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.

[Mo1]

Poor thing. I can't imagine why someone with that sweet, sunny disposition was ever banned in the first place, can you? LOL

Nope .. must have been someone longing for the old days

Why? .. heck if I know

[onyx]

YES!
A stupendous compliment!
Several of 'em.
Lucky us.

[diotima]

Bugger off, you troll! Go back to DU!!

LOL

[nopardons]

Now, ain't that the truth! :-(

[Howlin]

I can't imagine why someone with that sweet, sunny disposition was ever banned in the first place, can you?

Sad, isn't it? No wonder people say this place just isn't like it use to be.

[Trinity_Tx]

Thank you, P-M

I'm afraid the latest posters have only read the last few pages and are getting a totally wrong impression about what was said and why (and how little was said in comparison to the discussion over it). And there's no history now to support us.

You and I and others may have had some very strong disagreements, but we weren't ugly to each other. We didn't need our own posts pulled, or take it to such an extreme that a 1300+ thread was deleted.

But we are the meanies.

[Mo1]

Well that explains things

[Howlin]

But....if you leave, will the party be over?

[Delta 21]

Damn Good Post !

[Tamzee]

Viagra? Ooops.... I've been getting all their emails...

[breakem]

(psssst) it was Saturday.

[maxwell]

You're right, FRiend... We are worse than a bunch of Baptists...

breakem: I apologize for the implication that your b!tchiness is due to woman troubles.

tp: BEETLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE!

[Texasforever]

Are you the "referenced" guy in post #823?

Hell according to some of these weenies anything said is "harassment". I guess it could have been me.

[Quix]

Talk about inviting derision!!!

Some people think I'm an idiot.

Some people think I'm tinfoil insane.

Some people think I'm a rank heretic.

Some people think I'm just pathetic.

Some people think I'm great for an idle laugh or guffaw.

Some people think I'm a good circus freak.

Some people think I'm a mystifying paradox inside a Chinese puzzle box of contradictions under a pile of New Age deceptions in the middle of a pile of donkey doo.

Thankfully, I suppose relatively few people consider me boring.

And, at least God loves me.

BTW, have read recently Max Lucado's great children's book: You Are Special. If you haven't read it--I strongly recommend it and for all young folk you know. Am using it with the Chinese here at the Chinese Restaurant. The older daughter seems to inwardly think too little of herself for understandable reasons.

Anyway--as someone else has said--I am, what I am.

Though I do try to learn and grow, by God's grace and spirit.

[nopardons]

They know!

[onyx]

(psssst) it was Saturday.







Are you tracking me?

[maxwell]

Well of course. It's all downhill from here.

Cover me while I abscond with the leftovers.

[uglybiker]

I invented this gripe thread - Al Gore

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I think that must be who they mean when they say, "All the really great posters have been banned."

[Tamzee]

Ummm.... What's a "ya ya" and am I allowed on this thread if I don't have any? Or just have one? Is that medically possible?