Originally Posted by RSL
I'm pretty sure I give an explanation when I'm closing threads. If it's because there's another one exactly like it, 9 times out of 10 I give them the link so they don't have to hunt for it themselves. Not to pat myself on the back or anything, but I basically just did something for them that they should've done in the first place.
The problem seems to be that many people are accusing me of closing threads just to spite them. I don't know why they would even think this. Others say that I wouldn't close it if so and so posted it. The truth is, I close based off content, not who posted it. I'd close a deserving thread whether [insert most popular person here] penned it or [insert new person I've never heard of] conceived it.
Anyway, when I made that last post, I was having a bad day. I came home and found several PMs saying I was basically worthless. Yes, on a normal day I wouldn't even think twice about such a comment from someone I don't know, but the circumstances were wrong that particular day.
You're right though, Unne. (On a side note, are you ever wrong, heh heh). The best approach (the one I take anyway) is to remain impersonal, as though it's a mundane job (and most people don't realize that moderating is pretty mundane). And I don't plan to start yelling back at anyone. I rarely answer critical PMs unless they actually ask for a better explaination. I'm always happy to give them one.
Okay, a somewhat but not really related topic... Do you guys get the impression that a lot of people think that we just love shutting down threads and live to do just that? I might be way off base, but I get that feeling a lot. I find it funny, because I really don't like to do it. I never hesitate if it needs to be done, but I really hate going to a forum and finding locked threads cluttering the place up.