The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90596   Message #1718952
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
15-Apr-06 - 02:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Do we need to curb the troublemakers?
Subject: RE: BS: Do we need to curb the troublemakers?
No, Kendall, there's nothing wrong with you. But you are in the unusual position of being extremely well-respected on this forum. If, just as an experiment, you were to create an alternate membership for yourself using a different computer with a different IP address, and post for a few months (nothing inflamatory - just honest responses to the topics at hand), you'd probably find yourself on the receiving end of some of the unprofessional behavior some of us have been complaining about.

It is my humble opinion that anyone who has the power to determine whether or not another member's posts are to be deleted, threads are to be closed, or IP addresses are to be blocked has a duty to behave professionally at all times. Moderators who gratuitously insult other members have no business being moderators, any more than a salesperson who insults customers has any business working in a store. For better or worse, forum moderation is very much a form of working with the public and part of working with the public is the ability to hold one's tongue when necessary.