A moment of appreciation for the DU "staff"

[Ramsey]

I hope everyone has read Skinner's new poll at the top of this GD 2004 forum. I'd like to highlight some of the horrifying comments that Skinner made there:

"I believe that our attempt to moderate the rhetoric on all sides has come at a terrible cost. The level of distrust and animosity toward the moderators, toward the other administrators, and toward me personally are simply unacceptable. We have created a situation in which our efforts are automatically assumed to be motivated by bias,..."

Now I'd like to ask those of you who are abusing the VOLUNTEER moderators and HARD-WORKING DEDICATED administrators, what is wrong with you? As my mother used to say, were you brought up in a barnyard?

I'd like to give a thousand thanks to the moderators who volunteer to spend their own valuable time trying to make this herd of wild cats follow a few simple rules that are based on common sense, courtesy and civility. I am sure they all feel its ludicrous that they have to constantly remind a bunch of adults how not to behave like petulant children. I'd like to give a million thanks to the administrators, Skinner, EarlG and elad, who have spent countless hours developing and running this site so that we, the members, have the best progressive forum on the web. These people all have real jobs and real lives in the real world, so give them a break!

Given the backbone, this site is what we make it. We can use this incredible resource as a place to discuss, organize and create the change we all claim is so desperately needed.

Or, we can call each other (or each other's candidates) names and fight over whose ball is bigger/better/prettier/purer. It's really up to us.

[_NorCal_D_]

1. Thank you.

Three cheers for the mods/admins! :toast:

[BootinUp]

2. I second that: excellent post!

I would add that if you see supporters of your candidate getting "out-of-bounds" please speak up for civility.

:hi:

[burythehatchet]

3. I would like to add to that

my thanks for the admins who save me from my own posts. Sometimes I get carried away and I view the locking of a thread as a dose of reality in terms of the world we live in.

[oasis]

4. A tip of the hat to the mods for their patience.

[TahitiNut]

8. "patience"?

:freak: I seem to recall having that once. :silly:

[CWebster]

5. Hey

How about a little appreciation for us who are the other half of the equation and also contribute to it's success and solvency?



;-)

[Ramsey]

7. All we can be

As I said in my post!

[maddezmom]

6. great post

thanks to all the mods and admins :)

[maddezmom]

26. kick

thanks again...sometimes I'm sure you wonder why ya bother. :)

[Feanorcurufinwe]

9. Any suggestion of bias is ridiculous.

Hat's off to the mods and admins who, if only because they manage to piss everybody off, are clearly not demonstrating bias.

:yourock:

[leyton]

10. I love the moderators.

I'm all for a Dean-Moderators ticket in 2004. Or Moderators-Dean, Clark-Moderators, those would work.

:D

[Tom Rinaldo]

11. If it weren't for DU "staff", this place would be unusable

Left on it's own, DU would spin out of control. Good people would try to promote responsible posting, but it is easier to burn down a place than protect it, and flame wars would fill endless pages of posts making real discussion near impossible.

No on is perfect, but the DU staff comes a lot closer to walking that line than any of us have a right to even hope for. A huge thank you to all of them.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

12. Bashing Mods Is Completely UNACCEPTABLE Kick

:kick:

Mods...

:yourock:

DTH

[mmonk]

13. mods/admins

thanks for all you do.

[Killarney]

14. Thank you mods and admins!

:toast:

[Duder]

15. I find the Mods to be naive and delusional at times but...

...that's understandable given what they have to put up with.

So a toast of appreciation to the Mod squad > :toast:

[cally]

16. Thank you for all the hard work

and endless patience. Mods and admin show a remarkable ability for fair mindedness and forgiveness. Thanks for keeping it saner than it would otherwise be. :toast:

[Piperay]

17. THANKS for posting

this it was needed, and THANKS to Skinner and the Moderators I appreciate all the hard work they do. :thumbsup:

[spooky3]

18. Co-signing your excellent post.

[Zomby Woof]

19. I must agree 1000% (not a typo)

I even proposed that after 5 abusive PM's or alerts to mods/admins accusing them of bias or other unfairness is grounds for a long term timeout or banning. 5 is plenty generous, because DU admins and mods have proven over and over that they are not only generous, but fair and PATIENT.

I am not the prettiest poster on here, but damned if I will EVER be so ungracious and childish as to badmouth those who make this place possible.

[patricia92243]

20. Forums that do not have moderators are so bad that they are really useless

What makes DU special and unique is that we DO have moderators. They keep certain people from abusing and therefore ruining the forum.

Thanks guys for your hard work on our behalf.

[salin]

21. Right there with you Ramsey... you said it well... Here's to the Admin &

to the mods!

For once I will be short rather than verbose - as Ramsey has expressed it so well.

[tishaLA]

22. A million billion thanks

especially tonight, when the rhetoric has gone through the roof.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

23. Thanks Ramsey

If one ferrets through this forum, one can find objective info on the various candidates. I shudder to consider what it would look like without the efforts.
:toast:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. At times, GD2004 seems to have been invaded by

a bunch of spoiled junior high kids who can't stand it that everyone doesn't agree with them.

(Apoligies to any genuine junior high kids who may be on this board.)

[Skinner]

25. Thank you, Ramsey.

Here is a kick for the overworked mods.

[RogueTrooper]

27. Thanks Chaps

:yourock:

and for the mods

:yourock: too