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Originally Posted by EE-BO
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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I've actually trimmed numerous personal attacks out of those threads. Over the break, I let it slide a bit. It got to the point where people weren't even discussing the subject matter of the thread. I locked it instead of trimming it yet again. I don't even remember your post to be honest. It certainly wasn't the straw that broke the camel's back. Your posts aren't that brilliant and cutting.
I disagree with your charge regarding voyeurism. It's true that some on here could without doubt be characterized as judgmental. You seem to be of the mind that being judgmental is a bad thing. I have news for you -- insurance companies are pretty judgmental. Leaders of our respective HQs are judgmental when they close a chapter due to risk management violations. Discussion regarding these matters -- sometimes reaching the conclusion that 'someone done wrong' is hardly voyeuristic. Judgmental? Sure.
-- but there's nothing inherently wrong about being judgmental.
Generally, I don't feel like I have to explain anything I do regarding managing this forum. Your post was respectful (but needlessly threatening) and well written. If you don't like the way I run things, feel free to PM me. If you don't want to that, PM John. Threatening to call IHQs is just silly, not even worth a response.