I understand you disagree on this, but I don't think the TalkBoard has been more or less willing than the moderators to police themselves. I think it is true, it's human nature, and I think it's understandable. It's always easier to police others than yourself.

Since you mentioned my TalkBoard stint: The one thing I regret and where I think I really dropped the ball is when I was supposed to do the spokesman duty and for reasons I ask to be understood that I do not want to go into, which came up after I agreed to take the duty, I really did not do a good job on that, missing some announcements, and yes, also, some votes during that time. It was better that Spiff took that over again. It just happened that way. Still, I think overall, I am not too ashamed of my TalkBoard stint, I think I did contribute my bit during that time. Others might see it differently.