The great moderation experiment begins

[Glaucus]

@Wayne,

This seems like a good plan to me. The idea of keeping things open and up front is a good one. The only concern is - like some have pointed out - where moderators may disagree on a particular issue. I would assume in such a case it would be filtered upwards to the web masters and ultimately to you. At any rate, I wouldn't worry too much about those who are "complaining" now as all plans must come under some form of scrutiny, and the mere existence of open questioning and discussion is a sign of a fairly moderated forum all on it's own!

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

amigamad wrote:
So no freedom of speech or opinions here anymore.

I see no validation for this comment. If anything I think things will be MORE fair. Generally speaking distributing power lessens the potential for corruption. The question really isn't how many moderators are enough, but how well are they moderating? So far I've seen little reason to be upset with the moderators, even though I've been invloved in some "heated" discussions with some of them. I've even had some posts moderated and even though I wasn't thrilled to see them moderated they were right to do so as I did infact break the rules (posting gory scenes of dead Iraqi children from the Iraq invasion etc.) .

The simple fact is I know I can get away with more crap on Amiga.org then I can on other forums that I visit. Some forums don't even allow "heated" discussions and absolutely no political discussions. Overall I think Amiga.org is pretty lax, I'm not sure what people are complaining about!

Of course, if the moderators let the power get to their heads then they'll be hearing from me!  ;-) And in the end it's the users who will ultimately decide. If they moderate Amiga.org to oblivion then I will simply move on to another forum (or just spend more time on more useful "realworld" things like fixing things around the house, cleaning up, yard work, going to the beach, working out, etc. ;-) ).

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Perhaps to calm some concerns Amiga.org could implement some official appeal process? Perahps this might generate too much work, but the idea would be if something is moderated and causes some contraversy, perhaps it can be reviewed by the higher-ups? Just a thought. People like to provide feedback even if they know what they did is wrong. In otherwords, no one likes to be moderated even if they know what they posted was unacceptable. Of course this could be abused, but it makes people feel more like equals and is more friendly-like. Just a thought.

  - Mike