Parker219 said:
"you can't always get what you want",
zOMG--that is absolutely brilliant!!! "You can't always get what you want"" Oh-My-Gawd, that's awesome! Somebody oughtta' write a song based on that thought parker!
Back to closing threads and stuff...the "manner" or "way" in which threads have been closed lately seems rather abrupt. I think a concise, brief statement of why a thread has been locked would be much more palatable than some of the almost haughty, cutesy phrases with which threads have been locked recently.
As to moderation...I've seen some pretty odd things moderated, as well as some harsh stuff allowed to come through and stay. The biggest problem we have is the TPF user agreement...having that thrown back in our faces in the first couple of moderator responses today was disappointing. Really, very disappointing.
We preach about being able to handle C&C like men and women, but when a
slight bit of user feelings are directed at the mods, we have mods threatening people with the "never disagree with a moderator in open forum" rule,and otherwise acting like spurned lovers. Overall, I saw three mod interactions here today that were pretty disappointing. Subtle threats to posters. Quoting of the rules as a form of intimidation. Intimidation.Excuse-making. Snark. Inappropriate word use/word choice.