wait so koobi are you saying that you, as a mod, shouldn't have to read posts before responding to them, because you aren't paid? that doesn't sound like proper mod attitude...
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i'm not trying to start some kind of fight here..that's just the impression i just got. please clarify if that's not what you meant?
nobody reads every post on every thread. i have no time these days. i read the part of the discussion you quoted me on. if you want me to read a part of your post which you quoted someone else on, then you should say so. why would i want to read the part of the post you quoted someone else on? my discussion is with you, not with the other person you qouted the post on.
if it's a critical thread of course i'd read the entire thread but this is just a discussion about karma...which i think has gone a little too far...
well i just thought that
a) since you decided to take part in this discussion and put your 2 cents in, that you would at least listen to the other side of the argument. How are you going to learn anything new, or else reaffirm your own opinions, if you shut your ears and eyes and start talking? I understand your lack of time. The decent thing to have done was not to respond at all, if you weren't going to put both feet in the water.
b) I understand that it is not possible for a single mod to read every post on every thread. Or even an army of mods. But one of the functions of a mod is to make sure people are posting within guidelines. I would at the very least assume that for the threads/posts that you
do have the time to read, that you would excercise your duties as a mod to well..moderate. Or am I mistaken in what the duties of a mod are, around here? I suppose the duties vary from board to board. Please do not hesitate to correct me if I am wrong.
I agree nobody does read every post in every thread in every forum on this board. Not even me. But I
do take the time to read the posts in the threads that I
do go to. It just seems like common courtesy. It helps to avoid situations like people posting the same things twice, or saying things that have nothing to do with the conversation. It's the same basic flaw of evesdropping on a conversation:you're bound to interpret something wrong cuz you didn't hear the whole thing. It's the same basic flaw of putting your hands over your ears and closing your eyes and trying to talk to someone. It's really hard. My son tries stuff like that sometimes. It's actually kind of funny.
And as far as this discussion being taken out of proportion: I have to disagree. I will agree that this thread has strayed from the OT and maybe everybody started to get their feathers ruffled, but I do not believe the original debate itself got out of proportion.
peace.
