[adam]

"No hostility towards KoS but there is obviously hostility towards me for backing him up. "

You need to take some of your own chill pill advice, Stimp. I tried to make it clear that our difference of opinions on how dirty should be moderated was a difference of objectives, and subjective. I thought I had succeeded in expressing this clearly and tactfully when I said, "That's a different idea of what dirty should be than I have. He wants a concise source of useful information and opinion; I expect more of an open dialogue type of feel that free posting encourages."

And, for the record, with regards to your True Romance 2 reply, I don't think it was as "clearly" a joke as you do. I took it to mean, "I find this moderately funny so I'll allow it but I don't really think threads about movies that don't exist/joke threads should be allowed/encouraged." I get that you saw the humour of it, granted, but I don't get, "I should lock this," at all. And I think if you believe you can make statements as a moderator like, "I should lock this," and have that clearly be perceived as a joke, you need to rethink how others are going to interpret your statements. I just don't think that's practical.

I think that's a natural mistake people make when writing emails and posting in forums. They read their own messages with the tone with which it was intended, and don't see how that tone isn't clear to other readers. Lord knows I've made that mistake too many times myself, this thread apparently being a great and relevant example.

Bullshit on "you don't get into personal insults or criticism." "Take a chill pill and relax," is exactly that, in a mildly passive-aggressive disguise.

And, again, we have you "suggesting" that we redirect a thread that has gone off on a tangent. I think this again comes back to the notion of differing ideas on what the forums should and should not be. I think that probably a fair portion of the threads that I've found most interesting over my years at dirty have been tangental in nature, with regards to their posted themes. I now think we had the capacity to get into an interesting discussion on moderation, but that doesn't fit your idea of proper netiquette.

We disagree. I guess that's okay, and your opinion certainly has more weight around here than mine. But if you're going to chastise people every time they post without searching, point out every time someone breaks your rules of posting, which aren't rules per se but you'll still point 'em out cuz that's the rules on 99% of forums and they should know better, and redirect every thread that strays off topic, don't pretend you're not flexing your moderator muscles.

I came to your defense when simon was getting pissed off at you, I believe. I have no vendetta here, and I'm not angry.