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Actually, the forums have turned into a meaningless sludge of whitewashed opinion because of a self-important moderator who values their ego over everything else.

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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminGamma

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the forums. I will know more later today, but I may be going on a temporary or indefinite leave of absence.

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I admit that in P&R I had to come in swinging a large stick to gain everyone’s attention. Once that was established a large majority started to change their posting styles. This had a positive effect on the forums, and some old members started to return and post in that section. P&R will always be a volatile area as those are subjects that are emotionally charged and provocative by nature, but slowly the amount of complaints reduced. This had a ripple effect on the entire forums

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ORIGINAL: Awareness

Actually, the forums have turned into a meaningless sludge of whitewashed opinion because of a self-important moderator who values their ego over everything else. There is naught here but the status quo. Opinions which deviate from the party line are sought out and eradicated.

This community fails to grow precisely because of the self-appointed oligarchy consisting of individuals like yourself and the other regulars who think their sheer longevity conveys special status upon them. An attitude you did nothing to dispel. Indeed, you've fostered that attitude to the detriment of the discussion here.

I for one will be glad to see the back of you. The forums are infinitely poorer for your rancid, biased, bitchy presence. Clearly you're an individual who should never have been given this kind of job as you're exactly the kind of broken personality who doesn't understand responsibility or neutrality.

And by the way, what the fuck is this anyway? A self-congratulatory little speech? Good grief, how pathetic.

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Actually, the forums have turned into a meaningless sludge of whitewashed opinion because of a self-important moderator who values their ego over everything else. There is naught here but the status quo. Opinions which deviate from the party line are sought out and eradicated.

This community fails to grow precisely because of the self-appointed oligarchy consisting of individuals like yourself and the other regulars who think their sheer longevity conveys special status upon them. An attitude you did nothing to dispel. Indeed, you've fostered that attitude to the detriment of the discussion here.

I for one will be glad to see the back of you. The forums are infinitely poorer for your rancid, biased, bitchy presence. Clearly you're an individual who should never have been given this kind of job as you're exactly the kind of broken personality who doesn't understand responsibility or neutrality.

And by the way, what the fuck is this anyway? A self-congratulatory little speech? Good grief, how pathetic.

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

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I admit that in P&R I had to come in swinging a large stick to gain everyone’s attention. Once that was established a large majority started to change their posting styles. This had a positive effect on the forums, and some old members started to return and post in that section. P&R will always be a volatile area as those are subjects that are emotionally charged and provocative by nature, but slowly the amount of complaints reduced. This had a ripple effect on the entire forums

I did find you overly heavy handed at first, but the vast majority of the time did agree with your reasoning in the end. I agree that the tone in P&R has improved.

Peeps - remember that the mods don't read everything and there will be no action on a post not reported in a timely manner, so there is no sense thinking "everyone else does it; it's not fair that I get gold letters" if you are not willing to report other's posts that are in violation of the TOS.

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ORIGINAL: Awareness

Actually, the forums have turned into a meaningless sludge of whitewashed opinion because of a self-important moderator who values their ego over everything else. There is naught here but the status quo. Opinions which deviate from the party line are sought out and eradicated.

This community fails to grow precisely because of the self-appointed oligarchy consisting of individuals like yourself and the other regulars who think their sheer longevity conveys special status upon them. An attitude you did nothing to dispel. Indeed, you've fostered that attitude to the detriment of the discussion here.

I for one will be glad to see the back of you. The forums are infinitely poorer for your rancid, biased, bitchy presence. Clearly you're an individual who should never have been given this kind of job as you're exactly the kind of broken personality who doesn't understand responsibility or neutrality.

And by the way, what the fuck is this anyway? A self-congratulatory little speech? Good grief, how pathetic.