You refer to users of the site being “children”. A disposition and comment trail I often see you post; And I have to admit that it’s disappointing behaviour and commentary to be seen coming from site moderation, another “Policy” which should be discussed, in this ON TOPIC thread.
I would have to agree.
I think even the worst culprits ought not to be called names by moderators even though they probably deserve a vigorous b**ch slap. I would posit that moderators ought to be or at least act holier than thou.
Fortunately this is not a democracy. If it were, the site would die out in chaos.
Why? I’ve spent my life in sales, a no is merely an objection to overcome, therefore, where others see a NO, I see a solution.
So, back to WHY? In fact, let X represent WHY.
Establish policies to negate X. Next……
Perhaps the voters should be ‘land owners’, ie, up-to-date PATRONs. In other words, put your money where your mouth is if you feel so strongly about XYZ then pay up MoFo and vote on it.
The more vigiliant the moderator (defined as closest to omnipresent on the forum) the more chance of crossing someone and earning the distinction of overly zealous.
Of course 100% true, so the solution to this is to determine the percentage of moderators rulings that causes complaints. I’m not saying keep a running total of course, who has time for that!
Djensen should envision these forums as HE wants them to be, not what his moderators want them to be, not what his public want them to be, but as HE wants them to be.
Nobody is suggesting they have the power to require David to do anything, but I suspect he appreciates feedback particularly when the problem is stated clearly and potential viable solutions offered. The worst thing a customer can do is complain and not provide a path to problem resolution.
Moderators do a valuable job and I appreciate their presences. That being said, nobody ought to rest on their laurels and feel they are doing the best job they can do so therefore no self-reflection is required since there is no room for improving on perfection. Anyone who is ranked #1 in the world works very hard every day to improve on being the best.