Well, all this is interesting. Basically, though, the responsibility for the forum is shared by Max, Jeff, and Joe - and Joe does most of the moderation of the Forum. Jeri shares some of that responsibility at times.
No, you wouldn't want the responsibility shared by the Clones. No, you wouldn't want hard-and-fast rules if you got them. Basically, we try to exercise controls when things are messy here, and ease off when they're not. Things have been messy the last couple of weeks, so something had to be done.
I try my best to use controls only when I must. I'm sorry, but I often can't explain why I do what I do - if I explain, it often serves to exacerbate the problem I'm trying to resolve.
-Joe Offer-