of being narrow-minded and fanatical. I
>forwarded this back to the CCC moderation alias and replied.
>
>I reiterated that I thought that it was right that I deleted the post, and
>described a few obvious awful problems that we could have if I had allowed that
>post to stay. I suggested that if he wanted to repost it, I would not delete
>it, but I reserved the right to make a response.
>
>He replied defending the content of his post, and that was it until the "I
>resign" post in here.
>
>What did you think happened instead?
>
>bruce
I thought you just deleted the post without informing Fernando. That's how I
interpreted the posts from Fernando and you. Sorry. I suppose this wasn't
clear...
From what you say it looks like the moderators communicated with each other and
discussed a little bit about the problem, but at first I thought it wasn't the
case.
So I have to apologize to you for what I said. It sounds like you did what I
would have done too, so I don't see a reason to blame you anymore.
Being a moderator is a dirty job, and I didn't help with my post. At least maybe
it helped to understand what happened exactly, because it wasn't quite clear.
I still don't like the way Fernando put the stuff in public here. Maybe he can
tell something about it, but the way he did it is in my opinion completely
unfair.
Either:
#1 you make the problem public in order to get some kind of referee from the
other members, why not
Or:
#2 you don't make the problem public (you already discussed about it with the
other moderators) and simply say that you resign from being a moderator "for
personal reasons"
BUT YOU DON'T:
#3 make the problem public AND resign the job
Doing so is the best way to create a big mess here and do exactly the opposite
of what you are supposed to do as a moderator.
This is indeed "self imolation", and causing trouble on purpose.
Christophe
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