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Old Nov 2, 2007, 4:56 pm
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Randy Petersen
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TalkBoard Candidates: When answering this question, please keep in mind that there are nearly 9 million posts on FlyerTalk, there are nearly 100,000 moderator actions (mostly involving spam), that there are no documented facts by this member to support what "much" is relative to the activity on FlyerTalk (30-50,000 visitors daily) and that factually, we have the same policy for our members regarding public comment on specific moderator action as every single other respectable travel bulletin board. The reason why these other bulletin boards have these polices and why we do as well is that any post of a specific moderator action does not contain the "other side of the story," often leading to a single unbalanced view of an action. That I think almost anyone would agree is unfair.

A good example is here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=746711

In this thread, one might be lead to believe the Moderator did something wrong and was unfairly targeting the member's signature. In fact, with the facts that were left out by the member, it seems that indeed the Moderator did the right thing, did notify the member and it was about a factual violation of the TOS (font size of the Signature) not an unfair action by a Moderator. These types of unbalanced posts by the actual facts of a situation is why these policies exist. And it seems to make sense.

Last edited by Randy Petersen; Nov 2, 2007 at 5:37 pm
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