Originally Posted by
RSSrsvp
First of all I am a firm believer that
less is more. Especially so in the case of sticky threads. Anyone that is a board regular on forums which have these mod discussion threads are aware of their existence. Frankly for a newbie or infrequent visitor, a RBP or PM to the moderators should suffice. When we receive a question concerning moderation, the DL mods always respond and when possible provide an explanation as to why we took a particular action. Needless to say, there are situations which we cannot discuss what has taken place, especially so when suspensions are issued.
Also I would like to remind everyone that the
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...vacuation.html thread is unique in it's history. It was the first one allowed by Randy on FT when discussion about moderation was not allowed as per the TOS. In fact there was another DL mod discussion thread that Randy closed and never reopened on the DL board.
There were 2 factors that convinced the DL mods at the time to keep the
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...vacuation.html thread going. The first was that there was a violent reaction to having the DL board moderated by many of our members. Secondly the SkyMiles program was in the midst of a drastic reduction in benefits and there was a popular uprising of Medallions taking place. The
www.saveskymiles.com movement (which I was a proud member of) was going full blast and the DL moderators had their hands full keeping the board civil and also removing duplicate and triplicate posts.
IMHO the bottom line is that
LESS IS MORE and we don't need a forum dedicated to moderation input or placing a mod discussion thread in each forum.
I'm trying to understand how you draw the conclusion in your last paragraph from the rest of your post.
You seem to be saying that the mod discussion thread on DL, one of the busiest and sometimes most heated forums on FT, is a Very Good Thing. I agree! The exchange between you, kipper and other DL posters yesterday was, I thought, a model for how well that thread serves to allow posters to both understand AND have input into the day-to-day management of FT. ^
But that it is not a good thing for other forums?
There are other concepts, like allowing embedded images, that made folks nervous. But it was tested in some forums and found to be quite beneficial despite dire predictions.
The same thing seems to have taken place with the moderator discussion threads that have existed in various forums on FT.
Why should great ideas be limited to certain forums and not made broadly available across FT?