Originally posted by pinball
I've been told that Marc himself has indicated that this particular forum is to be only lightly moderated. I'm not sure of the rationale for this, but I've seen the results, and I don't think the membership is well served. Many of the recent threads have ended up in name-calling contests. I left rec.models.rc.air a long time ago to avoid this phenomenom, and it's really disturbing to see it here.
What is it about this topic (AMA) that is different from other forums? It seems to me that there's a lot more "heat" about the threads here, so, if anything, more moderation should be applied.
The problem with allowing name calling, and other hateful comments, is that they drive off the level-headed, middle-of-the-road folks, not to mention the thin skinned. Folks see an interesting thread here, and they either don't post because they don't want to be flamed, or they just can't follow the posts due to all the gratuitous insulting posts mixed in. As a result, we end up with many fewer folks posting than you'd expect given the interest in the topic.
How can we expect the AMA executives to participate if we can't show them we can discuss an important issue at length without resorting to insults and name calling?
You may call it censorship, or whatever you want, but I think we'd all be a lot better off if the moderators would nuke any post that drifts into personal attack, name-calling, unsubstantiated accusations, muck-raking, etc.
Pinball, as a former MOD of this forum,,, its Marc's wish for all to say what they will about AMA,,, Good or Bad. Its actually quite a fun forum,,, you get to express your Opinions onto others about AMA.
So if there's anyone to to blame,,, Place the Blame on Marc for allowing this forum to run-a-muck
BV