I check in there from time to time. Did this morning as a matter of fact. Modtarding the political forum, then pointing for thread drift is absolutely fucking hysterical. What political thread stays on topic? It's the nature of that beast.
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I don't know why a person would even try to moderate the political forum except to feed their own narcissism. It's politics, threads drift, 1/2 the people are going to disagree with the other 1/2 so it gets heated. Let it happen and enjoy the show. The only thing a modtard needs to do there is handle nuclear shit.
I don't know about the worst but he was up there and I had my disagreements with him. Seems most SHMB mods have forgotten that the word comes from Moderation or lessening extremes. It doesn't mean control and inhibit...and prove you only know how to be a dick. Or worse, further an agenda of a select few.
The shit that went down that I know about from a couple of years ago should have been reason enough to ban several mods and at least one admin. Not fire them, ban them. While Pete made a half hearted attempt at defending the participants in those shenanigans I don't really think he was involved.
And now that Pete, Spice and JAD are gone....IKE is the current dick running shit....of course IKE has always been a dick and shady af.....Spice, JAD and Darth were always pretty cool with me...
Ike had/has his own agenda and it's not bettering the board. Modtarding is a means to an end.
Spice was one that I thought was pretty decent and understood the role of a mod. That is until shit went down then he turned too. His defense of the BS going on in the back rooms was laughable.
JAD was cool. He just hasn't been doing anything for a couple years and I can't really blame him. I don't know it for sure but I suspect he either voiced some concerns and got ostracized or he just backed away.
Darth was OK. He stayed as far away from the BS as he could and just did what he could.
I was on hiatus for a while several years ago when all that shit went down but I definitely know from some inside sources and back rooms how fucked up shit got.....miss the good ol’ days when we all had a blast on there.....sure we had our conflicts, but most of us knew where the line was drawn.....
Rcg. I struggle to keep my balance.
Posted by CK in another thread upon closing it
"This thread has come a cropper.
There are plenty of creative opportunities out there, and in here, too, fwiw.
However, for all those folks who need to post "updates" there is an adjacent threAD I just started.
https://home.ourhome2.net/vb/showthr...anges&p=255742
And, y'all need to take a look at this thread in San Antonio, where folks post quite frequently
https://home.ourhome2.net/vb/showthr...wee-morning-!-)
And this one in Austin:
https://home.ourhome2.net/vb/showthr...ie-thread-pt-2"
Many years ago Lickalottapus(?) made the statement that moderating the Houston boards was like hearding cats. Thus my Eccie persona and still my avatar.
Suggesting that Houston tards should emulate Austin or San Antonio tards is about as imbecilic and futile as trying to moderate a political forum. In fact it's kind of insulting in a way, we have our own collective persona, we don't want to be Austin or SA.
It's like comparing the providers in Houston to the providers in DFW. It ain't the same, never will be.
Maybe you should give it a try. Might be a few less closed threads... Like this one.