[quote=“iix23”]Hello Loretta,
Quote"I understand and agree with what you’re saying, but from the perspective of the people who have been here for a while, what do the newbies contribute? I’m not here to provide a public service for people who just wander in expecting to be taken care of. This is a community, not always a very nice one, and there is plenty of scope for improvement in the way we treat people, but the long-termers are the core of the community."Quote[/quote]
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And how does this benefit me? You want me to help more random strangers so that more random strangers will join forumosa?
None of the moderators have any financial stake in forumosa. Aside from free drinks (I don’t drink) at happy hours, we don’t get anything in return for our efforts. Every complaint is a slap in the face to someone who is just trying to help things along for the greater good, not for money.
These are valid points. No argument. It’s also valid to point out that eg there is a sticky thread about that very question at the top of the forum, or that a cursory search will turn up several short direct answers to the question.
With all respect to the many intelligent and interesting people that turn up here from time to time (many of whom stay around, thankfully), this site is afflicted with a never-ending stream of unintelligent and uninformed garbage from people with too much sense of their own entitlement, who expect amazing customer service from volunteers who have better things to do.
Having said that, the recent complaints have mostly been from intelligent, interesting folks with a long history here. They’re expressing perfectly normal frustration at the fact that this site is a work in progress which depends on the efforts of individuals who volunteer their time and brainpower, but are not in complete agreement about how things should be done.
The moderating is not consistent because nobody has found one hard and fast set of rules that we can all agree on and work to. It’s the internet, we’re making it up as we go along. Please be patient, and remember that our intentions are good, and we are only human. (Except for Maoman, who is actually a mutant cyborg.)