I wonder how many people got warnings for posting inappropriate comments in this thread.


My 2 euro cents:


Moderators change and the forum's character changes with them. Sometimes in a way that we like it and sometimes in a way that we do not. I 've been in these forums for 6.5 years now and have seen this a multitude of times.

The last time I took a great leave of absence was when a patron of this forum launched a disgusting and racist personal attack against my family and the moderator let it pass. I did not want to be part of such a forum so I took my custom elsewhere (so to speak).

When I returned, to see how things are, one of the first things that happened was that I got a warning from Banquo's Ghost in a religious related post. I felt it was unfair (and still do) but I also saw that the backroom was in general a much much improved place than the place I left. Justice was also served concerning my personal matter.

To make a long story short, I will never agree with some decisions of the backroom mods but I acknowledge that their work is, by definition and not through their own choice, subjective. Therefore I will sometimes fail to see their point and maybe react angrily...

...What I know is that I returned to a much better place.

In the future things will change (the way they always do) but for the moment the positive effects of moderation far outweigh the negative ones. Let us not see the tree and miss the forest. If the price for a civilized backroom is a slight restriction on what I can say about religion then it is a price that I am happy to pay.