Text 44276, 48 rader
Skriven 2006-12-20 22:22:04 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
  Kommentar till text 44236 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
Ärende: Your Fidonews Website
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 JS>      A number of the adult guests here would like you to ACT as caretaker
 JS> then. Kick some butt if needed.

That IS very naive of you. If you should read 100% of the posts here instead
of 10 or 20% and you would soon realize that some aren't possible to be
moderated.
They have as a hobby to push buttons and when you see them in other echoes
they actually CAN behave rather normally so they come here just to push
buttons. Ask THEM why and don't blaim Felten for something that other does.

 JS> There have been recent attempts of users
 JS> trying to moderate other users. All that resulted was statements like
 JS> "your not the moderator here" or "I don't have to listen to you".

See what I mean.

 JS> Currently in most people's eyes you are the person that is considered to
 JS> be the moderator. And your attitude is to throw your hands up effectively
 JS> telling everyone that they can act as they choose. The current condition
 JS> of the Fidonews echo clearly shows that the current way isn't working.

I've said it before that you have to have some control over yourself. If I
should
respond to every message from Roy this echo would be filled with shit so
therefore I don't.

 JS> People are not moderating themselves. That may be in part because many
 JS> although they consider you the moderator have little or no respect for you
 JS> as moderator. I was in a 6th grade classroom recently with my daughter
 JS> (During a Dads day) where the teacher had what I would consider a laid
 JS> back way of teaching and controling the students. It is a wonder if anyone
 JS> learned anything in that class. Running around, yelling, arguing, name
 JS> calling. A little control would have help considerably in that class just
 JS> as some moderating would help here in this echo.

And when the average age here is about or over 50, what does that tell you?


 JS> Michiel tells me that you
 JS> don't want to waste your time on the impossible. Anything can be
 JS> impossible if one hasn't the desire to do something. With your way of
 JS> moderating you are effectively shooting yourself in the foot.

If you reason like that, the elisted moderator have blown his head off.

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