I see the excellent work by the moderators and posters keeping this board free of nonsense, flames and baseball umpires has paid off. Management obviously feels that we no longer need to be supervised by four moderators and that just three will suffice.

Obviously a wise business decision. And a 25% savings in moderator costs.

Moderator costs?
Don't think so, Garth.
Not where I'm sitting.
mick

Actually, moderator cost reductions are only measurable in terms of differences rather than percentages (due to the inability of most calculators or spreadsheets to deal with imaginary numbers).

These differences, when represented in binary, result in a value that has the exact same representation in octal, a rare feat achievable only by the most subtle of financial wizards. Smart guys, these official forum people.

Please forgive my ignorance (or get used to it) but who did we lose as a moderator? I didn't see a thread or anything discussing this.

Rich bagged it a couple of weeks ago - he either started a thread on it or mentioned it within a thread. Can't remember his reason.

So, when the other guy quit we doubled mick's salary.

as a result of the proliferation of trolls and fanboys, we have actually increased all moderators salaries by a factor of 100. They truly deserve it.

I didn't bag it. While I had no intention of bringing this up publically, I will now. It will be erased soon, but that's OK.

Brad removed me as moderator in order to appease his (from the paid side of the site) egocentric editor-in-chief Carl Childress who doesn't like me on a personal basis. This was just minutes after Carl received an email from me he didn't like and minutes after noticing that I was actually a moderator over here. You'll only see Carl here looking for writers (who he can't keep) or plugging his BRD.

I was going to quit a few weeks ago, but those problems were worked out and I was only deleting posts from obvious fanboys and trolls. Which was everytime I logged in recently.

Not being a moderator is cool with me, though. Now I can post anything I want without thinking WWMD (what would a moderator do), although I think I'm about to switch over to a less recognizable moniker for a number of reasons.

--Rich

Rightly so, moderators are paid what they're worth.

Just a guess, Rich, but there might have been a more diplomatic way of telling us what happened ;)

Ohhh, I got zapped
 

Not nice guys, I got zapped because I expressed an opinion.
You didn't bother to read the whole post or you would have seen the value of the post.

tsk tsk

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Quote:

[ Brad removed me as moderator in order to appease his (from the paid side of the site) egocentric editor-in-chief Carl Childress who doesn't like me on a personal basis. This was just minutes after Carl received an email from me he didn't like and minutes after noticing that I was actually a moderator over here. You'll only see Carl here looking for writers (who he can't keep) or plugging his BRD. --Rich

Carl? Nahhhhh. Not our Carl. Carl would never act vindictively and get rid of moderators who no longer curried his favor, would he Warren? Warren? Warren? Oh I forgot, Carl fired him. But that was from a different venue. I'm sure he wouldn't do that here, Rich. Rich? Rich???

I've said all I'm going to say about this except this: Anyone want to experience all this joy first-hand, reply to the solicitation for writers posted in another thread.

Thankfully, it's baseball season and I'll be far too busy the next few months to worry about any of this.

--Rich

Brad removed me as moderator in order to appease his (from the paid side of the site) egocentric editor-in-chief Carl Childress who doesn't like me on a personal basis. This was just minutes after Carl received an email from me he didn't like and minutes after noticing that I was actually a moderator over here. You'll only see Carl here looking for writers (who he can't keep) or plugging his BRD.

[/B][/QUOTE]Unbelievable, Rich. And also a shame.

Rich, don't let your frustrations get to you. You're an asset to the officials on this site. As ScottK also is on a less frequent basis. This site is just a great collection of knowledgeable officials, even though we may have different views and ideas on a lot of things sometimes. The fanboys and trolls can screw off. We need to keep the good ones. Hang in there!

I say that even though I see that your latest post just got zapped.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Mar 30th, 2004 at 09:27 PM]

Looks like someone has some self-esteem issues. I'm sorry, Rich.

Wow. I haven't seen so many posts get deleted since Porter's midnight massacre at Eteamz.

Rich.
 

Stick around. You have been a wonderful asset to this site and just because you are not a moderator, does not mean you should not stay. I have grown more and more fond of your posts as you always have a point of view that I can relate to. I might not always agree, but I can see your point of view. Stick around, we need more sane officials on this site. You are definitely one of them, you cannot let a little disagreement devalue all the things you have accomplished.

Peace

Rich,

What everyone else (certain people excluded, of course) said. Hang in there.

Stick around Rich. I personally value your insights/opinions on this sight.

Fellow WI official,
MJ