Larry
"Uncle Larry"
First off I'd like to apologize for starting such a volatile thread. I can be pretty short sighted at times.
Apparently, there was confusion between some pretty astute members here in that they thought I was a mod because I chose to lock that thread. In case anyone doesn't know, a threadstarter can lock their own thread.
I got a PM from a member whom I had a ton of respect for, basically saying that he's bugging out of DW because in his opinion, mods should be unbiased towards threads, and on principle, I was wrong to lock the thread. That's how I understood it, and I would agree with him if I was a mod.
He is not the only member who thought I was a mod. A veteran member also PM'd me and thought I may have been recently made a mod...he didn't know a threadstarter could lock their thread either, which very much surprised me. Anyway...
I'm not a mod!
I simply locked the thread because it was getting a little too personal for my tastes, and I was the only one besides the mods with the option to put the brakes on the thread, so I used it. First time I ever did that.
I just don't like seeing my forum brothers become entangled in a no win mess that had all signs of degrading further. We are all on the same team here. We can do better than that. As a result, because of what I believe to be a misunderstanding, we've lost a really smart guy, someone with major principle and the smarts to back it up.
I'm hesitant to name him, even though I don't think it will do any harm, but I've been wrong before and choose to play it safe.
I will try to find his email and write him, perhaps the fact that I'm not a mod will change his perspective on things.
That's it.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
Apparently, there was confusion between some pretty astute members here in that they thought I was a mod because I chose to lock that thread. In case anyone doesn't know, a threadstarter can lock their own thread.
I got a PM from a member whom I had a ton of respect for, basically saying that he's bugging out of DW because in his opinion, mods should be unbiased towards threads, and on principle, I was wrong to lock the thread. That's how I understood it, and I would agree with him if I was a mod.
He is not the only member who thought I was a mod. A veteran member also PM'd me and thought I may have been recently made a mod...he didn't know a threadstarter could lock their thread either, which very much surprised me. Anyway...
I'm not a mod!
I simply locked the thread because it was getting a little too personal for my tastes, and I was the only one besides the mods with the option to put the brakes on the thread, so I used it. First time I ever did that.
I just don't like seeing my forum brothers become entangled in a no win mess that had all signs of degrading further. We are all on the same team here. We can do better than that. As a result, because of what I believe to be a misunderstanding, we've lost a really smart guy, someone with major principle and the smarts to back it up.
I'm hesitant to name him, even though I don't think it will do any harm, but I've been wrong before and choose to play it safe.
I will try to find his email and write him, perhaps the fact that I'm not a mod will change his perspective on things.
That's it.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.