Who knows if anyone will read or care what this yank has to say, but I still think the mods are just paranoid about the site getting shut down, or at least blocked by Canadian internet providers. I don't think they are right, playing the racism game too hard is foolish because the liberals control that language and constantly morph it to suit their needs, but I seriously feel bad for the abuse they take.
Hammy and the rest are just some guys trying their best to make decisions to try to keep the community alive. It doesn't mean they always make the right decisions, and it doesn't mean they handle criticism correctly every time; nobody does.
They don't even get paid for this, it's essentially a hobby, except all they get out of it is having some of the most like-minded Canadians in existence constantly dump on them and call them names. You think you're depressed about the direction the country is going? Well they must feel worse, because even their ideological allies constantly insult them.
I think the mod team is doing a good job but you have to understand how bad this looks for them. I came from MetaCanada and these guys told us to leave meta so we could come here and be free on censorship by mods. This was our last beacon of free speech and then this shit happens. It makes the mod team look like hypocrites. They could have just told us the truth instead of using their excuses as a cop out for the fact that they are scared of getting the ban hammer.
Who knows if anyone will read or care what this yank has to say, but I still think the mods are just paranoid about the site getting shut down, or at least blocked by Canadian internet providers. I don't think they are right, playing the racism game too hard is foolish because the liberals control that language and constantly morph it to suit their needs, but I seriously feel bad for the abuse they take.
Hammy and the rest are just some guys trying their best to make decisions to try to keep the community alive. It doesn't mean they always make the right decisions, and it doesn't mean they handle criticism correctly every time; nobody does.
They don't even get paid for this, it's essentially a hobby, except all they get out of it is having some of the most like-minded Canadians in existence constantly dump on them and call them names. You think you're depressed about the direction the country is going? Well they must feel worse, because even their ideological allies constantly insult them.
I think the mod team is doing a good job but you have to understand how bad this looks for them. I came from MetaCanada and these guys told us to leave meta so we could come here and be free on censorship by mods. This was our last beacon of free speech and then this shit happens. It makes the mod team look like hypocrites. They could have just told us the truth instead of using their excuses as a cop out for the fact that they are scared of getting the ban hammer.
Well said.
Hear. Hear.