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Originally Posted by DeliveryValve
Few years of operating that way seems to be permanent.
Oh well, it is what it is. It could of been a great major forum.
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If you ran a site.....you would be aware of bots and spammers..and their incessant attempts...and it takes a proactive approach to keep things under control Places that didn't ended up with major issues down the road. And on the other you have the crowd that seems to never grew out of adolescence who cause more trouble than they provide useful help to anyone. You could write a book on stuff like this and it really is a balancing act. Its a pricey deal to operate a real site once it gets above a certain size and traffic level....and costs rapidly escalate from there.
Its like opening a coffee shop and having a bunch of grade school kids camping out causing trouble and not buying anything....its in your best interest to limit it to the people who actually like and drink coffee.
Trust me....even as a moderator, you really don't and won't have a clue what it really takes. Admins work their butts off in the background just to keep things under control and running smoothly. Few people know the extent, what and how much. And I did give more than a few a chance to redeem themselves which more times than not....they wouldn't. So I gave them the bums rush. How forgiving I was, was always based on their contributions to the site.....
In that aspect....the site owner here, and I understand each other....however there are a few people....who just need to keep their noses and comments to themselves unless they have something constructive or nice to say. They know who they are. They tend to be the ones that cause problems where none existed.
Admins know every thing they do....every thread they visit, every thing they edit.....with timestamps. All in logs only the admins see.....Moderators included, not just regular members. Nothing related to the site goes without the site admin to be able to go back and see everything someone did.
THAT is why Admins have godlike powers.....that mods or supermods don't.
I know what Bill deals with on a daily basis here....and a rough idea of what it costs him. Not many do.