Civility in GT

[Takeda Shingen]

Amen. As I said before, it always helps me if I mentally append my statements with ...here on this forum dedicated to video games. Provides me with all the prespective I need.

[August]

If the moderators engage in personal attacks then you can hardly expect the membership not to engage in them as well. Like in any forum it's the moderators who set the tone, and whether it's their "snarky comments" or uninvited psychoanalysis they do more damage to peace and civility than any other group of people posting here.

I think Neal should fire the lot and replace them with people who can manage to keep their personal feelings separate from their job. Then you might see an improvement here but until then it's just going to get worse.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by August

If the moderators engage in personal attacks then you can hardly expect the membership not to engage in them as well. Like in any forum it's the moderators who set the tone, and whether it's their "snarky comments" or uninvited psychoanalysis they do more damage to peace and civility than any other group of people posting here.

I think Neal should fire the lot and replace them with people who can manage to keep their personal feelings separate from their job. Then you might see an improvement here but until then it's just going to get worse.

i would agree with this statement... though not all of them are guilty of it.

I agree that they set the tone, on the one hand you cant just expect them to roll over and take a lashing by the membership... on the other hand one expects that they would act with a certain degree of neutrality

not "Oh look its you with your normal BS" type comments

even if true, even if undeniable, i think its not really a Moderators place.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by August

If the moderators engage in personal attacks then you can hardly expect the membership not to engage in them as well. Like in any forum it's the moderators who set the tone, and whether it's their "snarky comments" or uninvited psychoanalysis they do more damage to peace and civility than any other group of people posting here.

I think Neal should fire the lot and replace them with people who can manage to keep their personal feelings separate from their job. Then you might see an improvement here but until then it's just going to get worse.

You know where I can find this perfect group of 100% neutral, unbiased, and objective persons?

Any forum is going to need moderators. Moderators have faults and shortcomings, just the same as everyone else, including me. The thing I look for in moderators is the ability to work with me, be flexible, consistent, and not fall into an entrenched mindset. You know you have a good moderator when, as the rare occasion warrants, I have to overrule or reverse something he has done, and he accepts the outcome with a professional attitude.

One of the moderator guidelines here is if you are engaged in a thread discussion, you cannot moderate in it. Of course, if I post in a thread and say, "Yeah, I like that game too" and a few pages later someone posts a porn pic, that does not apply. But if you want to be part of a heated discussion, you cannot moderate at the same time.

It's also important to understand that in the final wash, someone has to make a ruling when there is a dispute. We try to do the best we can, with a clear conscience, but no one ever claimed to be right all the time. Someone will be happy with a decision, someone may be unhappy with it, but we all just have to suck it up and go forward. When people get butthurt about something, I can't really do much about that. Just try to behave like you would if the other members were in a room with you, ok?

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

You know where I can find this perfect group of 100% neutral, unbiased, and objective persons?

Try Fox News......