A-EON Technology and AmigaKit Buys Amigaworld.net

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I am really grateful that we have people like Trevor and Matthew. Super grateful! I went to Amiwest on Saturday and spoke with the folks and they are awesome top notch people. I was just thinking how lucky we are to still have Amigakit. I think about the days when I would choose between buying my latest Amiga game from Software Select (a local chain store in our local shopping mall) or Applied Computer Systems (a real Amiga store we used to have in Sacramento), or Safe Harbor, or Software hut. Now All those retailers are gone but thankfully we have AmigaKit. I know nobody is making a great living off Amiga stuff anymore, so the few companies that do this out of love for for our machines are like heroes to me and I think we should be treating them like heroes.
Having those companies owning our amiga boards is not like Big Brother censorship, its more like we are soccer players and we just got a paid sponsor. We should be super excited someone is putting money into our beloved hobby.
And in terms of who is moderating the site; I say big deal. Employees always complain when a company brings in a new manager who wasn't with the company for a long time. But just like that situation sometimes it is better to have someone from the outside who isn't on anyone's side, or camp, who doesn't have history with anyone, or hard feelings or a beef with anyone in charge. He can be more objective more often than not.
I accept that my opinion on this issue may be completely the opposite of some others, but I just wanted to voice my respect and appreciation for the companies in question for what they are doing for the whole Amiga community. I want them to hear it, because if I was one of those companies shelling out money and time trying to make a positive impact on a small niche community and then I read a bunch of negative responses I would be kind of disheartened. So I want them to know there are those amongst us that are super grateful!

What a great post!  Moderation has got to be one of the most difficult, unrewarding jobs in our community (outside of trying to be a referee at roller derby, haha).  These folks work hard to make our community a great place and are constantly berated and attacked.  I think it would make just about any reasonable person throw up their hands and walk away, yet they keep at it.  Kudos for their hard work, and +1 to Matthew & Trevor continuing to support this argumentative, back-biting platform we all know and love, lol.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

so you dont need to pick up this opportunity just to show off, right? there were good and respected mods around here too, take karlos as example. not a match for someone like kjmann or the like.

Not sure why you quoted my post or what you're trying to say here, but I've been a member of this community for over 10 years and never had a single problem with moderation.  If anything, it's a little too light-handed, allowing people to get away with all kinds of insults and bashing that make me cringe.  There's got to be some balance between too little and too much (i.e., Amibay).  It's a fine line to walk.

I think the other person was trying to say above (before it linked off to some non-English forum), was "don't like it?  Go start your own site".  

But this thread is way off-topic now, too.  Wouldn't mind some mods stepping in to fix that, haha.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

and if you are complaining that aminet is maintained from germany, then why dont you open own mirror and take care of it?

I have no idea what you're even talking about here anymore.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

He did not call other members here garbage, he wrote "this garbage", and your post is a perfect example of misquoting, or creating misconceptions about other members or moderators.

+1

Exactly as you describe here, I am so sick of "this garbage".  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I wish some of the folks who cry about "heavy handed moderation" would go try out AmiBay.  And I like that site!  But some of the rules are crazy.  Have fun!  

...you know, for an amusing Google search, put in "heavy handed moderation".  The list of sites with users complaining about it ranges from one of my personal favorites, ubuntuforums.org, all the way to "spanishdict.com".  Seems this has been a complaint since the beginning of the Interwebs.  Maybe people who don't like it could always just turn off their computers and go outside!