'if there's a problem with a forum host, report them to the admin.'

Exactly. Could not agree more.

CakeAlexS
'if there's a problem with a forum host, report them to the admin.'

Exactly. Could not agree more.

Good idea, but it wont work that way, IMO. If there is a problem with a "host" there will more likely be a blowup. There was the admins and the users. Now there are the admins, the "hosts" and the users. An unintended side effect.
 
...but I've said too much already.
 
J

CakeAlexS
'if there's a problem with a forum host, report them to the admin.'

Exactly. Could not agree more.

Oh I can imagine there will be a good few complaints made regarding the attitude of one or two forum members that have acquired a new badge Alex.
 
By the way, I noticed your "." post (the one you posted after inviting people to comment here) was quickly removed from the thread upstairs...

The only "." posts I do are dupes.

Just checked nope link is still there and discussion is still happening. All good..

 
I'm probably over-reacting.
 
And as has been mentioned, we don't know who will eventually take on these roles, or what their responsibilities will be.
 
My view remains that this should not have been 'leaked' in the first place (even if it was an error, precautions should have been put in place to prevent it), and I still believe anonymity should have been preserved at this stage, even if the forum hosts' identities are subsequently made public once it's up and running.
 
My opinions regarding the 'drivel posts' and the FSF remain unchanged. I think they have an overall negative effect on the forum. Others may differ in their opinion, and that's cool. But to judge my opinions as a personal attack is missing the point. To disagree and even speak vehemently about somebody's beliefs and views is categorically not an attack on them personally.
 
Anyway, we'll see how it goes.
 
 

CakeAlexS
The only "." posts I do are dupes.

Well that's rather odd, because your "." post had not been edited in any way, and your post directly before it was inviting people to comment here?  This doesn't seem at all consistent with other users duplicate posts?

A forum software glitch I'm sure.

I have only one thing to say on this whole subject of hosts.
 
I have asked to be removed from the committee and thus have declined to be a host in the future.

I guess Anderton needs to edit the title of this thread since it's "hosts" not "moderators"?

SteveStrummerUK
 
I'm probably over-reacting.
 
And as has been mentioned, we don't know who will eventually take on these roles, or what their responsibilities will be.

 
Maybe you missed this detail from one of Karyn's replies Steve.  They've formed a committee!  You know what that means, right?  It means now there's ZERO chance of anything happening.