The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

It's a LOT of work to keep up with all of the posts. And you deal with constant negativity between members, some of which is directed at you & your judgment calls. Other folks think you should be some sort of robot who doesn't contribute, have opinions, or make mistakes either. Moderating definitely isn't for the faint of heart! You seem extremely level headed, though... I think you'd make a fantastic mod!

When I was an Admin for another forum I was treated the exact same way. I was expected to be some kind of Oracle who did nought but agree with everybody and please everybody. Buddha forfend if I ever punish somebody for breaking the rules. I lost so many friends on the boards because I didn't take their sides in small and quite petty disputes and punish the people they were arguing with. I once had to permanently ban my supposed "best friend" on the board for a hate campaign she started against a member, the woman even going so far as to threaten to kill herself on the other woman's doorstep (Seriously, wtf?!!). Since then for a long while I had the hate campaign aimed at me personally. Luckily she lost interest, because it turned quite nasty.