saucisson wrote:It's not you Mike, the person I'm thinking of lives in the Loire... I don't think it's Ianinfrance as he's called John
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Dave
And I don't live in the Loire either. I'm near the Dordogne.
For what it's worth, I have no issues with moderation in general or the moderators here in particular. While I sympathise with their boring chore of cleaning out the crap that gets posted, it's something we rarely see, so I personally am only aware of it second hand.
However, I've seen usenet groups where a lack of and way of moderation has almost destroyed the group, certainly diminished its interest level to the point that I don't want to continue reading.
It's an interesting subject IMO. I personally (as you will have noticed perhaps) don't have a problem with people disagreeing vigorously about various subjects. I do have a problem when the subject is clearly not on topic. So I'm happy to discuss from differing points of view, the virtues or otherwise of adding nitrite/nitrate to various preparations. Ever since greek days, debate has consisted of "thesis", "antithesis" followed by "Synthesis".
So the process of disagreement, of questioning and of debate leads us all to a better understanding of the subject. This
should in my view be possible ito carry out without descending to personal abuse/insult. And that's where - in my view - the moderators could and should step in. I'm perfectly entitled to say (purely for the sake of an example) that I don't agree with Chuckwagon's method of cookng xxxxx, preferring another method. He's perfectly entitled to point out some flaws in my logic, but at no time are either of us entitled to suggest that the other is mentally deficient, ignorant, or pig headed.
I've not been on this forum very long really, but I can say that without exception I've felt that their (very rarely carried out) moderation has been gentle and well justified.
And yes, I can well see that someone who is unused to a moderated discussion group can find ANY moderation to be excessive and unacceptable. In my view they're dead wrong.
Lastly - At the end of the day, Franco provided and pays for this forum, and "he who pays the piper calls the tune". Personally, I can live with the gentle guidance, and if others feel they can afford and want to do better... let them do so.