@HIDLad001 — Agreed! I've noticed this before also.

Also— isn't it a bit schizophrenic and peculiar to mark your location as "Watching you" on a forum? I mean those words SCREAM "power trip".

I find it funny that RCM loves to shut us all down for things he deems “unfit for a public forum” when he has posted some off-color stuff in the past on said public forum

I think RCM442 is doing exactly the job that is asked of him. I think the main problem is what is being asked of him. Of course RCM442 deletes more conversations than the other mods because (no offense to the other two mods) RCM442 does the vast majority of the moderating round here. I think the problem is in the rules. Hear me out

I think that if a conversation gets rowdy or hateful, then it should be shut down in most instances. I believe this should be the criteria for a conversation shutdown. Conversations about members leaving are very likely to become hateful, but not all of them inherently will. Deleting a conversation because it is likely that it will become rowdy is too proactive in many people's opinion, I think conversations should be deleted after a warning has been given and then violated.

But doing that is difficult, that requires constant monitoring of these high-risk conversations, and like I said RCM442 does the majority of the moderating, and he is only one person. If I was in RCM442's position, I might find myself doing the same thing, being proactive because it is easier to prevent drama before it happens. Or maybe making rules like rule #8 that prohibit these conversations from starting.

Rule #8 is an interesting one as it does make sense to keep people's information confidential. But I do think that not all conversations regarding departed members cross into this "confidentiality" territory, just like not all of them cross into the "hate" territory.

So it is a rule that RCM442 is enforcing, and that is his job. We might not like the rule, we might want the rule to be more lenient but that makes RCM442's job harder and he is already doing a lot. The solution here is to get more moderation to make it easier, but nobody really wants to do that, and we all know that the more moderators you have the more likely it is for one of them to go a little crazy.

So I don't really think there is a viable solution, but the more we complain about it the more likely it is for something to change. Meh. That's just the nature of using a platform that you don't control.

That's a pretty epic view there, @dor123

We have a strong winds here at Haifa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sANmmrUB3r0

Oh, I should ask, is the "100w Icetron" this one, or different?

https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=8842&pos=2&pid=258220

We have spoken, he is aware...

@Maxim This is most board is most likely going to be taken down. Because shouting at an Admin, won’t go to well with the Admins…  but I do see what you mean. Not being able to discuss another member’s departure is a bit harsh.

That’s just my imput…

Rudy, why do you feel the need to shut down any kind of conversation you deem unfit to your personal tastes? You've closed and locked more threads than I can count. No other mod closes and locks threads with more gusto than you.... genuine question.

Is discussion of something as significant as say, BT25 leaving, prohibited? What are we, supposed to sit quietly, if we have an opinion that we think matters?

'Cause that pushed a lot of members over the edge... do you really want more to leave? You act like a glorified mall cop on a power trip... we are all adults, or nearly adults on here...

@RCM442

You know, as much as I like Eric, he seems to have always been moody and egotistical, much like GE101R. Funny they had conflicts when they are just about the same person... super knowledgeable people, but very "sensitive" and quick to come to conclusions. But that's just me... a real loss.

Eric, I wish you luck in your future endeavors. No hate, but the "leave and rejoin" trope got old, rather quickly.