Moderator decisions & Attractivity of TalkGraphics

[remi]

Hi Bones,

I'm glad that you've added your views, and I think there are some interesting points to discuss.

I cannot speak for sledger, but as I said before, the reactions in a forum are dependent on the current mood (how we interprete a thread). The moderators are not only humans too , we are also different personalities and this is great in my eyes.

You have argued that the moderators in some internet forums were incapable to reconsider their decisions. I know from some discussions in our "moderator forum", that we think self-critical about our own actions. And as you have seen in this thread, we are open for discussions. Maybe you're now also able to rethink your views.

I spend very little time here because I find these forums very stale and lightweight. I come here with specific questions, when they arise, but I don't find this the kind of place that is likely to teach me anything really worthwhile because its all too fluffy and nice.

I would say, some discussions are a little bit boring in the last time. But in my eyes one of the reasons for this is, that there are no interesting new features/updates from Xara for a long time. In my eyes, it's simply not worth to discuss well known features day after day and therefore the attractiveness of the forum is falling a little bit. I'm sure this will change, if we get some new functions/features to discuss.

No-one pushes any boundaries or really challenges anything, its all too antiseptic. A little bit of chaos makes for the enticing possibility that something good and fresh may emerge at some point. This place doesn't really do any of that.

In the end it's your own decision, if you want to visit a soccer game for watching football or if you want to visit such a game, in order to meet some hooligans after the game and start to create "a little bit chaos". But we have bad experiences with "hooligans", therefore we have a large sign reading "No hooligans please" in front of our forum.

btw: The above is only an example to illustrate the "boundaries". It's _not_ my intention to call you a "hooligan" or something like that (I'm far away from such a thinking, ok?) - personally, I'm open for controversy discussions, too. We just have to be careful, that these discussions don't get out of control. If we lay emphasis on a little bit more "enthusiasm" or more "substantive discussions", then I agree with you.

That's the way I see it.

Remi