laslov opened this issue on Jul 17, 2007 · 310 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 24 July 2007 at 4:00 PM
To me, this forum's culture is more like a cross between an art classroom, a computer training class, and a neighborhood cafe (with other things thrown in for good measure). It's a place where you can get together with your friends to discuss most anything that you like.......but where a certain amount of courtesy is required to be here. And it's a place where you don't constantly feel the need to be looking back over your shoulder in order to make certain that no one is coming at you with a knife or a billy club. Like you do in the so-called "free-fire" forums.
Moderators are -- in some ways -- a lot like the police force in a westernized democracy. They have to walk a balance line between serving the public & enforcing civil order. That's not always an easy job -- or a thankful one.
Good mods should be thanked more often for what they do. They certainly get attacked often enough.