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are u happy with the level of moderation 17-Dec-2011 At 10:05:10 AM egosan

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On 16/12/2011 dalai wrote:

>On 16/12/2011 Wendy wrote:
>>I figure there's a reasonable overlap in the people ignoring ODH, WWS,
>>Simey, Neil and me.
>
>I actually enjoy your posts Wendy. I would think you would have very few
>ignores against your name…

Never trust anyone who wants everyone to like them. Fcuk 'em if they can't take a joke. I reckon if you don't have a few ignores in your tally then you never say anything of interest or value. There is a place for dissidence and polemics in culture. They are necessary for a lively and useful public debate. In the larger world or in our little buck-toothed, sister-fcuking, hillbilly forum.

Addressing Dalai's moderation directly:
Given the constraints that the mods work under, they are doing a fine job. You only have to look at that equine forum to see what happens when the inmates run the asylum. Run away ad hominems are detrimental to debate.

They could kick people out, which will reduce the level of good information on the forum. They could edit all personal attacks out of the forum manually, which is well.... dumb. They are left with a limp slap of a time out with which to maintain some semblance of civility on our forum. They use it sparingly and they know it is not really effective. It is however the tool they have.

Don't listen to the "When I was young this forum was, blah blah blah" crowd. They are full of shite. Chockstone has always had it's arseholes. It takes intelligence to be a really good arsehole. They are important to the forum. Don't listen to the "OMFG it's a Nanny State! We are all adults crowd." Adults rape and murder one another all the time. Unmoderated public forums degenerate, with frightening speed, into emoticons and holocaust debates.

Regardless of what I might think personally of the has-been, bolt-happy ponces that mod this forum, they are doing a fine job of keeping our forum open, interesting and entertaining.

Sol