I have absolutely no dog in this fight any more, but I do keep AO as one of my seven home pages in order to keep up with it.
From what I see, the moderation around here hasn't changed a bit, save that our job 8 years ago (at the start of this thread) was a hell of a lot harder -- and more interesting -- compared to today's little squabbles.
The biggest problem and change is that the world -- including this community -- has gotten a lot more cry-baby and panty-waisted about things. I believe the politically correct term is "politically correct".
Everyone now cries about everything whenever someone disagrees with an opinion of theirs. No one can have any opinion without someone crying foul, or "personal attack" or "insult".
I say this, NOT about Amiga.org's community, but about the other 5 sites I own/operate, regardless of whether it's my personal blog, or my Days of Our Lives site, or even my cooking site.
In the last 10 years, the Internet and society as a whole has forgotten what it's like to be dealing with people and despite all this bullshit talk about "diversity" and "sensitivity", we -- as a people -- seem to be far less willing to be either diverse, or sensitive to the opinion of others than we ever were in 1994 when this site first started.
Back then, if you didn't like something, you stood up and said so, and you were willing to accept when you were wrong. Nowadays it seems everyone wants to whine and cry about bleep, then spent more hours trying to justify themselves than the original conversation ever justified.
The simple fact is this...
If we were all sitting in a bar, we'd all be the best of friends, buddies, and pals, buying rounds for everyone at random. Despite all the bullshit, we all -- for some unknown reason -- still all love the Amiga computer, what it was, and what it is, if not what it might have become (before it truly died).
But it's easier for each of us -- myself included -- to sit in an anonymous form identified only by handle and bitch about everything than it is to act like adults.
Sad fact of life now I'm afraid, and it's only going to get worse.
Wayne
