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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth
we want to keep insults to a minimum, and consistent with this, we feel that it’s very important that insults directed towards those of us in Two Plus Two Management be taken very seriously. If some posters on Two Plus Two don’t respect our management, and this includes myself, who will they respect? And this can easily lead to a degrading of the quality of this website and is something which we've had much discussion internally and insist on enforcing.
With the acknowledgement that this is your website and you can run it however you want, I'm going to point out that if you want more respect, you're going to have to separate your role as an administrator from your role as a poster.
I - and anyone who agrees can sign on and make it a we - have a lot of respect for you as an administrator. The site works way more often than other sites and problems are minimal, the moderation in the strategy forums is fine and management is generally responsive to the posters. I appreciate that this site does not appear to be a huge money grab and every once in a while, I go out of my way to click the ads in support.
My respect for you as a poster is significantly different. Frequently, you state a high likelihood of various scenarios, and present them as a good general rule, when other players say they are more like the exceptions. I find my personal experience in line with your critics'.
You also frequently cite your own books as reference, such as HEPFAP, rather than the more modern SSHE or WITHG, both of which are also published by 2+2. The poker world has changed considerably since WITHG, which was the latest of those to be published (2008?).
I believe you are afforded the exact same respect that any other poster in MSLHE (SSLHE is intentionally friendlier due to inexperience of many posters) is afforded, but no extra respect as a result of your administrator status. As a matter of fact, if anyone receives extra respect, due or undue, it's probably the "named" pros (people whose real names are public knowledge) rather than administrators or even moderators (those of us on the legacy app can't even tell who is a moderator or administrator because there are no colors!).
Jon Locke is one of the few named pros who will tell people a hand is played well (that is, he's not always critical of a posted hand). DeathDonkey is one of the few named pros I've seen admit they've changed their minds in a strategy thread (that is, if he feels he's wrong he will say so). Leo doc actively builds community with his get togethers (that is, he cares for the people above his personal agenda). They are the people you want to be posting a lot on a thriving strategy site, and all three have posted their opinions on this matter specifically so I think you should give their opinions high weight.