Pat_B
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I've noticed plenty of comments over the years about the heavy handed moderation. One thing that has gotten much worse is that the moderators usually seem to get in the last word about the subject before closing it.
It's one thing to simply state that a thread is getting closed. It's another for the moderator to continue with the thread by being part of the discussion by providing their own opinions, then closing the thread before anyone else can respond. That's no longer moderation.
A few of the moderators are especially bad with this and it really starts to make these forums useless after awhile. Seems like the vendor forum in particular gets far too many posts closed when someone's opinion differs from that of the moderator.
Why even have a vendor forum if there are going to be a number of companies who are the 'golden gooses' for which no one can speak badly about? It's too bad that there are a number of vendors who have stolen money from their customers and for which their threads have been closed in this forum once their customers start to complain. What are you guys protecting?
It's one thing to simply state that a thread is getting closed. It's another for the moderator to continue with the thread by being part of the discussion by providing their own opinions, then closing the thread before anyone else can respond. That's no longer moderation.
A few of the moderators are especially bad with this and it really starts to make these forums useless after awhile. Seems like the vendor forum in particular gets far too many posts closed when someone's opinion differs from that of the moderator.
Why even have a vendor forum if there are going to be a number of companies who are the 'golden gooses' for which no one can speak badly about? It's too bad that there are a number of vendors who have stolen money from their customers and for which their threads have been closed in this forum once their customers start to complain. What are you guys protecting?