@JasonD 204653 wrote:
Bob,
I am happy to – My number today is +44 7595 924 934 but I am tied up in meetings etc although please try.
Dom,
Stop putting words into my mouth
Not once have I asked for supermod status. I do agree I asked for threads to be merged and that would have been the 1st you were aware of issues. Quite simply you didn’t merge them!
As to running the SEO forums as a seperate unit nothing is further from the truth although I am responsible for them so therefore the decision as to what happens in them is mine. That is standard and ordinary business. If you are responsible then you need to have ownership. That’s it, plain and simple and I am sure Bob’s suggestion of a call will deliver an answer for all
I am just tired of this.
You complained that you didn’t have enough mod powers and that means you wanted supermod powers. Supermod is merely the name of a setting in the software, and not a title. There are moderators, supermoderators and admins as settings. You now have normal moderator powers, as is commonly the case and also the policy of this message board.
I have no idea what needs to be discussed here since the only thing that is an issue is who decides on such things as deleting, archiving, splitting etc etc threads, i.e. tech functions of the message board that can have bad effects on the membership and/or usefulness/readability of the message board.
I don’t know what legal issues you keep mentioning, and if I did, I wouldn’t be the one to research if and how they apply, I am just a volunteer mod. I am not paid to take an interest in these matters, and I don’t have the time. You just tell me what the law is and I will trust that admin confirmed it with their lawyer.
What I do know is what makes messageboards tick and what makes them fail, and how our individual posters will react to what. I can already tell that Jason will stir up some controversy, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It tends to increase forum attendance and just needs to be kept on a professional level, without name calling and emotional outbursts etc.
In the above statement Jason states clearly that he wants ownership and supermod status for the SEO forum. And no, that is not standard business. Standard is that you concentrate on your expertise and the topic of the forum and a professional mod concentrates on moderation.
I agreed to stay on here under the condition that Christine and I would have complete freedom of moderation. We have made a lot of changes in how this forum is run, implemented freedom of speech and setting a tone, and they work well. If that work is going to be undermined I will leave. Admin knows this. There is no reason to think Jason would undermine it, and I welcome him and his expertise in SEO. However, we are off to a rocky start.
I am not going to get into an argument about the splitting/merging of that thread, admin can look for themselves, one thread is in SEO the other in the attic. Neither makes sense. Together they would make no sense either. Besides, Alex asked to have the second one removed, and as the author of the first post he has that right. That is standard policy. The user is always respected. Without the user you have no business.
If you absolutely must have a conference call, let me know at least an hour ahead when you will call, and I will make the time. But be aware that I hate phones and tend to be curt and wanting to get it over with asap. I make exactly one call a month, a welfare check to my aunt to see if she needs anything. Beyond that I avoid the phone like the plague. The ringer is usually turned off. I will turn it on when I expect a call.