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TV Traitor Vic Tiki Socialite Greenville, SC Joined: Jan 02, 2003 Posts: 441	TV Traitor Vic Posted posted on Mon, Jan 26, 2004 8:54 PM On 2004-01-26 18:55, Kono wrote: I don't understand why anyone would gripe about dumb threads. If you don't like a thread, don't read it or don't respond to it. What's so hard about that? Good posts will rise to the top and crappy posts will sink farther and farther down the list. This strikes me as TRUE. I know that the recent "offending post" was probably not something that needed to be discussed by all in the forum, but it was also one that could be easily skipped. Perhaps those of us who have been around a while should have spoken up sooner to point out that there had been other posts on this topic in the past and how to search for them but we can't really expect newbies to understand everything about how Tiki Central works (heck… I'd imagine that a lot of the new folks here are new to Internet Chat Forums altogether). Maybe the moderator who is locking a thread should post a courteous explaination as to the reason for the lock-down and, if that reason is the number of similar posts in the past, post links to the historical posts in question. On 2004-01-26 19:03, Feelin' Zombified wrote: I'd hate to see friendships (or potential ones) damaged by someone misperceiving a moderators job as a personal attack. As much as I admire the recent changes and choices I've seen several comments that lead me to believe that some are feeling left out of a "clique." Especially now that there is a Grand Member Secret Forum and such, we (as "regulars") should be sensitive to individual members' comfort levels and should strive to be as helpful and educational as possible. I learned a lot from this forum and must admit that I've learned some of it by being talked down to on account of my ignorance of certain subjects. Perhaps there should be a vote taken by, or a quorum reached consisting of, a certain number of the moderators before a post is locked. This would help combat the complaints about the "chosen few" I've been reading lately. Thanks for everything you do, Hanford! ~ Vic [ Edited by: Traitor Vic on 2004-01-26 20:57 ] [ Edited by: Traitor Vic on 2004-01-26 21:01 ]

On 2004-01-26 18:55, Kono wrote:
I don't understand why anyone would gripe about dumb threads. If you don't like a thread, don't read it or don't respond to it. What's so hard about that? Good posts will rise to the top and crappy posts will sink farther and farther down the list.

This strikes me as TRUE. I know that the recent "offending post" was probably not something that needed to be discussed by all in the forum, but it was also one that could be easily skipped. Perhaps those of us who have been around a while should have spoken up sooner to point out that there had been other posts on this topic in the past and how to search for them but we can't really expect newbies to understand everything about how Tiki Central works (heck… I'd imagine that a lot of the new folks here are new to Internet Chat Forums altogether).

Maybe the moderator who is locking a thread should post a courteous explaination as to the reason for the lock-down and, if that reason is the number of similar posts in the past, post links to the historical posts in question.

On 2004-01-26 19:03, Feelin' Zombified wrote:
I'd hate to see friendships (or potential ones) damaged by someone misperceiving a moderators job as a personal attack.

As much as I admire the recent changes and choices I've seen several comments that lead me to believe that some are feeling left out of a "clique." Especially now that there is a Grand Member Secret Forum and such, we (as "regulars") should be sensitive to individual members' comfort levels and should strive to be as helpful and educational as possible. I learned a lot from this forum and must admit that I've learned some of it by being talked down to on account of my ignorance of certain subjects.

Perhaps there should be a vote taken by, or a quorum reached consisting of, a certain number of the moderators before a post is locked. This would help combat the complaints about the "chosen few" I've been reading lately.

Thanks for everything you do, Hanford!

~ Vic

[ Edited by: Traitor Vic on 2004-01-26 20:57 ]

[ Edited by: Traitor Vic on 2004-01-26 21:01 ]

Post #72739 by Traitor Vic on Mon, Jan 26, 2004 8:54 PM