Is Bob Bad For iHub?

[Was (Bob)]

Admin Bob has been on iHub for some months now

Correction: About 1 month

he is already not welcome by a large portion of the posters

Depends on how you define "large portion". I'm not sure of the exact number of truly active accounts here, but roughly half a percent of the accounts here (including dupes) have expressed that sentiment. About 3% have expressed the opposite sentiment directly and the rest haven't weighed in on the subject. They're busy talking about other things like stocks and such. I'd guess that a "large portion" of them have never heard of me and never will.

While I'm throwing numbers around, posting volume here tripled (from 500 per day to 1500 per day) the day I was hired and has remained in the 1000-1500 range since. So soon into the game and we occasionally have 1/3rd the traffic of the premier stock message board. I consider that a very meaningful statistic.

My point on this one is that your "large portion" is by no means the majority.

Bob has renamed people's alias for dumb reasons

Not sure what "dumb reasons" you're talking about, so that's really an empty statement as it stands. It may or may not be true, but I think you need to clarify.

deleted posts that should have been left up because they were just opinions

No, I don't do that. Can you give an example? You've done that. I don't do it and I don't condone it.

he has left posts up that were supposed to be deleted

I also don't do that. Can you give an example? And state why it should be deleted?

he allows STALKING on iHub (i have been stalked by members and bob does nothing about it),

I don't recall you telling me about that. But you could argue that I allow it, depending on how you define it. If you define it the way I do, I don't allow it. How do you define it?

he has been VERY rude to ANYONE who criticizes him

Maybe. I'm not your average nicey-nicey customer support kinda person and never will be. Some people would include "rude" when listing my traits and I wouldn't disagree.

However, I try not to be rude unless someone's rude to me. I usually deal with people in much the same way they deal with me.

He has driven away members,

Probably true. I don't know it for a fact, but I'm sure some left. Far more joined though.

And depending on who I've "driven away", that's not necessarily a bad thing.

is trying to create another cesspool like SI.

Ummmm.... That "cesspool" you refer to absolutely smokes anything out there in terms of quality and sure smokes us in terms of volume. There are isolated cesspool areas there, but to label the whole place a cesspool is to ignore its very long history and the fact that some of the brightest financial minds I've ever seen still call the place "home".

What I'm trying to create is something that is nearly as good as SI was when it was at its best. If it can be even *better*, excellent. We're a long way off. Actually, we're a long way from holding a candle to what it is even now, but we're getting there.

To sit here and call SI a "cesspool" is kinda like passing an older Cadillac with some dings on it and enough smoke coming out of the exhaust to indicate the engine's not long for this world, and stopping to holler "What a POS!" at it before returning to pushing your Vega to the dealership where you hope to trade it in on a Cadillac.

I will not stand for it Bob.

Freedom of choice is such a cool thing.

I want you to leave iHub.

Okay.

I understand you want me to. But I'm not planning to do it and as far as I can tell, nobody's planning to fire me.

I will not be censored by someone with poor judgement and lack of respect towards others.

"poor judgment" is really an opinion. It's not fact. A strong case can be made for my having "great judgment".

And I give respect where respect is given and earned.