Jools, firstly, thanks for posting. It's nice to know that someone on the MT is prepared to.
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| Originally Posted by Jools However, lumping the whole of the MT together as one entity with only "the party line' point of view is disingenuous.
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The choice is between lumping the MT together as one entity or naming individual MT members specifically for criticism. As I have no knowledge of the workings of the MT and how/who makes the running, it is only fair to choose the former. A number of the MT member are friends of mine who I don't believe for a moment would have agreed to moderating Henners' posts. For all I know, the decision was made by one individual MT member but, as the decision has been presented as a Management Team decision, then it's the MT as an entity that I'm calling to account specifically to avoid 'having a pop' at individuals.
If you wish to be seen as an individual and not tarred with the same brush then you will have to start declaring you individual position on the subject at hand. (I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't, just pointing out that you would have to if you want to avoid the tar.)
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| Originally Posted by Jools Unfortunately, we have to deal with misguided assertions, like the one above, that we're too idle to be bothered by members concerns, that we couldn't care less, that we have to have people in our pocket to post for us because we're too stupid to think up a reply for ourselves. |
I confess that it was my
intent to provoke a reaction - not in the Troll sense but to get some kind of dialog going with either the MT or the members of the MT. Jools, you posted, I'm replying... that's dialog. Having no word from MT/MT members for two days whilst the rank-and-file slug it out in an un-becoming fashion is not a responsible way to deal with the issue.
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| Originally Posted by Jools To the point. My personal view on the whole subject... hate to see this board become closed to any non-members... People who are non-members have chosen to be so... if you don't want to be a member, then don't be... Moderation has to be in place... One man's moderation is anothers censorship... |
All very interesting and worthy and I agree with all of it.
But it is not the subject of this thread: Is Henners Banned from posting? Quote:
| Originally Posted by Jools People are not moderated for no reason at all and are given fair warning that their post has been found to be offensive or in breach of forum rules (or reported by another user).
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Ah! Now we're getting somewhere. There are lots of issues being raised, but let's keep it simple. It boils down to this:
Is it right that Henners posts have to be reviewed and judged whether they are deemed worthy of being placed on this forum when, as far as I know, he hasn't contravened any of the T&C in any of his posts? Bearing in mind that last quote, Jools, is it fair?