WGTPartyOnGarth: I am new to forums and will be a regular moderator of the community from this point on!
Well, I sure hope you are a bit more chiseled around the edges than our previous mods.
These forums have become a one-way street that is moderated by "behavior". If you have a different opinion or you take a stronger stand against a topic discussion and your "behavior" is that of a bad boy or girl the moderators are very quick to put you in the corner for a time out. Not just a 2, 3 wk time out., but "indefinitely".
Indefinitely. Excuse me if this sounds ridiculous but it is. If you post something inappropriate and it goes against the T&R, then yes, most definitely that member / members should be moderated, but indefinitely. Come on! There are more long term community members on moderation than EVER before.
Let me add, I know a couple of these long term members and they have informed me that they too have received the same exact response from CS that we all have. It goes like this; You are moderated "indefinitely" because of your "behavior". They would make excellent Elementary school teachers or a Boy and Girls Club monitor. I say this with the utmost respect for those type of careers but this is a PUBLIC FORUM of opinion and debate. At times some people have a harsh way of stating their opinions or point of view. When those opinions or points of view are stated I sure hope you have a thicker skin and are all around mentally stronger to let the topic and discussion play out like it use too.
Let the members DEBATE. Lets the members state THEIR VIEWS. Let the members AGREE TO DISAGREE. Then maybe, just maybe these forums will come ALIVE again.