[QUOTE]Originally posted by blairvanhorn:
[b]I'm also 100% with wideman on this one, especially given that drbala has started a similar thread in this very forum:"

I'm not sure we really need another thread on this, with two active threads here, but she obviously feels very frustrated and attacked, and is looking to expand the discussion as much as possible.

But I don't agree with Wideman and JonNYC that drbala is actually disrupting anything, as opposed to recommending an alternative approach regarding the future use of moderators.

It is not like she is standing up and screaming in the middle of a one-hour conference, whereby no one else can get any work done: she is commenting on policies that relate to the daily, on-going operation of this site, or more expansively, the "life" of this FT community.

Are you guys really saying this is/should be such a closed, dictatorial environment that people shouldn't be allowed to suggest alternatives/improvements?

Shouldn't the opposite be the case: shouldn't the powers that be invite and encourage suggestions?


[This message has been edited by nologic (edited 08-12-2001).]