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sokoloff:
Would a different set of moderators for that one thread be workable (or possible/worth trying)?

Possibly a superset, with the new "front line" moderators being responsible for the day to day janitorial cleanup of the most egregious/mod-time-wasting content?

gnif:

--- Quote from: sokoloff on August 23, 2022, 02:51:49 pm ---Would a different set of moderators for that one thread be workable (or possible/worth trying)?

Possibly a superset, with the new "front line" moderators being responsible for the day to day janitorial cleanup of the most egregious/mod-time-wasting content?

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Personally I like this idea, but ultimately it is up to Dave (@EEVBlog)

TERRA Operative:
I find it interesting the members who are most up in arms about this issue....

It's a test equipment thread on an electronics forum. It's being moderated because other members are complaining about it being off topic from this very clear subject.

It is the members that are making reports because they don't like the off topic stuff Not sure how this keeps being misconstrued as the moderators fault, when it's the people are actively voting in favour of the established rules?
I also don't see how mods following the will of these members, that the reasonable forum rules are followed, is going to spell Armageddon for this forum?.....

Meh, if some people here want to cut off their nose to spite their face and throw their toys out of the play pen, I'll still sit here and play regardless. I just want to talk about electronics.



--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 23, 2022, 02:42:23 pm ---Like I say, I think you've made a fait accompli and the TEA thread is effectively dead as of today's outburst of moderatorial intolerance. There's already a groups.io mailing list made some long time ago and the discord discussion that's been running for years is taking on a new life. You're going to get exactly what you're asking for but without the participation of the regulars who provide most of the on-topic discussion as well as the off-topic discussion.

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The TEA thread will not die because you or a few others leave. Don't make the mistake in thinking that. From the number of reports of complaints, a bit of a member self-pruning from the thread may actually see new members start posting there once all the off-topic stuff ends......
I don't want to see anyone leave, but, well, if the off topic stuff abates due to this, so be it.

ebastler:

--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on August 23, 2022, 02:54:47 pm ---It's a test equipment thread on an electronics forum.

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No, I would argue that's actually not what it is. It is the "Test Equipment Anonymous group therapy" thread. As defined (in a slightly tongue-in-cheek way) in its title and initial post, the thread deals not with test equipment, but with the affliction of collecting it.

If a strictly technical thread on various test equipment is what Dave wants, he should set up a new thread -- something like "My latest Test Equipment Acquisition". Complaining that the TEA thread, while titled and described as it currently is, takes a rather "holistic" view of TEA, seems besides the point.

gnif:

--- Quote from: ebastler on August 23, 2022, 03:20:50 pm ---No, I would argue that's actually not what it is. It is the "Test Equipment Anonymous group therapy" thread. As defined (in a slightly tongue-in-cheek way) in its title and initial post, the thread deals not with test equipment, but with the affliction of collecting it.

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Indeed, which there is no issue as the "affliction of collecting it", as you are talking about electronics still... yes, it's a general discussion, about electronics and the impact it has on you, your wife/family, etc. At the end of the day though, it's still the topic of electronics.

The issue we have is when it goes off on a tangent and is discussing how to varnish & sand a wooden table.

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