mic said:
Remember what I told you barren about special treatment for different members?One person does something and gets banned or threatened to be banned,another one does the same thing and gets a special thread just for their conversation.Funny huh?
Johnny,
Please read my post above again. No one is being 'singled-out' and there is definitely no back room conspiracy going on behind the scenes. I've been thinking a lot lately about how noobs must feel when they arrive at the forum and search on a subject. First they get either hundreds of results, or none at all. Then if they click on one of the results they end up on a thread (or in the middle of one) that is riddled with information that is both relevant to their search and information that is way off topic from their search.
If you feel I was singling someone out, why did I not split the other posts higher up in the same thread made by the same group of posters? You'll notice that out of three pages of posts in the thread, I only split the last few posts from the thread since they were not relevant to the original thread.
It is my new goal to try to help the new guys find there footing here by sorting some of the wheat in the threads, from the chaff in the threads. No one's post was altered or deleted, just relocated to a more appropriate section. As a moderator one of my jobs is to keep the forum in a clean user friendly format. You'll notice I'll be splitting more threads in the upcoming weeks. I will not decide whether to split the thread or not based upon who the poster is, I'll decide based upon the relevancy of the post to the original topic or question. When I split a thread I pay special attention to the continuity of the conversation to be sure nothing is lost in the split. After a thread is split, both threads should still be easy to follow and make sense.
I know my explanation is not as glamorous as a conspiracy theory, but like most things in life, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Relax and try not to read too much into what goes on here on the forum. It's not about 'us' against 'them', it is about everyone working together efficiently and safely to help one another refine precious metals.
I feel like after a few months of splitting and relocating threads the forum will become a much easier place to navigate for noobs and pros alike. Maybe after a year of this everyone will begin putting posts in the right section and replies will begin to remain focused on the original subject matter. I know it won't ever be perfect, but it sure as hell can't be any worse than the mixed up mess of posts we currently have. Granted some posts will not be 100% in line with the original topic, but you would have to agree that there is a lot of room for improvement.
Steve