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Originally Posted by EPiPeN11
lol respected posters
Well, a lot more respected than you anyway.
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Originally Posted by kbfc
Who are these people? They have been referred to abstractly by multiple mods now, but I'm finding it hard to think of any reasonable candidates.
e-peen, TuT, and Victor are the three that come prominently to mind and have already been mentioned. At some point in the recent past they stopped caring about honest discussion and started treating the forum like a chew toy. It could partially be that they seem to be posting in massive volume while being bored of it at the same time.
Your utopian view of a forum that moderates itself is nice to consider but it isn't sustainable without at least some interference. Yes, everyone has different tastes and ideas of what is "good" but it's pretty clear that a gentle hand on the wheel is better than letting the ship steer itself.
We also generally agree that less (or at least less conspicuous) moderating is best though.