bukaroobonzai opened this issue on Jan 28, 2005 ยท 37 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 31 January 2005 at 6:14 PM
Wizardtim --
Personally, I agree with your politics. I, too, am very right-of-center on the political spectrum.
For what it's worth, in my experience.....if you are going to express an opinion (particularly on controversial subjects), then you had better be prepared for the firestorm that's sure to follow. To deal with this effect, one needs to have a hide like a rhinoceros. One can't afford to take the things that are inevitably going to be said to you personally. If you do, then the fight will drive you crazy. It can leave you both disillusioned and embittered.
If you have solid convictions, then you know in yourself that you are right. In more ways than one. You don't need to have your beliefs validated by undiluted public approval.
And, believe me, the left will never approve. If that is the goal, then you'll always come up disappointed.
You've got to obtain your validation from other sources. Like by knowing that you are telling the truth.
Why do you think that you make them so angry?
As for the staff here at Renderosity -- I believe that I understand what they are attempting to do.
If you can, try to identify with them for a moment.
They daily face the enormous task of trying to keep the lid on the pressure cooker. The staff deal with many different types of people, with many different ideas about the way that things should be run around here. There is the constant tension of potential conflict underlying the forums. There is the shouting of the unhappy. There are threats of "I'm leaving here forever because of _________(fill in the blank)!" on a semi-regular basis.
Meanwhile, the site continues on. And it is still the most popular Poser-related site on the internet -- by a wide margin.
How can the staff babysit all of us -- with all of our myriad.......not to mention conflicting........gripes?
One person doesn't like nudes. Nudes should be forbidden on the site.
Meanwhile, another individual yells about wanting unlimited "freedom of speech" - i.e. -- that they should be allowed to post anything in the galleries, no matter what it is. No restrictions at all.
Tell me, how does one control such a mob?
It's simple, right? Easy as pie. (Hint: it's not.)
All in all, I think that the staff here at RR has done their job about as well as anyone could. And I think that they deserve far more credit than they typically get.
As for a certain Mod doing something wrong: that's entirely possible. Mods are human.
Give it over. It's not worth the trouble.
My advice: relax and enjoy the site for the fun that it can be, and for the fun that it is.
Take the parts that appeal to you personally, and ignore the rest.
I rarely take everything that's offered on a buffet. Some of the items that are presented don't taste very good to me.
But that doesn't stop me from taking the things that I do like.