(April 7, 2015 at 4:44 am)Judi Lynn Wrote:(April 7, 2015 at 3:50 am)whateverist Wrote: Frankly, if it were up to me, I would be a hell of a lot less fair. I have no use for Drich. I'd toss his ass out for being on an obvious mission to preach and convert rather than to interact honestly.
Although I haven't been on this forum long, I have been here long enough to agree with this sentiment. Being constantly victimized by someone who really doesn't bring any sort of value to this place, I honestly would like to see him permanently gone as well. At the same time, I admire the staff for handling things as they have. They have a tough job to do and it is more often than not, a thankless one. The staff here can not make all of the people happy all of the time. Hard decisions have to be made and this was one of them. It's been two weeks, so I'm guessing he'll be back later on today. I'm just going to have to prepare myself for the onslaught of insults, put-downs and rudeness that I've come to expect from a few here. I'll carry on as I have been but perhaps finally utilizing that block feature.
I would. If anyone causes distress, you should ignore them. This forum is supposed to be enjoyable, for the most part, not something to cause angst.
I would like to point out, too, that we didn't strike because we felt specifically underappreciated- we expect that- but speaking for myself, I did it because I felt we had been unfairly accused, and unfairly misunderstood without concern over what we were actually doing and actually trying to accomplish: a well-oiled forum with good discussions.
Quote:Thank you whateverist for your courage to speak the words that I'm quite sure, many of us here would like to have said. It takes guts.
Thank you to the staff for all you do. I'm glad you're all here to make those tough calls and withstand the onslaught of harsh opinions. It takes guts.
Thank you for your appreciation. Honestly, though, while a lot of us on staff have major guts, it's not really guts that keep this forum running; rather, it's our very laid-back and honest attempts at being as fair as possible. We are only human, but we check each other all the time. I have to say, I love my fellow staff members because of our very different personalities mixing with our general desire to run the forum smoothly and honestly.