Alrighty then...
Yes, I've been prone to lashing out lately. Call it stress, whatever, it probably has nothing to do with the site. When things get crazy in life, this is the one little area I have some control over. I'm not justifying my behaviour, only explaining it. If this has offended you, Teresa, I apologize, as it was certainly not my intention to turn you off.
I don't think I've degraded anyone. I won't say, "You're wrong, stupid." However, I'm very matter-of-factly black-and-white about the way I disagree. Disagreeing is not the same as degrading.
With people posting things along the line of, "Yes Jeff, I agree," I find that to be just as irritating as many of you do. It creates noise that doesn't advance conversation and I generally delete most of it. That's the part of moderation you don't see. Most people also don't see the "that girl is a slut" posts in the employee forums or the daily "tear down DT it's lame" posts.
Why my lashing out toward Wagonboy? I guess there are two reasons. The first is that hint of "my job is going to suck" tone. Perhaps that was strictly my interpretation and not his intent, but I think we all know how I feel about that tone. The second is the constant second guessing of the people who think this stuff out. It is frankly very mind boggling to me that over and over again that people like us actually think that we thought of something that the experts who design this stuff didn't think of.
So now you know where I'm coming from. If I've pissed off anyone, please accept my apology.
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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
"And he says 'I'm goin' crazy up there at the lake...'"