by nydepot
It's interesting that a few of the past posters have said Otto doesn't have to change anything as he is the moderator and "owner" of the site. They are his rules and he can do whatever.
Quotes like: "If you were a guest in my house you would not be telling me how to run my house either."
and
"I'm certain this site and its staff will not change their ways based on grievances from a few members verses the vast majority who have a full scope on the matters."
Has anyone read Otto's post from a few messages ago where he said he gladly welcomes ANY feedback and performance critiques so long as they are constructive? Sounds like Otto is very willing to listen to people even INDIVIDUALS and not vast majorities.
While I agree this is not a bad place to post and read RR news, why would anyone think that just because new people are joining that is must be ok and without any problems? Many (thousands, millions) people do things every day that turn out to be the wrong thing. A good example would be smoking. I don't care if someone smokes but with all the information available to someone and it really isn't a good thing to do, new people join the ranks of smokers every day.
I think the topic was legitimate and Otto listened to people's complaints and comments. He made a few changes, like re-titling some threads that were in error, and learned a few things, like remembering he could pull threads apart himself.
That's what people wanted to be heard about and reasonable comments were listened to. For all the spouting of rules, one of the posted rules is not: "I'm the boss, so s**ew you!"
Charles
Quotes like: "If you were a guest in my house you would not be telling me how to run my house either."
and
"I'm certain this site and its staff will not change their ways based on grievances from a few members verses the vast majority who have a full scope on the matters."
Has anyone read Otto's post from a few messages ago where he said he gladly welcomes ANY feedback and performance critiques so long as they are constructive? Sounds like Otto is very willing to listen to people even INDIVIDUALS and not vast majorities.
While I agree this is not a bad place to post and read RR news, why would anyone think that just because new people are joining that is must be ok and without any problems? Many (thousands, millions) people do things every day that turn out to be the wrong thing. A good example would be smoking. I don't care if someone smokes but with all the information available to someone and it really isn't a good thing to do, new people join the ranks of smokers every day.
I think the topic was legitimate and Otto listened to people's complaints and comments. He made a few changes, like re-titling some threads that were in error, and learned a few things, like remembering he could pull threads apart himself.
That's what people wanted to be heard about and reasonable comments were listened to. For all the spouting of rules, one of the posted rules is not: "I'm the boss, so s**ew you!"
Charles
