Quote Originally Posted by JPnyc
Possibly true, but I've read enough of this forum to know the membership themselves were not all blameless and angelic in these conflicts. There are 2 sides to every conflict (at least 2), and generally it's human nature for both sides to completely blame the other, 100%. I, however, was not involved at all, so for that reason I feel I have a little better shot at objectivity.

I can't come in like a bull in a china shop and start axing mods because a portion of the former core membership is holding grudges. That would be like paying a blackmailer. It's a bad road to go down. I make a promise concerning behavior going forward. You can hold me responsible for what takes place from here on out.
For posterity I quoted you on that.

Frankly, I don't see it as paying blackmailers - I see it in terms of a businessperson - you and I both know a sexual harasser gets axed as quickly as possible. You and I both know that bad corporate image is NEVER something to mess around with, most especially from volunteers.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, can be replaced. You expressed concern earlier for becoming known as a 'hacker site', and over potential lawsuits which might arise from said information (or was that nihil? I'm too lazy to scroll back and see) - would you rather AntiOnline become "Maxium abuse for those foolish enough to sign up?"

If a mod does it once, a mod will do it again. No amount of preaching or rules will change that. It is insane to believe that given the same situation a different result will occur.

Now, if you'd said "I can't give the Mods the sack just yet because I've no one to replace them and it'd overburden those who didn't get sacked," you would've been more viable - but in defending them, you're only furthering the destruction of this "Corporate Image" which is the holy of holies to any well-functioning business - Goodwill is everything and you bloody well know it. It is what keeps the cash flowing in from repeat business. More to the scope of what we're dealing in here, it is what keeps you a solid core-membership and valid content flow rather than fluff and the occasional troll which you've been contending with lately.