I agree. It appears Sara did not take the lesson to heart, even after writing that blog post about it. And it seems very likely that Sara was at the center of my getting removed as a moderator, though others were involved too. Or at least one other; David said he approved it.
I have the temperament for written communication and for moderation. Among the moderators I'm pretty widely regarded as being fair and respectful. I've suspended users and had them thank me for explaining the problem, and then seen them improve when they came back.
I've concluded that I don't have the temperament for high-velocity chat like occurs in Teachers' Lounge. I did when we were all among friends, but there are enough moderators now that we can't know everybody, some of them wield their agendas like sledgehammers, and because of the former you don't know who'll do the latter. I miss the days when we had thoughtful, respectful conversations among people from all over the world and from all sorts of different perspectives. But that's in the past, so if I get reinstated I still don't plan to go back to that room -- or at least not until I hear that there've been major changes.
I regret that I didn't have the strength of will to stay out of that room that day. I entered because another moderator called something I wrote "bigoted", which it isn't at all, and I sought dialogue. Turns out that's one of the sledgehammer-wielders, who I now know to ignore. Oh well. (I'm not ashamed of anything I said that day, just frustrated that I was there and thus available to be attacked.)
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Re: Temprament
Date: 2019-10-16 01:46 am (UTC)I have the temperament for written communication and for moderation. Among the moderators I'm pretty widely regarded as being fair and respectful. I've suspended users and had them thank me for explaining the problem, and then seen them improve when they came back.
I've concluded that I don't have the temperament for high-velocity chat like occurs in Teachers' Lounge. I did when we were all among friends, but there are enough moderators now that we can't know everybody, some of them wield their agendas like sledgehammers, and because of the former you don't know who'll do the latter. I miss the days when we had thoughtful, respectful conversations among people from all over the world and from all sorts of different perspectives. But that's in the past, so if I get reinstated I still don't plan to go back to that room -- or at least not until I hear that there've been major changes.
I regret that I didn't have the strength of will to stay out of that room that day. I entered because another moderator called something I wrote "bigoted", which it isn't at all, and I sought dialogue. Turns out that's one of the sledgehammer-wielders, who I now know to ignore. Oh well. (I'm not ashamed of anything I said that day, just frustrated that I was there and thus available to be attacked.)