Get Yer Ya-Yas Out [FR Moderating Gripe Thread]

[I Am Not A Mod]

LM here.

It's been a while since we had a thread along these lines.

I can tell from comments I am seeing in threads, on abuse reports, and in Freepmail that some people are unhappy with various policies and their implementations by the staff here.

I've seen allegations that certain factions are picked on. I've seen allegations that the moderators have killed activism. I've heard rumors that we killed Kenny, and even that we killed the radio star. I see certain personality conflicts acting up, and know that one (or both) sides in it feel that we aren't doing what we should.

So let's open this can of worms.

This thread is for making your grievances heard. If you think something stinks or is wrong, make your case here. Back it up with facts. Let the audience at large weigh in on your evidence.

I'll read the thread. Jim will too in all likelihood. So will the other moderators. Depending upon how well you make your point, and depending on if you can convince Jim, me, the other moderators, and/or the world, maybe you can change things. And if you don't, then it might make you feel better to have vented, so it won't make this thread a total loss.

I'm not going to reply to this thread for quite a while. Rather, I am going to sit back and watch to try and get a feel for the general tenor. I encourage those who are both happy and unhappy with things to particpate in this thread.

Let's rock.

[breakem]

: ) Luis be nice to me, the hate-the-homo crowd has me on their hit list even higher than you. I'm just one jr smirk and mouse flick from limbo.

[Howlin]

No........don't read it all.......I was talking about over at Land (of the) Paranoid.

[breakem]

He's = here's

[Jim Robinson]

Leper troll zotted.

[spazmataz]

Don't they have some of the same attributes as stalkers?

Yes, we stalk you at night. We're around every bush, lurking in the shadows. Mawhahahahahaha!

[Luis Gonzalez]

"the hate-the-homo crowd has me on their hit list even higher than you"

I have to try harder, that's all.

[nopardons]

I've noticed a whole lot of that........."vile" and "putrid" insults hurled at me, even made up posts, purported to be mine, with the added insult thrown in, but not a single example. Though, I'm certain that they can take something completely out of context, of mine, and make it look "bad". LOL

[Howlin]

Max,we got here 600 posts to late.........LOL!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Ever hear of the golden rule?

[Howlin]

He's what I almost like about you. You defend the most obnoxious posters. Some one has to do it.

There's a compliment in there somewhere.....I just know it.........I'll get back to you when I figure it out.

[onyx]

He's what I almost like about you. You defend the most obnoxious posters. Some one has to do it.




I defend obnoxious posters?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Care to name any?

[ovrtaxt]

If you have a point, you're not making it.

[uglybiker]

I was in Rainbow girls........does that count?

It puts you in some good company.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I'm flattered, truly.

[breakem]

lj always mischaracterizes my position. If I say I know a homosexual who isn't dying from a disease, he says I'm the homoagenda go-to-guy. I pointed out to him and specter one day what the principles of good research are like validity and reliability.

Since then they don't know what to do, so they just keep repeating the same old charges against me. They can't post without pinging the admin mod and they are in a tizzy to figure why jr hasn't had me shot yet.

[Howlin]

spazmataz

Those LPers are so damn original, aren't they?

[P-Marlowe]

I will put in my vote to restore the Masonic Thread. I found it to be most enlightening. While I admit that it was contentious at times, that is where we learn about our beliefs and that is how we test our mettle.

I had stopped posting to it at post 1125. I signed off and said my goodbyes. I had thought that I had made whatever points I thought needed to be made. I then bookmarked it to my favorite link page and the next thing I knew it was gone.

If we can't discuss the issue amongst ourselves without the threat of the thread being pulled, then we will never learn to understand the other side's positions. We need to be able to discuss these things without fear that some single person with a bad attitude and a penchant for using the abuse button will manage to get the entire thread pulled. Pull the attack posts if you must, but restore the thread. There is a lot of valuable information there and a lot of intelligent discussion of important issues that cross the lines between politics and religion and history and government.

Please Mods, restore the thread for posterity. Lock it if you must, but leave it there for future reference.

Here's the Link. Bring it back!

Thanks, Marlowe

[Senator Pardek]

...claimed it to be one of my posts...

Madam - I've never attributed posts to you without a link. I'm a gentleman - can you not be a lady?

[maxwell]

Darlin', the party ain't a party 'til I show up...

And just to be a turd, I gots to check in on an old old OLD FRiend...