[Chi159]

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[Raonaild]

Old thread was here. Everyone is still welcome to discuss their concerns in this thread - the last one was closed just to update the rules post.

Bringing over my last post from the last thread ...

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Look, folks ... it's been pretty quiet around here lately, and though I think there are a lot of reasons for that (changes at FanForum, what's in the news lately, etc), I think we have two main problems:
1) Discussions are very left/right polarized and constantly rehash old issues, where each side is so entrenched and practiced in their rhetoric that they sometimes ignore what's actually being said in the current discussion.

2) People are regularly complaining about posting ettiquette and board rules.

For #1, I think N&P has always had that problem, but the board is a year old now and posters that have been around all that time have already argued through most of the major issues here at least once before. For anything involving Iraq or the Middle East in general, we've been over and over it many times, and at times the debate has gotten very angry and bitter.

The solution to #1? I think people need to be patient and relax a little, and not immediately jump to the old bitterness whenever the issue comes up again. If threads involving topics like Iraq are just going to stress you out, I suggest avoiding them. I hate to say that, but at the end of the day this is just a message board, and it's not worth getting stressed about. I also think we need more light news threads. I'm personally bad with that - I tend to go for the serious and techy stuff, but I think we could all use a break and a good laugh every now and then.

For #2 ... the problem for me is, if I'm constantly editing posts and scolding posters about their manners, people will stop posting because the atmosphere will get too oppressive. On the flip side, for people who are accused of being rude or disrespectful ... whether you feel you have been or not ... if others feel they're being attacked or disrespected, they will also eventually get fed up and stop posting to this board. While I'm sure some people think it would not be a bad thing if certain other people left ... the board is quiet enough these days as it is, every poster we loose makes it a little bit quieter. I personally don't want to loose any posters here ... even ones I strongly, consistently disagree with. Because when the big issues get debated, it isn't interesting if everyone agrees with you.

The solution to #2? Again, I think everyone needs to back off and relax a little. This place should be fun, or at least interesting and informative. It shouldn't be painful and irritating.

[ 01-05-2004: Message edited Raonaild ]

[Indri]

Yeah I miss old time especially when someone make Anti America thread [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

[Raonaild]

To clear up any confusion ...

I've recently taken on a position as a Super Moderator at FF, as the new sysadmin. As such, I don't have the time to dedicate to moderating this board as I once did, and there's an FF policy that SuperMods can't also Mod boards, so I've resigned as N&P mod.

I leave you all in the excellent and capable hands of Katis.

[ros2nz]

Congrats, Rachel! We miss you, though. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]