<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Punki:
SMessier, I don't believe that anyone is questioning Craig's fine moderation efforts, nor do I think that anyone has any argument with his moderation style. [...] I am simply referring to the random and inexplicable closing of properly placed, and civil threads for no apparent reason.
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The only logical solution is to go with the flow and create an environment that is friendly, enabling and easy to navigate, rather than trying to push the elephant where it isn't going to go.
The "Move/Lock Threads Out of Miles Buzz" campaign has now been in effect for almost two months and has resulted in the movement and/or closure of 138 different topics that included in excess of 2,000 posts. </font>
Well, I sure do wonder who mikey1003 had in mind when s/he wrote that the DL forum is free of an "anal retentive moving, locking and otherwise messing with threads ...". Perhaps you can enlighten me.
I would ask exactly what tigertiger asked -- what are these threads that were inexplicably moved/deleted/excorcised/excommunicated to which you refer? The Buzz has been a mess for some time. FT/Randy are trying to put some order in it, and Randy has already several times written to state this, explained the efforts to have threads located where they belong, etc... Indeed, I would suggest he has very specifically addressed your often stated concerns on the matter.
Given the seemingly continued growth of FT, I don't share your belief that the "new" management is driving many people away.
The problem with a friendly/enabling environment, is that -assuming such a holy grail exists- many (myself included) are often too lazy to read even the most minimal instructions, and will post anywhere it is easiest/most convenient to do so. In fact, I'd bet that even if FT had only 2 forums, some would post in the wrong one. Design an FT that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it. There is an amazing amount of information here, and this requires, for better or for worse, a great deal of organization. You seem convinced this is futile or pointless or counterproductive. I shall have to disagree.
138 topics/2000 posts have been moved. Yes, so? Is this inherently a bad thing? Whenever I have seen a locked thread in Miles Buzz (except for the nasty ones), a new URL to the moved thread has been added. If this is not enough for someone to find their thread, what is?