I've read this thread - and the other one and I just don't believe what I'm reading!
There's been a lot of nonsense on the forum over the years but this takes the biscuit!
There are other fora where there are clearly identified moderators - and they moderate to the nth degree, ensuring that posters follow the clear guidelines for posting. They also shift posts from one thread to another if it's more appropriate.
Guess what - THEY DO IT FOR NO RENUMERATION!!!
If people want to make our experience of using this forum a better one in their own time without being paid, then let them. In fact, thank them rather than slay them.
JUST GET OVER IT AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO WITTER AND WHINGE ABOUT. I'm sure that won't be too difficult for some of you from what I see.
You've missed the point, they're not getting slated, the system is.
Actually - as documented over the weekend - I was being slated and what was said was personal. But we've moved on.
I don't see myself as a moderator, merely a "spam remover".
I have done voluntary work in my "real life" - my reason for doing so is that it is a chance for me to give something back to people / organisations that have done something for me or my family.
I have got a lot out of this forum so when I was approached last week and asked if I'd be prepared to help out, I said yes because it seemed a way of giving something back.
Like Meldy, I said that I preferred to be identified because I think it right that people know.
I think that the use of the word "moderator" in this context is misleading, if we'd been called "spam-cleaner-uppers-in-the-evenings-and-weekends" I doubt if there would have been this much fuss. Or discussion.
Anyhow, no matter how you see it, hopefully we all benefit from a spam-free zone.
