Originally Posted by
Dovster
Well, no, for two reasons:
1. TalkBoard has no authority.
2. When I served on TalkBoard, FT was not owned by a faceless company.
The issue I have always had with some members of the TB is that they are motivated & sometimes obsessed by issues that the vast majority of FT'ers couldn't give a hoot about. Often times it is much to do about nothing. @:-)
Originally Posted by
tcook052
Not a faceless company no but FT was a for-profit business nonetheless.
FT has always been a for-profit business whether it was owned solely by Randy or today by IB.
Originally Posted by
magic111
I guess there is a possibility that there is a bad apple in the bushel. You know that, I know that, what is unknown is whether it is going to be many or not even 1.
The evidence indicates the majority who have ever moderated did not do it for the strange reasons you elaborated previously. Otherwise FlyerTalk would be an entirely different place than it is. We would not be discussing what is needed to improve it nor would we even be here. We would have abandoned it to the trolls, flamers, spammers and everyone else who doesn't appreciate a good thing.
Could equally apply to everybody who is a current Talk Board member or moderator. To imply the opposite is IME an incredible leap of faith.
Eventually bad apples get discarded whether they be moderators or TB members.
Incidentally I would like to remind everyone that when FT was owned by Randy and functioned as for-profit business (same as today) Randy would stick his neck out and risk alienating the major airlines to support causes like saveskymiles on the DL board and the cockroach movement on the US board. This endeared us to Randy and as a result many people volunteered their precious spare time to assist FT in various roles. IMHO IB would not risk doing this today.