03-20-2003, 07:19 PM
When the original LL closed up, I switched to the DiabloII.net forums. At the time, DiabloII.net was very cool, most of the posters were pretty mature, and there are still many parts of the site which are terrific. I was there easily two or three hours a day (from work - shhh!) :)
But it's a truly huge site, and Elly, Gaile, and company seriously have their hands full. Even though most of the forums have moderators, they still like to keep their hands in there and try to be uber-mods as well. In the past few months, there have been a number of pretty ugly incidents there. A few long-time members had some disagreements with the site mods, resulting in some of them getting banned. Others left in disgust. There was an outcry, and some pretty harsh words exchanged, and more people got banned, resulting in more people leaving in disgust. The only "defense" ever presented is that it's their site, paid for with their money, so they can do whatever they want. There are ways to present that simple fact in a tactful way that makes a lot of sense, but lately I think they're all just so stressed out that they hit that "ban" button first and explain things to whoever's interested later, maybe.
Again, it's only recently that things have gotten bad, but when it's bad, it's really bad. And now that the LL is back, who needs em?
Orbert
But it's a truly huge site, and Elly, Gaile, and company seriously have their hands full. Even though most of the forums have moderators, they still like to keep their hands in there and try to be uber-mods as well. In the past few months, there have been a number of pretty ugly incidents there. A few long-time members had some disagreements with the site mods, resulting in some of them getting banned. Others left in disgust. There was an outcry, and some pretty harsh words exchanged, and more people got banned, resulting in more people leaving in disgust. The only "defense" ever presented is that it's their site, paid for with their money, so they can do whatever they want. There are ways to present that simple fact in a tactful way that makes a lot of sense, but lately I think they're all just so stressed out that they hit that "ban" button first and explain things to whoever's interested later, maybe.
Again, it's only recently that things have gotten bad, but when it's bad, it's really bad. And now that the LL is back, who needs em?
Orbert
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Alfredo AxeBarb 81, Bob Pal 80, Zachary Necro 78, Merrick Werewolf 78
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.