There has never been a web site in the entire history of the internet where moderation techniques have been used successfully to block out difficult or emotional posts, and we are left with only useful and informative posts.
And yet, we see this same mistake made repeatedly over and over again.
So then someone says 'do we need power hungry moderators.'
I know exactly why that statement is offensive to a moderator, and I don't wish to be that offensive. Nevertheless, we have to traverse some tricky ground here... the purpose of moderation as stated: to ensure only useful and productive posts, has never been achieved and will never be achieved. So what is the real purpose in moderation? A display of power. That is an accurate statement.
I don't have a particular issue with the moderation on this site, it seems usually to be fairly light, and not coming too often. I don't think the moderators are power mad, they just use their power at times, in a response to the frustrations members are having about posts. Unfortunately, I think there is a misunderstanding amongst the membership about what moderation can and cannot do, and its the membership, constantly harassing the webmasters with complaints, that is the real problem.
Everyone, if you ever wrote a webmaster complaining that a thread was out of control --> you are the problem.
my 2 cents.
