Originally Posted by
Punki
Let's face it, FlyerTalk is the wonderful success that it is today because, right from the start there has always been a cadre of frequent flyer devotees, ready, willing and able to share their vast knowledge.
And astoundingly, they've done it without a title.
I am confident, dhammer53, that TB can manage to vett Ambssadors without making it a federal production.
IMHO, this program is one of the best things that could happen for the long-term good of FlyerTalk. What's not to like?
Here is the problem: The talkboard is unwilling to police
itself, much less a Ambassador program. Talkboard members missed scores of votes. Suspended for months. And nary a vote to remove. One Talkboard member was suspended at the beginning of this term, and yet suddenly the various votes to elect a President, for instance, draaaaaaged out (almost as if the holdout members were hoping to delay things until the suspended member got back). And so forth.
As the Talkboard is a political beast that won't police itself, it stands to reason that it won't police it's ambassador corps either.
I
challenge any Talkboard member to tell me why, for instance, there would not be a simple rule that anyone who has had a 30 day suspension (upheld by Randy) should continue as an Ambassador. And not to pull the logical fallacy of debate employed by my friend from the Commonwealth of Virginia (eg, "how can anyone be against something so good?!" when the question is really "why are not striving to only have the best?").
One would think that we'd want people who can stay within the TOS (even given a bit of latitude as above) as Ambassadors--of course, that would tie the hands of any Talkboard member wanting to "do a favor" for a friend.