Re: I'm taking a break from this thankless job

Posted by Sharlee on April 01, 2002 at 23:39:12:

In Reply to: I'm taking a break from this thankless job posted by Emily on April 01, 2002 at 23:12:52:

### I don't blame you for wanting a break. I think 5's 8's and 9's would be best suited for surviving all of the attacks. 5's and 9's would detach and 8's would enjoy the battle. As a 1, I would get incensed at unjustified criticism and probably would not last one dance around the table. You have done well to come so far. Sharlee

: I need a vacation.

: Here are some facts:

: I love this board. I really do. I love this place, the people (well, most), the way everyone can relate to everybody else. I decided to become a moderator because I wanted to keep this place clean, and get rid of the stupid bad guys who want to ruin the boards for all of us. Strangely, becoming a moderator turned ME into a "bad guy" in a lot of people's eyes. I don't know if it's that whole "resisting authority" crap or what. Nothing changed about me except I gained a password for deleting messages. I didn't change as a person, but all of a sudden I was the butt of jokes, I received TONS of personal attacks and criticism. And all I did was erase messages that hurt people's feelings and that hindered true, positive board conversations.

: But that's not how people saw it. If they called someone a "fucking bastard" and I erased their message suddenly, in their mind, I was on a personal crusade for their downfall. I delete over 2000 messages a year, and most of you don't know about that, and that's my goal. I'm trying to rid the boards of all that garbage, and I do it. But all anyone focuses on is the one they wanted gone but that didn't deserve to be gone. 2000 messages that I keep away from everyone's eyes, and you're complaining about ONE???

: Here's Tiggy, blaming the moderators for this and that and the end of the world because a message she didn't like wasn't erased. Here's pork, who practically destroyed the fourboard (http://members.cox.net/4w5infp/9types), posting again after we told him he was not allowed here, and attempted to block his IP address. He sends me these IMs telling me things like, and I quote, "granted, bickering with you will not assist my objective in any way. have fun. and as i said before... you'd better set aside some free time... stop whatever leisure crap you're doing... and get to work on bringing your baseless enmity to fruition. :)"

: And there's all other countless people in the past who insisted on hating me because I keep the boards clean.

: My God, people. I just delete bad messages. I'm not the anti-christ.

: Anyone, even someone with the thickest skin can only take so many times of being called a horrible person with subversive, self-serving plots. It hurts to be ridiculed, tormented and criticized when all I'm doing is attempting to keep a board that I love to death on its feet. Imagine, everyday, reading these messages about yourself, people calling you a bitch, a czar, immoral, having low standards, a childish nimrod, stupid, blah blah blah blah blah. EVERYDAY.

: I'm not a bad person, you guys. I don't have any malicious plots against anyone here. I just really like this place.

: I'm taking a vacation.

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