caveman - 5:13 pm on Jul 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

I love Marcia's point about newer posters potentially becoming important long term members. It must be very difficult to decide sometimes what path to take with a given member, especially newer ones...

I sometimes see members in here who are behaving in such an obnoxious way that I wonder why WW doesn't boot them out.

At the same time, a friend of mine (formerly a boss too), had his account terminated by WW a couple years back. He made a critical comment about G - but the comment was also badly misinterpreted by WW in other respects. A shame really, because he never reapplied here again, and he's one of the savviest Web people I've ever met. I learned more from him than any other person I ever worked for. He's now an active, respected poster on other (lesser) forums, but I can't persuade him to come back here...

Definitely an instance that confirms Marcia's wisdom regarding the need for patience and widsom when handling questionable posts from members who *might* turn into great long term contributors.

Moderating a place like this has to be an exceptionally difficult job. My hat is off to everyone who makes WW so great.

<P.S. Count me among those who were sad to see Marcia resign as a mod, but are happy to see that she's still actively posting.>