@Jetracer
I don't know you, per se, so I'll resist getting too deep here, except to say that there are a lot of things you don't really understand, yet are more than willing to speak about in an authoritative fashion.
Please understand that the following is *not* posted as a slam, I'm just very tired after a very long trip yesterday. I just don't want to leave this hanging and forget about it...
Just kidding. But sometimes you overreact Wayne. Some time ago I saw you threaten to quit over a guy who registered just to post a four sentence ignorant rambling and in it was the word webmaster. Grab a valium dude.
I don't recall the situation you are speaking of, so I can't say whether it did, or did not happen specifically.
Considering the amount of effort which goes into this site, and the fact that it regularly threatens the rest of my life, I reserve the right to overreact. As do we all.
As far as me being too sensitive, people can think any thing they want about me, and for the most part, I don't care. What I do care about and will address where I see it, is people either being completely wrong (and authoritative about it) or making #### up about me just to make themselves feel better. For the most part, outside of the basic human need for acceptance, people's opinions of me are irrelevant. I reserve the right to defend myself when people start making #### up, as would you, if I started making wild claims about you.
For example, the idea that I censor things at Amiga.org. Where I don't absolutely have to for reasons of continuity (or cleaning up profanity), I don't care what is said on this site. Want to trash AI? Go ahead. Want to trash MOS? Go ahead.
Free speech is welcomed here. Responsibility is required however. If you feel strongly enough to say something, be "man enough" to stand up and take responsibility for saying it. Also be adult enough in what you say to keep from intentionally insulting others. Everyone has an opinion and they are all welcomed here. The other people here make up their own minds as to the level of your stupidity in a post.
Some people say that I censor news posted here, and for the most part, that's simply rediculous. I have stated on about a thousand threads (this one included) that I don't have time to scavenge news any more, so I'm not the one posting any of it. In the past few weeks, Skippy has been posting more news than anyone, including our staff.
The exception to the rule of censoring news being that we do not post news items whose only intention is to elicit flames, to upset people, and to splinter the already suffering community even more. I could not care less what the subject is, ranging from MOS to AOS, to DE, to Shawn. Some things are news, some things simply are not. I will not allow this site to degenerate to the level of other sites.
As I said, if you have news, post it. If you don't, don't bitch and whine about it not being posted. "pitch in, or piss off". ;-)
If you don't have the time, then step down a bit.
I do, out of necessity. When I do, the site almost becomes stagnant. For some reason, people like knowing I'm around.
Check the site every other day instead.
You truly have no idea how much work goes into this do you...?
You got staff, right? Start trusting them to run stuff from time to time. Once you even went for a holiday. And the site was up the whole time, yes?
Thanks very much solely to them volunteering, Amiga.org does have a staff, and I trust them to do whatever's necessary to keep the integrity of the site. They have all the access they need to squash fights, brawls, and anything else.
I've never gone on "holiday" as you put it. As the staff knows, I had family issues that I had to deal with. I still do, but in the mean time, life goes on.
[ Edited by Wayne on 2002/6/30 14:02:05 ]