erjoh
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OK i have let this sit for a bit. 1) to see if it goes deep in the downward spiral and 2) to get a pulse on the feelings on others before I taint with my personal perspectives.
So about all of this and moderation and this and that and censorship and blah blah blah blah.
1)We all need to come to terms that any and all efforts that FC does with resources (including this very forum and official servers ) must meet the practicality that it’s done so in order to promote business. Any talk outside of that is, at least from their perspective, irrelevant to the goal at hand and they have full authority to remove.
2) Having open dialog is actually a great mechanism for feedback and getting customer perspectives but that doesn’t mean dealing with abuse and/or comments that serve no other purpose but to criticize without desire to correct.
3) Anytime you are removed from a situation, self reflection, empathy, and humility must be internalized to have any true meaning of maintaining a relationship. I personally had to deal with that once here on these very forums and gained a deep appreciation for the moderators that are just trying to salvage topics. This, in turn, created a new, better relationship I have with the moderators on this board.
4)We are all human and sometimes your little offense that may not be an issue individually becomes that last straw and the wraith comes down on you. Understand that these things happen and request reconsideration.
5) The length of time this thread has remained active shows there is something they feel is value added enough to continue so we should all pat ourselves on the back for keeping it positive.
6) It is not in the company’s best interest to silence folks here. The negative implications on other media would be harsh and they know that.
7) At the same time, this vehicle of feedback is one and one that isn’t as popular as others so don’t expect any special favor just because it’s FC’s message board. Content providers input far outweigh mine because I don’t have 20-50k followers. I’m one voice in a pool of a couple of hundred that can spin a good yarn. That’s about it. I’m only as good as that.
Now many of you will find this as just white knighting but that isn’t it. It’s simply acknowledging the facts that FC is in complete control and we are only here because they, for some weird masochistic reason, feel its value-added.
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