accuracy of the poll - Page 2

[dauphinette]

Originally Posted by 2xy 

I agree. But the way things have been run for the past few years sure haven't made this a "safe" place, as has been discussed ad nauseum.

My join date says '08, but I'm another old-timer who has mostly just been reading the threads discussing moderation. I've been here since '02, but had a different username before. I was disgusted enough with the extreme moderation that I not only stopped coming here for a good while (a year, maybe?), but I closed my account. However, I still found myself looking for info online that would link here, and wound up returning. I post often enough and read a bunch, but I have not felt any sense of belonging or community since coming back here. I always felt like I was being watched. To me, this place felt like one of those super fancy homes where everything is so sanitized and decorated that you are afraid to sit down or touch anything.

I'm glad for less moderation. A good example of "moderate" moderation has already been given in the poll thread. I would be perfectly fine with that type of moderation. 

I can agree with a lot of what you are saying here.  I am starting to understand that a lot of my reaction to the changes was based on the actions of a little group who was causing a lot of chaos.  After understanding this I can agree that there are some positives to the changes and I will scoot over to the polls thread to read about what you are referring to...Thanks :)

 

[rightkindofme]

I've been busy with real life lately so I haven't been posting much. I'm pretty sure I'm not a troll though. I really disliked the old moderation and I'm thrilled that mdc is no longer a Stalin-esque regime.

[APToddlerMama]

Originally Posted by dauphinette 

The thread on mdc's stance on HIV was clearly designed to stir the pot, and it did and a lot of people who I doubt know much about HIV or AIDS put their two cents in and it was closed, rightly so.

I am not a troll, and I don't belong to a single other site other than this one. I have looked at the TWWS website, though not posted there, and I wouldn't post there.  Not my cup of tea and I have no extra time to be wasting on the internet.  What I do on this site is already beyond the time I should be spending online.  I am personally very curious about the whole HIV/AIDS thread and would really love an explanation from Mothering on this.  It is something I have wondered about for years.  The person who started that thread had been part of this community for five years and had a billion posts, so I doubt it was a "troll."  I don't see how a troll could have made it that many years, through all the moderation that we used to have, etc., if they genuinely didn't want to be part of this community in a meaningful way.  But, I don't know them personally or even recognize them really from other posts, so I can't say for sure.  Regardless, I thought it was a discussion that should be had, and didn't think it was right for Mothering to pull the thread without an explanation.  Seemed like a big cop out and way to not answer some tough questions. 

As far as the accuracy of the poll... Again, not a troll and I didn't like the old moderation at all.  I think the poll reflects that people were unhappy with being spanked constantly.  I don't think the poll was able to reflect or guage how many of us feel about many other aspects of Mothering that have changed including FB privacy, advertising, trying to bring in new users who may be very mainstream, etc.  But then, that wasn't the purpose of the poll.  It was about moderation. 

[ssh]

I didn't participate in the poll because I'm deciding whether to boycott mothering.

Dauphinette, the racist thread was in current events.  I can't find it, it's been deleted. It was offensive enough to need deleting. It was started by mothering. I believe the person didn't realize what the article cited really said and didn't have any idea the thread would attract so many racist responses and be so offensive. Still a sad situation though.