"<ngdawg> do what most other forums do and put mods for specific forums, not all over...
<shesus> I have kids that tattle to me all day...I say what goes. I think the same would go here
<JumpinJesus> that could be a good idea.
<Supple_Cow> Hal, as person in charge of TFP (and I don't say it facetiously), don't you think you have that capacity for judgment?
<ngdawg> where they 'police', they have to be objective in order to post
<Hal> i cant make every decision, SC
<shesus> hehe..who would take politics then? lol"
tecoyah....would come back for this job....happily
To me the issue here is participation and commitment. Likely we are dealing with a catch 22, as interest wanes in the community people walk away for whatever reason and that small part of what is TFP goes with them. The cumulative effect is now bieng felt on the pages of this forum, if only because so many are no longer contributing to the place, out of frustration.
I am as guilty (or moreso) as anyone of neglect, but have found a marked negativity from a certain member (who I cannot put on ignore due to settings), has made me less than enthusiastic about continuing to try, in fact he is the reason I turned in the suit in the first place. It may seem petty, but its simple reality, If the frustration outwieghs the satisfaction, its just not worth the effort.
Thus we come to the primary issue I see in this whole conversation:
Calling out a detriment to this Satisfaction level, without becoming the very thing you are calling out in the first place.
This is not an easy thing to do....obviously. But, if it can be figured out (and yes, I have a few Ideas), it would go a long way toward removing the frustration that drives many away.
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