08-04-2003, 07:26 AM
After making an ass of myself yet again, I feel the need to apologize to you as the members of this site.
I have spoken in IM's or PM's with those of you involved in the deletion of your posts earlier this evening....
My judgement ceased to be when I deleted those posts..
It was not an attempt to muffle or silence anybody, rather it was an attempt at cleaning up/starting over the contest thread.
However, I took myself into chat and dug myself a hole when I said I didn't care about what had happened and proceeded to go on a power trip both on the board and in the chat room.
It did not dawn on me as to the fact that I was putting myself on a pedestal, as if I were better than the members until it was pointed out to me by a fellow moderator..
The truth of the matter is that I do care about this site and what happens to it. I am sorry for what I did, it lacked tact and was a mistake. In retrospect I can see why it has angered so many of you. We for the most part came from a place where censorship ran rampant. The concept here was that nobody here would be censored. A concept I went against.
I value the opinion of each and every one of the members here and would like your input not only on the situation at hand, but any future things that happen on the board. Whether it be in thread form, Private message form, or just some ideas tossed back and forth in chat.
I hope we can all put tonight as water under the bridge and I look forward to making this place the best it can be.
I have spoken in IM's or PM's with those of you involved in the deletion of your posts earlier this evening....
My judgement ceased to be when I deleted those posts..
It was not an attempt to muffle or silence anybody, rather it was an attempt at cleaning up/starting over the contest thread.
However, I took myself into chat and dug myself a hole when I said I didn't care about what had happened and proceeded to go on a power trip both on the board and in the chat room.
It did not dawn on me as to the fact that I was putting myself on a pedestal, as if I were better than the members until it was pointed out to me by a fellow moderator..
The truth of the matter is that I do care about this site and what happens to it. I am sorry for what I did, it lacked tact and was a mistake. In retrospect I can see why it has angered so many of you. We for the most part came from a place where censorship ran rampant. The concept here was that nobody here would be censored. A concept I went against.
I value the opinion of each and every one of the members here and would like your input not only on the situation at hand, but any future things that happen on the board. Whether it be in thread form, Private message form, or just some ideas tossed back and forth in chat.
I hope we can all put tonight as water under the bridge and I look forward to making this place the best it can be.
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