| The issue mostly spoken of here isnt the forums themselves, its mostly all about how they are administrated, moderated etc.
I have plenty of friends who moderate, but its not something i myself can do. I am a firm believer in the saying, power corrupts.
What i want to know is are moderators policed?, how will the new forums handle disputes?. From reading this topic i can see people who read the words but not the meaning behind the words.
Cherries point is a good one from what i can see, no favoritism. That looks like it will be my selling point on uoforums.
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This is an example, from this topic. And dont take it personal
Twothumb has his view, Rabin has his. Both have made their choice, and we accept that.
rabin mentions hes old enough to make his own mind up, and suddenly Twothumbs got the wrong end of the stick. Thinks hes been called a child, and to grow up. Which i cant see in the post by Rabin by the way. Then Rabin makes an off hand joke about growing up while explaining his post wasnt a personal attack on Twothumb.
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Now this simple misunderstanding is easily sorted, in my view. But from what i been reading its been blown up into something epic, but not by the original two posters.
But is it these who are told not to fan the flames, nope its Rabin who told not to. Which is basically throwing another log on. Where it been better to throw a bucket of cold water on.
An outside moderator will do what i did, and read the true meaning behind the posts, and not see one view because they like one person more than the other (which i am not saying happened, just one side was picked).
This is why i am for Cherrys view. |