Moderators do pretty much what the TOS / Rules and Guidelines tell us to do. As well, we have the "Moderator Guidelines and Best Practices / Good Practices", "The FlyerTalk Moderator Code of Conduct", "The FlyerTalk Moderator Mission Statement" and quite a bit more to guide us.
Members are crucial in assisting us in doing that job, as they use the
"Alert a moderator to this post" function - having clear TOS enables them to help keep their / our fora functional and useful.
The TOS / Rules - Guidelines are under revision. We had hoped they would be provided to us before the recent Moderator training day in Seattle, but it was not to be and we are still awaiting them. Sometimes, it takes the proper time to bake a cake - pull it out of the oven prematurely and you likely won't be happy with the results.
What it's
not about is ignoring the membership - it is about due diligence and the folks doing the job taking the time to fully consider the issues like this one, rules dealing with the large flocks of bloggers attempting to use FT to drive traffic to their blogs without contributing anything to FT, etc.
I'll "fly a kite" to the Community Director so she takes a look at this thread as she returns from the ChanuGiving - or is it ThanksNukkah? weekend
. (She likely already knows members are interested in this issue.)
Note: Those who wonder "Huh? Aren't we discussing moderation here?" We are discussing moderation in a general way and not specific to any individual or individual action, not in relation to TalkBoard (separation of TalkBoard and Moderation, and in a way relevant to the topic at hand - "Forum Member Affiliate Links Policy Reconsideration?"