Originally Posted by
Randy Petersen
Will it take you long to prepare a list where you have uttered the "I think the Community would enjoy..." in all your 8.874 posts since I'm of the understanding that you put the community in front of your own personal needs. Let me know when that list is ready and i'll send one of the employees over with the wheelbarrow.
1st of all, I am a participant like everyone else. Why should I be held at a higher standard when I am not representing the community?
But to stifle any attempt that I don't care about this Community, here's a quick start of thinking about the FT Community first...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...7&postcount=13
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...9&postcount=27
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...86&postcount=8
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...67&postcount=2
And of course...
the crusade to eliminate non-travel topics from SPAM.
Originally Posted by
Randy Petersen
Now this has been fun, but i do need to call you out on your use of a moderator quote, "...and really interferes with my duties as a moderator.". The reason is quite simple. Whether knowingly or not, you employed the OMNI gambit, which refers to selective filtering of words. For instance, in this quote you use, right before those words were these words, "It hampers my ability to maximize FT for me as a member...".
It still doesn't change the fact that moderating abilities were mentioned.
Originally Posted by
Randy Petersen
Reading back over this i simply have no idea why you would choose to use Moderators as a pawn in this. It is clear the issue is all of our members would like to see Internet Brands respect the culture that has evolved over time in a certain acceptance of advertising and technical solutions for our members. What the hell difference who it is talking to someone/anyone to make it clear what the expectations are from members of FlyerTalk in these two areas. I would think we are all better for it.
It just does. The point is that there are claims that Mods are just normal members. But they're not. It was claimed that they were representing the FT membership, but I can assure you that many people don't understand why MODS are representing the membership when we have a TalkBoard.
The Mods are a unique disparate sect of FTers that are invited in. They're not representing me. They are representing themselves.
Why are only the Mods' opinions valued? Were other FTers invited to the session w/ IB?