there would be some really ironical humor is someone would shut this thread down - I promise I will laugh, someone get a set and shut this pucker down!
there would be some really ironical humor is someone would shut this thread down - I promise I will laugh, someone get a set and shut this pucker down!
One of the reasons threads are closed, and pretty much the only reason, are because they take a turn towards being attacks on members or moderators. This thread for instance is at a fork in the road. Will it stay on the path of helpful criticism and debate or will it turn towards personal attacks on individual moderators? That's the type of fork that decides a thread's fate. We close very few topics but those that turn personal really leave us no choice.
There have been differences between users and moderators at one point or another, that's where we learn from the situations though. I know of differences between users and mods in the past and I think everybody needs to give a second chance to those they have differences with. I know we all try to improve how we handle things and hopefully it's evident over time.
So what happens when a "moderator" personally attacks a member??? I look at what has been said on this site, and I understand that we are all different, and express ourselves differently, however there are "some" moderators who have taken their "responsibilities" way too seriously.
Look I am sure that I have been over the line a few times, but I have also turned the other cheek a time or two as well.
So what happens when a "moderator" personally attacks a member??? I look at what has been said on this site, and I understand that we are all different, and express ourselves differently, however there are "some" moderators who have taken their "responsibilities" way too seriously.
Look I am sure that I have been over the line a few times, but I have also turned the other cheek a time or two as well.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this too. I highly doubt I've seen all the threads that end up closed, but of all the ones I've seen closed, it has only been done by one specific moderator. I can honestly say I don't recall any other moderator closing a thread. To be fair, I know Jeremy has closed threads before. I have no problems with the guy who started the whole website doing this, especially since it has been in a tolerant manner.
We're all young and energetic, opinionated and human.
Most of the people that run this site understand it for what it is (yes Jeremy I AM talking about you), a forum for people to get into and discuss/argue all things Iowa State. I believe that it was designed to be a free flowing discussion, and as long as noone is attacked on a personal level, then anything should be fair game.
The problem is that there are SOME, I REPEAT SOME, moderators who consider themselves the perfect fan, and all should aspire to be like them, and root for Iowa State in their perfect way. When there are people of dissenting opinions on board, and they make their feelings known, it disrupts the moral utopia that some of the these people wish for. You have seen the people on here that try to guide the debate as it happens, we ALL know who they are.
I love this site as well, Jeremy does a hell of a job, and I like a lot of the people on this site, even the ones that don't agree with me:wink0st:.
I think everything will cool down IF Dan McCarney ever gets a job. Some of these people need it, because they invested so much in the guy. The problem is that the clock is ticking down. There aren't too many jobs left out there.