I WANT MY BOOBIE!!!

Hi Robin,

I completely understand and support your desire to maintain a family friendly environment and I also get that it's important to maintain order and make the site inclusive for the masses - but seriously - if one "moderates" this venue to the point that it becomes a Nazi dictatorship where free speech is banned and people are booted for stating opinions that happen to differ from ones own - then eventually the moderators will enjoy the site alone.

BTW, (and I realize you know this or Pinside would not be as successful and popular as it has become) It is NOT the moderators who make this site great (and they ARE needed and help it to be so) but it is really the input and participation of the people from the community who participate in the discussions, provide the content, and yes even the drama at times. The participants of this site are the ones who make Pinside interesting and worth visiting.

The bottom line is that ANY business that forgets to LISTEN to the voice of the customer will not survive in the long term. Worse it is arrogant to ban supporters from what is essentially "social media" because they have an opinion that differs from that of a moderator.

I genuinely hope that I misunderstood or just missed something in the post where Beezle was booted - but it seemed to me that all he did was to state his opinion. Is that seriously against TOS here on Pinside?

As a private site one certainly has the right and the power to edit or delete posts and to issue bans - and conversely it is also the user's right to choose where she or he will patronize.

This post is not intended to challenge you or one of the moderators to ban me for stating my opinion - but it is intended to challenge you to think about and discuss the consequences heavy handed moderation will eventually have on the site overall.

I genuinely don't understand how this approach is good for Pinside or the community.

Overall - you and the moderators do a fabulous job and I genuinely appreciate your efforts to make Pinside an acceptable venue for all.

Yes, I agree with that - I wrote my post last night right before I went to bed - when I re-read it today I saw how the tone really seemed like an attack - when it was not intended to be so.

It was also not my intention to bum you out Robin - I didn't agree with bouncing boobie but I can also see how taunting the Mods to ban you is not a good idea either - I intended my post to be thought provoking - not ugly. Sorry for that.

Dont talk them into getting rid of you TED - We'd miss you if you were gone!!

God how I hated "critical thinking" classes in college. (Yes I graduated with a 3.9 GPA) "critical thinking" classes are a poor attempt to teach ignorant persons common sense. Either you have it or you don't and common sense isn't very common - is it.

It's a cleverly constructed smokescreen of critically considered propaganda to convince the sheep that moderation is not evil

I do agree with an earlier poster that transparency directly in the thread where there is disagreement in my opinion is always better then hiding these conversations. Why is it against the rules to ask about something a moderator did as long as the conversation is "respectful discord" and not simply BMW (Bitching, Whining, & Moaning)?

Yes, but do you hate cops?

OMG - I laughed out loud at this one - I don't care who you are - that's funny right there!

Felt GOOOOD - didn't it!

ROFLH

That's funny! Am I the only one that can see the humor in it?

Come on Brandes - tying moderation of Pinside to gun confiscation? REALLY?? ROFLH!

I still miss talking crap to Beezle - wish he'd come back so the mods (and the rest of us) could abuse him more!