Author: Emmett O'Connell (Page 82 of 177)

Olyforum notices the original post, and responds:

Here, all opinions are welcome, despite whether you agree or not and are never shut down. The ONE thread that did get shut but was never deleted because the poster verbally abused others. It wasn’t just MY decision, it was put to a collective vote and ultimately, the final decision to lock the thread down and leave it that way wasn’t even mine, it was somebody elses. (I love getting all the credit for their decisions though!) Another reason that thread was locked down was because we actually have real advertisers here and I didn’t want the locked down thread reflecting on their businesses.

If Emmett wants to make an example of something, he should think it through and know all the facts before he goes off and ruins his own credability. I’ll pray for him at church this morning.

Say, think & write what you want, in the end, I know the truth and that’s all that matters to me!

M’eh, I knew there was a reason I didn’t put it up over there in the first place:

I read it. I thought it was rude, and posting it on a blog was mean.

The discussion on moderation over at Olyforums continues here:

I’m doing what I can. If I take stuff down I get yelled at. If I don’t take stuff down I get yelled at. If I say I’m trying to keep things flowing, I get yelled at.

Let’s talk because I’m getting pissed.

A great local blog that I failed to read for the last year or so because my blog reading habits revolved around google reader.

But, for some reason I checked over there tonight, and guess what: Flummel, Flummer, Flummo is now with rss.

I was a lazy comment moderator when I had the power at Olyblog, but I sure did respect those who did wade into the fray to try to keep things civil. And, I rolled my eyes at the folks who claimed bias on the part of the moderators (imperfect as they were).

JstPlnOnry (just plain onry) was one of those who chafed at moderation:

I just figure I’m an adult, no matter where you are, you’re going to run into somebody who says it like it is whether it’s a heated comment or moment or not! I can choose to engage or choose to walk away! Here, I can choose to engage or choose not to respond!

I guess because I am an adult who knows how to make wise choices, deleting posts and banning people from commenting really saddens me. They have a right to their opinion just as much as I have a right to mine! I’m not always going to like their opinions but it doesn’t mean I have to silence them over it. And I certainly wouldn’t like being silenced for my opinions! (Which is why I call Aaron Mason out for his stupid ban button and criteria so much!)

A handful of the folks who didn’t like the moderation policies at Olyblog went off and started their own effort. Hurray for them (though I still hate not having rss feeds over there), but it looks like JstPlnOnry is learning that life is hard as the moderator, even if Olyforums has a more wide open set of rules:

In my defense, and I stand by my decision, I did not “prevent” you from posting. I prevented you from verbally abusing & belittling other posters here. Your original post is still up, but your ability to continue to post your anger at those who didn’t respond to you has been shut down.

If somebody would like to respond to you, they are more than welcome to PM you. Had you not attacked non-responders the way you did, the ability to comment would still be available.