> People have already expressed their displeasure here about the Mods being a police force [....] I don't recall any such problems/actions in the old forums.
And therein, I think, lies the problem, Alex...
FTM was envisioned as a "soft landing" for we former MFIFers, Mods included; if you recall, the discussion about whether to invest in UBB.Threads settled on the familiarity aspect as a determining factor.
But the landing has been anything but soft, the territory anything but familiar.
Rather than using the scenario we left as a starting point and progressing from there with thoughtful discussion, the "M Squad" (*) has gone arbitrary on us to a large degree.
And the part I find most bothersome is that we have been unaware of many changed and new rules and policies before we've tripped over them, and that is not, in the least, either welcoming, friendly, or, more specifically, in keeping with the reasons we migrated here!
(*) 1950s TV detective show starring Lee Marvin as Lt. Frank Ballinger
