henry0 - 11:52 am on Jan 21, 2008 (gmt 0)

Why do we enable users to contribute and then deny them the ability to moderate what they see themselves?

That would be true in a perfect world seasoned with some degree of anarchy
And where the forum/blog does not supply any form of T O S.

Running such a site will be suicidal, (not to mention liability ect.) don’t expect the users to fully enforce some form of self moderation.
Trash attract trash and trashy will become trashier, as such the user that could have been “mods” will run away and never look back.

Debating a thread within a forum is like pertaining to a “club”
Do you mingle with any crowd that you have no feeling for?

Being controversial is fine, as well as contesting
But one should first agree with the “rules of engagement”

Democracy and freedom only happen by obeying to a set of rules