Whether you like it or not, your dislike of anonymous volunteers or your creation of "self appointed volunteers" are in fact criticisms of Max.

How do you work out that I dislike any anonymous volunteers? Is it even possible to dislike those whose identity is withheld and who remain unknown to you?

This is really the problem. My critisms are of the wisdom of creating any uneeded divisions on our forum - not expressions of any personal dislike of those volunteering or being appointed for these positions.

The defence of having anonymous volunteers comes largely from these volunteers and their supporters (who know they will never be censored). And on the basis that they are nice well-intentioned folk (and anyone who critises them are not nice folk). Not that the concept of judgement being imposed by anonymous fellow posters - is one that is likely to be generally popular or one that will unite posters.

My view is that we are all pretty nice folk - but that all this imposed judgement upon fellow posters by anonymous volunteers - is NOT a very nice thing. As for this being a critism of Max. My view is that if Max thinks that the forum is accepting this concept and generally think that it is a good idea - he will think this OK too.

Now as anonymous posting here will never be thought acceptable - I really can't see how all this anonymous imposed judgement as a matter now of routine - will ever be thought to be generally acceptable.

For whatever your view - if it continues unchanged - the only thing that Mudcatters will have to 'learn to live with' is continuing and constant battles - resulting directly from this needless division and the double standards that are defended.