Having to actually "moderate" is extra baggage I can do without most of the time. This is going to sound like a stupid question but it has to be asked. Why are you a moderator then? You can "help" people quite easily without the "extra baggage" as you put it. Surely if it's such a strain for you it would be better if you just helped and gave up being a moderator. Just a suggestion. ***It seems the freedom to post any sort of subject there is more important than doing the correct thing *** You're getting quite liberal with your statements here - like calling everyone in the Daz thread a moron, but I'm sure you have a reason for it. Perhaps to some yes it is more important to post what they want in the Poser forum to talk with their online buddies - same as it was when C&D existed and most people avoided that like the plague. But not to everybody. I don't see how a discussion about a company that produced the Poser 4 people and a hell of a lot of content for poser and their imminent future is OFF TOPIC for POSER - they are STILL a major contributor of Poser content. The only thing that has changed is that they are allegedly to become direct competitors with the partnerer company of this site. Yet, stamps, dots, cats, dogs, people's bowel movements are not off topic? Even though they're clearly titled and obviously off-topic. So you're busy. So you're really really bored with things you don't like. So it's all just too much extra baggage. OK, do the decent thing, do yourself a favour and do what you do best. Help people. Leave the moderating to people who don't see being moderator as "extra baggage they can do without" Might want to alter the TOS as well. To clearly state that ALL software forums are for LEARNING ONLY discussions and everything else is to go into OT. Might help clear up things a bit don't you think?