Kazman thanks for your response. I appreciate your opinons. Now one of my own. In regards to you comment
However, I would refer you to lengthy posts in the Coupon Connection in which there is a long discussion of "whom to trust" -- this thread certainly casts a disparaging view on low posters and that thread's very existence is validation enough of my point of view -- the correct answer to that particular question, in my opinion, is ----- we should trust everybody, regardless of number of posts, until they prove themselves not worthy of our trust.
I don't think that has anything whatsoever to do with any kind of clique. That is just a matter of someone excercising their right as a seller to use whatever criterion they want in establishing credit in order to protect an asset in a commercial transaction. Credit Card companies establish credit limits by various criterion, including how long you've been around! Anyway, I don't think that example indicates any sort of clique. Just various individuals stating their view. Just because some fall into column A and others into column B does not make them a "clique" by definition, IMHO.
And that thread certainly does not address your opinion that:
you rarely see the cliques respond to new members or offering advice to the "newbies" until they have "MEMBER" status or XXXX number of posts
That is the statement I don't see any evidence of.
Next...
PG wrote:
Who is the "we" referred to here?
Well, I assume I am one of the "we."
How many posts is "post in moderation"?
Come on
PG. Why are you insisting on playing a numbers game? You know as well as I there is no absolute number and that's not what's being suggested here.
Answer me one question. If I were to post today a hundred posts on various non-travel related items to say General Travel Talk, would you object? I'm not referring to anything about anyone else here. I'm asking if for whatever reason I decided to post large numbers of whatever I wanted here, based on my personal judgment, good or bad, you would not object?
Imagine clicking on In The News and some real news item has been pushed back to page three because I have filled it up with stories I just feel like posting.
You would not object to that? I would like to know your answer.
Because it's the same thing. Just using a different quantity in the example.
It's about the poster using their
personal judgment to decide what is appropriate in this forum.
Judgment or "moderation" cannot be measured or numbered in an accountant's ledger. You know that! But a community has an obligation to not just let anyone do anything they want. They have to let that person know how they feel. Otherwise you have anarchy. Whole societies are built on guidelines and peer pressure.
There's a reason for that. You can't legislate everything. You can't have a cop on every corner. Not everything can be put down in black and white.
I'm just one of the community letting someone know that I don't appreciate some of what they do. Don't try to make it anymore than that. Thank You.
[This message has been edited by PremEx (edited 03-02-2000).]