for the record

[commodorejohn]

You all are grown ups!  Why does this have to happen?  There are rules!  There is also a thing called  common curtisy.  Why must these escalted comments and empty ended threats be the point dissagreements end in?

The reason this has happened is extremely simple: we've seen around half a dozen threads closed in the last week-and-change utterly without comment from any of the moderators, several of which were not for any immediately apparent reason and which could be interpreted (depending on your angle) as putting the personal interests of the site owner over the actual purpose of the community. That's not to say that that was the case, or that there weren't valid reasons at play, but this fly-by-night lock-without-comment thing does not inspire confidence in us mere mortals, and invites speculation.

[commodorejohn]

Does it make you feel like a big man when you wave the banhammer around and jabber about how big and impressive it is, J-Golden? Do you get a little thrill deep inside when you prance around like a hyperactive collie telling those sheep what's what? Do you feel like it's such a big accomplishment that you go around starting threads about it so everyone can appreciate how mighty you are?

Screw it, I'm out of here. A whole succession of owners have already run this site into the ground, the moderation seems to be getting increasingly arbitrary and possibly even kowtowing to one person's interests over the actual good of the community, and asking for any measure of assurance that there is still a fair and just system in place just gets you nasty looks, condescending lectures, and threats of the Dread Banhammer. Aorg is a shell of what it was even two years ago, to say nothing of what it used to be when I joined, and EAB, Lemon, and Amibay are all still out there for people who actually care more about the Amiga than about Amigakit. See ya 'round, guys.