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I realize you prefer to be PMed, but I think what I have to say is best stated out in the open.
As moderator you can do what you like- and I support the idea of keeping a civil forum.
But in practice, you allowed the SAE/SMU thread to continue- full of nasty attacks and the like (and you obviously saw it because you posted again in the thread yourself), but then only locked the thread when I made what I thought was an aggressive, but appropriate post, questioning the ongoing behavior of some of those on that thread who had no excuse for what they were saying.
Do as you please, but don't expect people to respect policies that are self-serving in the false veil of setting the proper tone.
This is not a forum to discuss Risk Management- it is a voyeristic place for people to preach when the opportunity of a tragedy presents itself.
If that is what you want, fine since you are the moderator.
But don't expect reasonable people who have respect for the dead or accused to just take it lying down.
You are lucky in this case that the retaliation was just a few posts with unkind language.
If it had been one of my guys, I would have been calling some IHQs to see what your organizations think about their members functioning as leaders of a major internet forum and publicly crapping all over college kids who have lost friends- or at least permitting it to happen.
This will surely get deleted, but so be it.
A shame really. I posted a few weeks ago about an Excel spreadsheet I developed to manage chapter budgets. Via PM I have received several requests for it and have hopefully helped a lot of people- some of whom have helped me with advice on other fraternal matters.
There is a whole subculture here of people actually helping each other out- and it is a shame that the public tone of the boards can so often crowd that out.
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