Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27370080-20190806210224/@comment-31600610-20190807064233

Good luck, Sir Duck. You have my vote. This place is a madhouse. If you're confirmed, please try to avoid abusing what minuscule fraction of authority you'll be provided. There are some admins here that think they can MAKE the rules, or interpret them to suit themselves personally.

I'd have a go at it, but it wouldn't end well.

I do believe that there's a book out there somewhere, written collectively by many wise people who were divinely inspired to do so. And in that same book, it was said, "Let your 'yes' be 'yes', and your 'no', 'no'." Meaning, it's yes or no. Black or white. And that's that. If someone posts something you think isn't permissible, then check the rules. If it's clearly a violation, then do your thing. If it is not, then do nothing. It is not up to you to think: "Well, it's SORT of skirting around the edge of permissible." It shouldn't work that way.

I've done the admin gig for decades, back when BBS's were an amazing new way to communicate, so I know it can sometimes seem like, "woot woot, I'm the captain now!!!". I've pulled admin duty for dozens of platforms, in several languages and it's all one big headache. Everyone wants to keep things PC, and nobody wants anyone else to be offended. It offends me that people become offended. So, seriously good luck! We need more level heads than some of the current ones. God bless 'em for trying.