Why is there a moderator for General Discussion? If fellow p-listeners wanna chat on an off-topic occasionally, or rant about something, this should be the perfect spot.

For some (perhaps obvious) reason, I'm not really all that excited about GD reopening.

Tom said:

I was. And I was actually going to give it time... but it seems the honeymoon period IS over (as ian said). The moderator issues from the shut-down really haven't been resolved at all.

It's not that they're cleaning up the useless garbage. But that it appears that they never did look at what was wrong with their approach before.

Ah, well.. it's their site.

My sentaments exactly...
except there has to be someone to keep the (one whos name should not be uttered)s of the world in check!!!
and yes, there may be days when you're gonna kinda want them to reel me in.
i'm just trying to build up a constentuency, so i can have the org. gods thrashed for deleting any more of my shit...

Well, we're doing our best. If you need to question the need for moderation, you must be a newbie - I've been posting on Prince.org since the very beginning and I think that some moderation can really help make the forum less of a breeding ground for loudmouths who just seek attention and set out to offend with racist materials etc.

We'll see how it goes. I'd rather not be heavy handed with the moderation tasks - so play nice and I won't have to get my moderator hat on too often. I post here too you know, I don't want things to suck like they did before.

As always, I'm open to feedback and suggestions so by all means drop me an Orgnote.

well, the job of moderating needs someone who is calm, collected and compassionate towards the visitors of the site...www.rottentomatoes.com does a wonderful job of moderating...

the approach that has been taken recently has major room for improvement...im hoping things get better..i really am..or i fear i wont be lasting around here much longer myself...

SkletonKee said:

Well next time Ghandi or Mother Teresa are available for spot of moderation work on Prince.org let me know In the meantime you're stuck with grumpy ol' Ian I'm afraid (sorry).



Ah well, I'm doing the best I can with the time I have. We'll see how it goes.

ian said:

They are dead, but I am alive and available.

ian said:

Sorry Ian, Ghandi and Mother Teresa are

luv4u said:

Well that's exactly the type of calm that we need on the Org

U r doing a good job Ian


even though u locked my thread.


What i started was gonna turn ugly

i felt guilty after i read some of the additional posts

because it wasnt my intention to put any 1 in the position of being attacked.

ADORA said:

Ah don't worry about me - it's natural to feel annoyed when someone locks your thread. Hope you've forgiven me since then