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a valuable PC911 team member is leaving. why? because some people just can't behave. i don't blame grogan. the amount of shit he and many other moderators had to take over the years is mind-boggling, especially considering the fact it comes in return for spending countless hours of free personal time over a period of 4 or 5 years lending ones expertise to help others.
as shelly said, we're pretty thick-skinned, and you have to be that way. but we do have our limits. al described it properly when he said that for grogan the heap of BS that has accumulated over the years has grown too big.
but i'm not gonna repeat myself. i've said this before and i'll say it again. below is a message i posted sometime last year. i suggest you read it very carefully, because it holds true now more than ever, and i am dead serious about it.
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i am purposely ignoring these threads. i have no interest in flame wars, i have no time to engage in pointless no-win arguments about who's right and what's better, i have no patience for playing the peace maker, i have no nerve for weeding through every thread and post trying to decide which one should stay and which one should go.
it is my opinion that all these negative threads are a complete waste of time and energy and i will not partake in them in any form. i am honestly surprised how many people have the time and energy to keep up these hostilities, and am even more surprised how many people take some perverse pleasure in spreading negativity, fighting wars, insulting others, etc.
yes, i am saddened to see some of the insults and stupidities recently exchanged here. but neither i nor anybody else can teach common sense and intelligence and respect and humility and tolerance to those individuals who don't have it. that was their parents job who obviously failed at it. nor will i start censoring posts with an iron fist, taking away the freedom of speech, playing dictator and deciding which posts are or are not worthy of being on display here. this is a free community where everybody can state their opinion as long as it's done in a civil manner.
as you might have noticed i do post when i find the time (which is not as often as i wish), but only constructive answers to serious questions. that's what i enjoy, and that's the purpose of this site.
i also take care of a lot of the background work on this site that most people don't even think about, e.g. the web hosting, maintaining the web server, all the html work, editing of articles and reviews, trying to keep the advertising revenue up, organizing the donations deal, communicating with other webmasters, trying to get products from vendors for review, promoting our site, and much more. this costs me maybe not always 5 hours every day, but it is essentially a second job i'm working, in addition to my full-time day job as a sys admin for a software company here in silicon valley.
i'm proud of this site. i'm proud of the team that has joined me and helped to make the site what it is today. i'im proud of the awesome community that has developed here over the years. i don't regret a single one of the countless hours i've put in over the last two and a half years. i will continue to invest my time and energy into the site because i enjoy it and i hope that my work helps people get more out of their computer and have a happy computing experience.
if people want this site and our help, then it will be evident by the communications on this forum because that's how we know our audience and communicate with them. as long as the main focus of the forum is about requests for computer help this site will continue to exist. as seen in the past, troublemakers and brain amputees usually have the attention span of a 2 year old and leave us. i believe that this trend will continue and that our mission and our community is strong enough to laugh those idiots out the door.
but if i see evidence that nobody wants our help, that this is becoming a burden, or an excercise in futility, or turns into a war field, or any other sign that we can't have fun anymore maintaining this site and helping people, then i will pull the plug - plain and simple. i have lots of other things i could do with the extra 20 hours every week, e.g. spend more time with my wife, get 8 hours of sleep instead of 5, study to advance my career, take a vacation, spend time with friends, etc.
long story short: i will continue to "do my thing" and watch what happens. i'm not making the decisions, our audience does, cause that's who the site is for. if they want us, we will provide it. if they don't want us or abuse and insult us, we will move on.
it is completely up to you.
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