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Originally Posted by Darlene159
My personal feelings do not matter in the least when it comes to doing this job the way the owner wishes.
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I understand the dynamic around this principle, but it is really not so dynamic. You chose to take this job, and you choose to stay with it. However, what is your motive behind doing it? Personal gain, or helping the community? If it is personal gain, then there's no real discussion here, but if it's the community, then there is.
I will take an example from my personal life to give an example of how one can still hold a position, but not do things which are not ethically sound. At MOSI, as I'm sure you've heard, there is a "BODIES" exhibit. I think it is morally abhorrent that they took bodies without consent for this exhibit. In my Anatomy and Physiology class, they gave 20 extra credit points to people who went to the exhibit (basically, this is the same as two quizzes). I abstained.
Did I go because my professor told me to? No, and a lot more was/is at stake than a trivial position on the forums. Sure, I could have said to myself, "Well, it's school and my grades are involved, so my personal feelings shouldn't get in the way of how I do my job, which is to be a successful student," but I didn't.
Moral of the story? Don't just listen to people because they are in positions of authority, especially if you have nothing to gain and only something trivial to lose. Again, who are you doing this for?
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Originally Posted by Darlene159
You know, just because members do not post, does not mean they do not read the forums.
The thing is that alot of people read the forums for informational purposes, but prefer not to post.
I know because I have given links many times to certain parts of the forums to people.
Accounts are not innactive on the forums just because they don't post, they may actively view the forums.
You could have no idea how many members view these forums, so the bases for what you say is based on who actually posts, which is not a fair estimate.
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Okay, but that doesn't change how the NGRT forums should be operated. They do not and should not use the NGRT for information purposes because it is not graal related. They can get their other news elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Darlene159
The community does not repeatedly ask me to stop doing things, only a small portion of the community.
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We could take a poll, if you want.
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Originally Posted by Darlene159
Do you really think it is fair for a few members to expect me to stop doing the job that I was hired to do because they don't think it is fair?
Do you really think that I should disregard what the owners want because a few members don't think it is fair?
Do you think it is fair to attack me for doing the job I was hired to do?
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It isn't just a few anymore. The numbers have expanded far beyond what they once were. It isn't because other people are changing, it is because your moderation is becoming more and more aggressive.
Unixmad does not have a collar and leash on you. I am sure that if you did not close a thread, it would probably go completely unnoticed. He is not holding a gun to your head and probably could not care less about what goes on here.
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Originally Posted by Darlene159
What I see, is that you think I should pick out some things that the owners want me to enforce, and to not enforce them because some of the community are upset by it. Do you honestly think that is fair for me to do on forums of which I do not own?
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It is not fair to take a job and then doing it to the extreme that many members of the community are calling for you to stop it. These forums exist for the community, the community doesn't exist for the forums.
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Originally Posted by Darlene159
If I cannot do something 100%, then I won't do it at all
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Do you consider limiting reasonable discussion good moderating?
We aren't getting anywhere. As long as you continue to consider yourself Unixmad's lapdog, which is not an attack on you or unixmad, then we can't really discuss your policy. You are allowed to have a soul and do your job. In fact, people will only respect you if you show some backbone. Constantly citing Unixmad as your master is not going to earn you any respect points with anyone.