Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 10:25:23 AM

Quote from: digaran on Today at 06:19:34 AM

Is it Ok for DT members to interfere with moderation rules/duties?
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Hitler used to kill/burn disabled children

And this is why nobody will ever take anything you post seriously. There's no point even responding to your Godwin.

If the standard that I use to gauge posts were to become "the entire thing has to make sense, otherwise it's worthless", then I might not merit a long post ever again. Tongue

I tend to leave merit for one (or more) of the following reasons: sometimes it's to reward effort/work, sometimes it's because I agree with a point well-made, sometimes it's because I disagree with what I still consider to be a valuable perspective, sometimes it's to "wink" at someone based on a previous exchange or PM, sometimes it's because something they said made me laugh or smile or learn something new, and sometimes it's just to offer encouragement...

When I first joined Bitcointalk, I was kind of on-board with the whole "the forum never forgets" attitude that a lot of members here seem to enjoy. But, the more time I invest in Bitcointalk, the more I think that we could probably do a lot better as a community if we were kinder to each other and not such hard-asses about certain things.

Honestly, I'd probably feel pretty safe doing a small to medium-sized trade with digaran, so his received-feedback seems a bit over-the-top to me, like he's had a microscope put on him and had all his mistakes blown out of proportion and then hung around his neck for all to see. He does post a lot of things that I don't agree with or that leave me scratching my head, but there is good stuff sometimes buried in digaran's posts, and some part of me wonders how much better his posts might skew if he felt less attacked/ostracized.

I think I started to think this way when naim027 got unbanned and then almost immediately got tagged into oblivion. I mean, I did tag him too, so I get why he was painted red, but I also have to wonder how it might have gone if the community had offered him a clean slate and a road to redemption, instead of just collectively hissing at him for lying.

I don't know, I'm just sharing some thoughts I've had. (Maybe I'll look back on them one day and consider them naive.)