07-29-2010, 12:00 AM
No I just meant what you said about that other poster who ended up coming back and writing "peace" it did sound therapeutic and I meant it not as you called it therapy so forgive my sounding like I put words in your mouth and I know you did not state that. I do believe it helps in the long run, all this expression and getting it out in the open in a format that is safer than real day to day situations. Just there is a line that needs to be drawn and this is usually indicated by how many chances one has been given to respect others and if after a long while there is still a lack of respect, the forum risks losing its "better members" and by better I mean those who are considerate and thoughtful.
Without moderators all sorts of awful thing can happen, such as spammers, hackers, viruses, very violent and cruel attacks on people not known.
Its a complex web, we all affect each other and moderators have the task to figure out whats the best balance. Its easy for us to say what we like or don't like, but we are not the ones responsible for a forum when we say these things.
The moderators here are very low profile, staying out of nearly everyone's posting freedoms. I see no reason for them to be attacked, do you?
"I am not for punishment, I am not for moderating, I am not for authority
except the authority of one's own experience, however, if someone
speaks with authority I pay attention as much as I am able." ~Lunoor
I'm not for punishment either, but even in the case of that other forum you mentioned, some action was taken so the participant began to have second thoughts about what he was doing, so there was a learning process. Some action had to be taken here, to stop the momentum of SD erasing posts. I kept reading so many that were just "." How long was he planning to keep doing that?
Without moderators all sorts of awful thing can happen, such as spammers, hackers, viruses, very violent and cruel attacks on people not known.
Its a complex web, we all affect each other and moderators have the task to figure out whats the best balance. Its easy for us to say what we like or don't like, but we are not the ones responsible for a forum when we say these things.
The moderators here are very low profile, staying out of nearly everyone's posting freedoms. I see no reason for them to be attacked, do you?
"I am not for punishment, I am not for moderating, I am not for authority
except the authority of one's own experience, however, if someone
speaks with authority I pay attention as much as I am able." ~Lunoor
I'm not for punishment either, but even in the case of that other forum you mentioned, some action was taken so the participant began to have second thoughts about what he was doing, so there was a learning process. Some action had to be taken here, to stop the momentum of SD erasing posts. I kept reading so many that were just "." How long was he planning to keep doing that?