Quote Originally Posted by Norm Strong
The fact of the matter is that the moderator should never post in the forum he moderates. You're either a participant or a judge--but not both.
Regardless of the topic of the particular discussion here, I have to say "hogwash" to that statement. I've hung around discussion groups for a few years (pre-dating the Internet, even) and moderators have never been excluded from participation. Silly statement, with no historical basis. Forum moderators are not Oracles from Delphi, sport.