<<What?! This is an unpaid position? Well am I supposed to send back all the money that I have received thus far in my mod career?>>
I thought it was. I'm a moderator of four forums (not on GC), and I do it because I love it, I don't get paid for any of them. I wasn't aware things were different here. I stand corrected.
<<blueangel, I am glad that you are sticking up for Tom - someone probably should - but you would know the very definition of the word reprehensible if you knew some of the lengths he has gone to in order to be insulting to so many of us. >>
If what you allege is true, do two wrongs make a right? Wouldn't it have been a better tactic to e-mail the person you felt was insulting you? And.. if you didn't get satisfaction, don't you feel it would have been prudent to go straight to John in private? Why the need to go public?
<<As far as this forum goes - I understand that it can and has been helpful to many people. Believe me, I am not alone in thinking that is has also been detrimental to the AI process in other ways (aka, blowing sunshine, etc. etc.). I am sorry that I cannot revive old posts that have since been deleted where people repeatedly say "oh well - there's always AI" or "I really wanted to be an XYZ, but only LMN gave me a bid - they are the loser org, so I'm going to wait for AI" -- IT HAPPENS. If you haven't seen it, then you are lucky.>>
Yes, I've seen posts that said, "Well, there's always AI"-- but I've seen them on the RUSH forum. So... this being the case, do you feel the rush forum should be eliminated?
I haven't seen any posts about people wanting to go AI stating the only bid they got was to a loser organization in college. And.. since nobody has been able to reproduce these alleged posts, then they must be quite rare. So then, why the need to destroy a forum which helps so many PNMs for AI when the posts you speak of are nowhere to be found?
<<Sorry, but hateful isn't a violation of the TOS. If it were, then I think that GC would be a very empty place. Everybody has their opinions about things - its learning to respect their right to have their own opinion that gets so many people hung up >>
I'm sorry to hear you feel that GC would be a very empty place without being "hateful." This is disappointing to me because I had always thought that as Greeks, we strive to live our ritual. Isn't being "hateful" contrary to that?
Don't you agree there are other ways for people to express their opinion without being "hateful?" I'm sure you've heard the "attack the idea, and not the poster" phrase. In the forums I moderate.. that is the golden rule, and I've found that we're more popular because people know they can post their opinions without being attacked. I'm all for a good, juicy debate.. but done so with respect.
For example.. one of my best friends is on the total opposite political pole as I am. We got into some pretty good discussions during the elections. But, in the end, we always agree to disagree, and then go shoe shopping together!
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