Hey Terence

[ForeverAutumn]

Well, that is one way of looking at it. However, we had one poster calling me anal, another saying "In case I haven't made my position clear, this action was nothing more than meddling by a hall monitor". Being called a meddling hall monitor is extremely insulting as calling a security guard a "rent a cop". I do not think I deserved that, nor do I think it is relevant to the issue. So whether it was wrong, has to be balanced by what was taking place at the time. It is not always WRONG to close a thread. Especially when it was definately taking a turn for the worst. I do not think any of you would take this kind of abused, each one of you need to just put yourself in my position for one moment before you strike out so negatively. This job is not always easy.

Mr. Terrible,
I don't doubt that your job is not always easy. And I think that most of us now understand your point and why you moved the threads. We may not like it, but an explanation was given and that's fine. You have a job to do and a board to run. I appreciate the existence of this board and being able to come here to discuss many subjects, not just music.

Perhaps some people here did get out of line and some things were said in anger, that should not have been said. You're right. No-one likes to be called names. If I am one of those people who offended you, I apologize. In the past, when I was the victim of comments that I felt unappropriate, I reported the post and it was removed. You too, have the same right. Absolutely!

However, as the Moderator, you may find yourself in a conflict of interest. Removing (or closing) a post that you feel is offensive to you also shuts the door on a discussion that the rest of us felt needed to be had (and given the discussion in this thread didn't solve a thing, did it?). You did what you had to do, but in the process you upset a lot of people. An explanation of why the post was closed, prior to closing it would have avoided this whole issue. Simply saying, that's the end of this discussion, only makes us feel like children being reprimanded. You ask us to put ourselves in your shoes, well I ask you to do the same for us.

I don't know how long you've been around this Forum. But you'll find that we are a pretty easy-going bunch. Many friendships have been formed here and we always welcome new people. We like it here. There are good reasons that we come here. You would do well to not mess with that. I don't mean that as a threat, just some good-natured advice along the lines of "don't fix what ain't broke".

I do appreciate the job that the moderators here do. But I think that it's equally important, no...make that more important that the moderators appreciate the customer too.

[Hyfi]

After all this bru-ha-ha, why hasn't the book review just a few threads down, been moved? Not that I want to see it moved, just wondering. I laughed out loud the other night when I clicked on that post for the first time(after searching for it) only to find it was a book review. I had just purchased the disk Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Keys and was anxious to post about it.

Oh, and about us few unemployed losers using dialup, I only come to this forum and occasionally the PC forum, since it's about 30-45 seconds a click.I also still only read about one third of the posts ever since the code change hit a perfectly fine board.

Please lock this thread so we can move on to our next awaiting dilema!

Hyfi