Hi all. I'm sorry that i'm going to diverge from the talking-politics(TM) and occupy you with this again, but i think its a matter that needs to be addressed, and this time properly. I'm afraid
last time we didnt exhaust the issue as we should and problems remained between members; unfortunately, the two guys who should've been most inolved in the
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People here get DAMN snarky, often for loooong threads of comments. If the idea of screening is to foster a sense of civility around here, I don't think it's working fully as intended.
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We step in when we feel people are stepping over the line (an arbitrary judgment call but that's why we try to have mods from all over the political spectrum) or when someone asks us to intervene. It's not perfect but so far it's more-or-less worked.
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Here's also my most sincere promise that this will never be repeated again. Each member should decide for themselves what they'd make out of this. Frankly, I'd be glad to see us working together to amend our wrongs.
I'm prepared to accept whatever verdict the community decides on.
Also one more thing. We should've put the transparency issue on the table a long time ago. Better late than never, though.
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I do stand by the mod group's decision, but right now I'm working my ass off looking through member's texts from back in time, so that our noble knight won't post people's names up with personal judgment in his journal.
People fuck up when they summarize news organs, they will continue to fuck up, I'm sure. When I find fuck ups, it will be handled quietly. You can all just hope I get to it first and not him, for the community's sake.
Sorry for not answering any possible comments to this, no time or energy.
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I think a suspension from posting for some time would serve you well. Naughty kids.
I like the State Of The Community idea. Make it sound presidential, then we put marks from 1 to 10. :)
I didn't get the idea of the panel of independent members. How would it get selected, what would they do? Could you explain some more?
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An apology/confession to the community is noble and all, but I don't think the community are the real victims here.
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