Posted By:
leonI guess I should explain a little bit about why I do what I do (for the umpteenth -is that a word?) time. First of all this is not a democracy. If anyone thinks I play favorites on the board they are correct. My favorite folks on the board are the ones that participate the most in good pre-wwII vintage baseball card threads. My most favorite folks are the ones that START good threads. It really isn't personal though. So I do play favorites, on the board. Sometimes there are too many off topic threads going and I have to put a little bit of a squelch to it. That usually makes someone unhappy and generally it won't be someone that is one of my favorites, but it could be. I feel my job as the moderator/owner (I guess) is to further the welfare of this board. The welfare, in this case is not having more threads and posts about any darn thing in the world but about the integrity of the site, as previously mentioned. Folks really need to read the rules to see where I am coming from and going. I can't recall EVER deleting or stopping a pre-wwII card thread (could have but don't remember). I do think letting some O/T go is good for the board as it does promote a "family" sentiment but only with regular participants. If you are a lurker, or very infrequent poster, then you shouldn't be posting off topic threads. I guess you could say I speak out of both sides of my mouth, as I was recently accused of, but that's the way it goes. Also, generally speaking, if someone tells me to do something I won't do it. Such as "you need to delete this or that". I do look at it though and if it makes sense then I will step in. For the most part I do try to let stuff go...Thanks to all for not posting off topics the last few days and I think a few would be ok again, only if you have recently started good board related threads though. If anyone has any questions please post in this thread or email me. Thanks to all....