Thanks. I sincerely appreciate the kind words.

The greatest tool that a forum user has in helping with moderation is the willingness to report abuse to a moderator or coordinator when it first begins. If I have a mailbox full of complaints about a particular situation, it makes my job SO SIMPLE when it comes time to call the offender on his/her behavior. If the good users would become proactive, then there would be no problem managing those who choose to make personal attacks or throw hand gernades into otherwise productive discussions.

If everyone waits for me to make the calls on my own, then there is the perception that I am doing nothing. That is not what's going on... I'm building my case to decide what the appropriate action is. Proactive users give me the evidence that it's not just me being offended by something far more quickly.

There is a secondary issue that was underscored today when several users sitemailed me about a thread publicizing a Warez site. It might have been several hours befoere I ran across the thread on my own. As it was, we were able to remove the links and ban the user within a few minutes time. This is the power that the individual users have to help manage the forum. It is why the "Report Abuse Here" link is at the bottom of every post I make.

I always appreciate sitemail from forum users. Never be shy to contact me if you have an issue.