Middle School Playground

[Josef Svejk]

Humble request, David, let's talk about it here, shall we?

http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=98856

Poet, Josef, et al...
IMHO the moderator (CoB) of a board should be allowed carte blanche with what he/she feels is acceptable to post on his/her board.

100% disagree:

http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=90181

If and only if a CoB is abusing that power should Bob take that moderator to task.

Agree. Being taken to task for deliberately "stacking the deck" in his/her favor should be viewed as abuse.

Further, that should stay between Bob and the CoB.

Yes, the "taking to task" should be private. None of anyone else's business.

By posting your deleted messages here you are attempting to circumvent the process in place by "trying your case in the court of public opinion".

Yes, I am trying my case in public. Chose the wrong thread. Should have done it just here. My bad. Sorry. Will try to do better next time. But it is worthy of discussion -- the powers, and the use/abuse of them as they relate to the CoB concept, is an important topic.

As such you are undermining Bob's authority and credibility.

HuBob's authority and credibility are his own. I didn't give 'em to him, nor can I or anyone else take them away.

Technically this is a violation of the topic of this board.

Agree. Apologize again.

However that is up to Bob to decide, Not I.

Yup.

What you are doing can only inflame the situation,

No. Inflame the situation is one thing that my actions can do. Another thing my actions can do is to gring us to a discussion such as you and I are now having, where posts don't get zapped for frivolous reasons, and we get to try and understand each other's point of view.

I for one do not want to see IHUB damaged in such a fashion.

Ditto. My wishes and actions here are with the site's best interests in mind.

Bob has been accused of allowing this very thing to happen elsewhere by not dealing with it harshly and swiftly.

"It" what? Posts like mine there? Hey, if he zaps it, I'd understand -- put it on the wrong thread, he asked us not to do so, I went against his wishes, so no, I would not be surprised if he dealt with it harshly and swiftly. Wouldn't even peep about it.

By making such statements as you have this morning you have placed Bob in a precarious position.

Sigh. Again, HuBob's got his position, and trust me, it ain't precarious. Not a whole heck of a lot you, me, or anyone else can do to shake it.

If he allows you to post this unhindered, his detractors have more fuel to add to their fire.

Tell you what. If it bugs you so much, ask him to water on it. That'll put out the fire.

If he does delete your posts he risks creating more detractor.

He risks creating more detractors with his every move. Not a big deal. He's pretty good at dealing with them, don't you think?

You obviously feel your posts are above deletion.

Obviously? Hardly. You obviously jumped to an erroneous conclusion. Yes, I have a hard head. But, I always reserve the right to change my mind, especially when presented with information that negates my prior understanding.

Cheers,

Svejk