Throwing in my two penneth...

[GSG]

Right, seeing as everyone is wading in with their opinions about moderation on this board I thought I'd add mine too. I appreciate that it won't be shared by all and I'm not sure that the moderators here will necessarily appreciate me sticking my oar in to an increasingly lip-pursing debate. Damn it all though, I've had a dry, difficult although rewarding week and I come back to find all this nonsense. So with a G+T in hand, here goes...

Why is there such a problem with moderators? From what I can see they do a thankless job and do it very well. Their presence is only felt when necessary (e.g. when spam appears, when people are rude and objectionable etc.) and I've never felt that they are intrusive dictators in any way. They do it because they love this board and want it to continue well. Saying we don't need moderators is like saying we don't need bar staff in a real pub who have the authority to keep out the cunts and keep the usually pleasant in line when they push things too far. As for comparing them to some of the more fervent and excessive dictators this planet seems to throw up from time to time - do grow up. This is an internet message board, not the Killing Fields. If this isn't a democracy, then it is at least a benign dictatorship and is hardly ruled with an iron fist.

Next - choice of moderators. I don't know the exact procedure for selection but I'm fairly sure that agreement will probably come from the top. As has been said elsewhere, we have a good cross section of drunkkind in the job. If not these people (who are consistent, diligent and GOOD people) then who would you have and for what reasons? That's a fairly redundant and rhetorical question obviously because the choice has already been made, but examine the reasons for your dissent and present it quietly and with dignity rather than just deciding that you don't like it and voicing your opinion with rude hyperbole.

Lastly - NYDingbat. I don't know too much about you; you haven't to me seemed to be tremendously right wing and I'm a woolly-minded liberal of the embarrassingly worthiest order so I notice that sort of thing - perhaps I missed those particular posts? Either way, good luck to you and do us proud. To the rest of you - perhaps give her a chance to separate her alleged politics from her job of moderating?

To bring my rambling and possibly confusing/infuriating/laughable ramble to a close, I'd just like to put in a plea for some perspective and gratitude. We all love this board, and the moderators are a big part of it - you might just not see it. So thanks, like.

Cheers and beers to all.

[l...]

lets just get a kebab. :) I would love that, if I could afford to fly. :)

[Mr. Viking]

everyone likes to complain, but yes, probably should say thanks more often. Since when have you ever heard a bouncer applauded, mind?

[GSG]

everyone likes to complain, but yes, probably should say thanks more often. Since when have you ever heard a bouncer applauded, mind?

Then perhaps we could buck the trend, live a little closer to our aspiration to be gentlemen and gentlewomen drinkers and express our gratitude where it's due.

[Mr. Viking]

I don't know, everybody needs a hate figure

[GSG]

I don't know, everybody needs a hate figure

Yes and we have one - the anti-alcohol busybody folks. Let's not turn on each other. Solidarity, brothers and sisters!

[Mr. Viking]

solidarity ken

[ThirstyDrunk]

I don't know, everybody needs a hate figure

Yes and we have one - the anti-alcohol busybody folks. Let's not turn on each other. Solidarity, brothers and sisters!

Wow, suddenly it all makes so much sense.
But still - a female moderator? Next thing the chicks are all gonna want to freaking drive and vote and walk less than three feet behind me.

[GSG]

I don't know, everybody needs a hate figure

Yes and we have one - the anti-alcohol busybody folks. Let's not turn on each other. Solidarity, brothers and sisters!

Wow, suddenly it all makes so much sense.
But still - a female moderator? Next thing the chicks are all gonna want to freaking drive and vote and walk less than three feet behind me.

Steady on, I wasn't calling for a collapse of civilised society.

[Mr. Viking]

Steady on, I wasn't calling for a collapse of civilised society.

dibs on Bushmills

[Mother Goose]

I think the chosen lot of mods are a good mix of all things drunkard. :) Of course, I may or may not be biased because I've been lucky enough to drink with all but a couple of 'em . . .

[Frankennietzsche]

FRANKENNIETZSCHE FOR ADMINISTRATOR!

AND SO SAY ALL OF US!

[ThirstyDrunk]

Hail Bourbonia!

[Palinka (RIP)]

...I've been lucky enough to drink with all but a couple of 'em . . .

Did we not drink together at Con 3? My memory fails me on most of that event.

If not, then we will drink together next year at the "10th Anniversary of Con.1 Con."

[Mr Boozificator]

Right, seeing as everyone is wading in with their opinions about moderation on this board I thought I'd add mine too. I appreciate that it won't be shared by all and I'm not sure that the moderators here will necessarily appreciate me sticking my oar in to an increasingly lip-pursing debate. Damn it all though, I've had a dry, difficult although rewarding week and I come back to find all this nonsense. So with a G+T in hand, here goes...

Why is there such a problem with moderators? From what I can see they do a thankless job and do it very well. Their presence is only felt when necessary (e.g. when spam appears, when people are rude and objectionable etc.) and I've never felt that they are intrusive dictators in any way. They do it because they love this board and want it to continue well. Saying we don't need moderators is like saying we don't need bar staff in a real pub who have the authority to keep out the cunts and keep the usually pleasant in line when they push things too far. As for comparing them to some of the more fervent and excessive dictators this planet seems to throw up from time to time - do grow up. This is an internet message board, not the Killing Fields. If this isn't a democracy, then it is at least a benign dictatorship and is hardly ruled with an iron fist.

Next - choice of moderators. I don't know the exact procedure for selection but I'm fairly sure that agreement will probably come from the top. As has been said elsewhere, we have a good cross section of drunkkind in the job. If not these people (who are consistent, diligent and GOOD people) then who would you have and for what reasons? That's a fairly redundant and rhetorical question obviously because the choice has already been made, but examine the reasons for your dissent and present it quietly and with dignity rather than just deciding that you don't like it and voicing your opinion with rude hyperbole.

Lastly - NYDingbat. I don't know too much about you; you haven't to me seemed to be tremendously right wing and I'm a woolly-minded liberal of the embarrassingly worthiest order so I notice that sort of thing - perhaps I missed those particular posts? Either way, good luck to you and do us proud. To the rest of you - perhaps give her a chance to separate her alleged politics from her job of moderating?

To bring my rambling and possibly confusing/infuriating/laughable ramble to a close, I'd just like to put in a plea for some perspective and gratitude. We all love this board, and the moderators are a big part of it - you might just not see it. So thanks, like.

Cheers and beers to all.

You're being dangerously reasonable, I might have to ban you.
Well, if you just tell me who the girl on your av is, I'll turn that into a mere suspension for 99 months (maybe) and after that I'll return to polishing my Messerschmitt.