I do believe in a moderated thread as well. People should be able to see contributing posts without having to check several pages of trolling/turd posts. There is nothing wrong with a moderated thread. If it suits people maybe the admins can record deleted posts and reasons why so if someone asks, there is a little bit of transparency. We don't want peope thinking nem officers don't want to face accusations or anything. But at the end of the day we need this thread to be useful, positive and constructive. On a forum like bitcointalk i doubt it could happen without moderation.

Then again, of course criticism should always be welcome, as long as it isn't insulting or unjustified.

I'm glad to see that NEM is still on the right track and officers doing everything they can to have one of the best coins out there. Congrats to everybody whether you are a stakeholder or an officer, NEM still looks like the most promising project i have seen for a while!