RE: [DL] Allan's ability to have 2 emails [OT]

[Seanchai <Seanchai@compuserve.com>]

>>Actually - I am only going to respond to this to prevent the continued
twisting of facts.<<

   Which facts would those be? 

>>Normally a thread like this would be long past being shut down, but since
it centers around my role as moderator I think everyone should have a
chance to say their mind.<<

   Exactly what I am talking about. This thread has been running for less
than twenty-four hours and the majority of the messages in have been "Me,
too. I think you're doing a great job." It's decidedly on topic and its
been free of flames and personal attacks. This thread is being shut down.
Threads about how silly D&D is, about blue dice, and about me too messages
are allowed to run for days. 

>>But unless you have something new to offer on the subject, just let it
go.<<

   I got lotsa stuff. 

>>I doubt anyone is going to be changing their minds at this point.<<

   Maybe when they get a glimpse of how you really run the list, they will.


>>And as always, if you have an unresolved complaint about my behavior,
please feel free to contact Afterburner@erols.com<<

   To what end? 

   Someone posted that your reputation should not be marred by speculation.
That's fine. Allow me to mar it with public record. 
   Yesterday you said: "Not long after this guy got on the list, he started
an argument that rapidly escalated." Here's the threads in which I
participated in the month that I arrived on the list: 

http://deadlands.melnibone.org/deadlist/Aug-2000/0431.html      
http://deadlands.melnibone.org/deadlist/Aug-2000/0697.html
http://deadlands.melnibone.org/deadlist/Aug-2000/0698.html

   Which one is the argument I started? I've been through all the messages
I've ever sent to the list. The only one which *REMOTELY* could be
considered anything less than calm and polite is A Splash of Cold Water,
which I posted in November. I joined the list August. 
   From your message yesterday: "And since in my opinion, given his
previous posts on this list and 
on other public forums, he was more interested in being in an argument then
in the actual argument itself I closed the email by telling him off in no
uncertain terms.  Vulgarity was used."
   My previous posts on the list? I had just joined the list. 
   Let's take a look at part of your reply to A Splash of Cold Water, which
can be found at http://deadlands.melnibone.org/deadlist/Nov-2000/1190.html:
"Oh. You. If you must know, your reputation as a flame instigator had
preceded you - that one comment - off list - quickly ended what you were 
gearing yourself up to."
   Where am I going with all of this? Let's rebuild things only using
public record - I can't twist that. I join the list. I post a couple of
rules questions. I get into a length, but decidedly calm, discussion about
what had happened to one of my NPCs. You've heard that I am a "flame
instigator." You believe I am "gearing up" to do something, so you send me
a nasty private note which included vulgarities, a kind of warning about
what I could expect from the list. You send it from your private account
(presumably). 
   Perhaps its just me, but this doesn't strike me as fair or unbiased. I
had done *NOTHING*. Your presumption that I was about to do something was
based entirely upon second hand knowledge. Someone told you I might start a
fight and so, even though I had been a perfect gentlemen, you decide the
best thing to do is send me a nasty warning. The whole presumption of guilt
thing aside, the moderator sending a strongly worded private note that
includes "vulgarities" to folks who have broken the rules doesn't strike me
as a terribly professional and wise thing to do. 
   But it gets better. After this happens, I notice at least one other
person posts to the list, saying you sent them a nasty note in private. If
I recall correctly, your defense then was that you were using your private
account. I'll look this stuff up in the archive if you like.
   Then I start to notice that certain threads are shut down - threads you
don't like - while others remain open - ones you're participating in.
Certain opinions get nasty responses from your private e-mail personality
while others are egged on. 
   So I think you're doing a bad job as moderator. Don't think it's
terribly difficult to see why.

            Seanchai


   
   

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