Microcosm of the macrocosm. This is happening on the world stage as well.

I am using this user name, and the privacy manager, to show how easy it is to abuse these functions. When moderators do this it is unethical, as there is no reason for them to hide their identity when posting in forums they moderate. This is deceitful.

Eyespy, I certainly see your point in terms of the ease of creating multiple handles, and numbers, and the whole privacy manager function. I don't think it should be allowed. Hopefully that changes in the future. In terms of the moderating on the debate boards...

Other websites I have been on clearly state who the moderators are. I personally think that is a good idea. Everyone should be accountable here. In the case of curezone, there are a million moderators. I actually moderate two forums. So if there are a 100 moderators here, then that information becomes less useful in terms of individual decisions...

I do think the debate boards need to be cleaned up. In my opinion, what we are seeing here is a classic case of an extended period of the wild, wild West that has been allowed to play out for years, and then a case of trying to clean it up too fast with no explanation or accountability. But it needs to be cleaned up. And i think the intentions have been honorable, even if I don't agree with everything. Spud should not have been banned. That is clear. She is a longtime poster and I do think there was an over reaction. It is hard to justify just banning her and no one else. But.......

All the fights between the posters there - and to name a few - her, Refreshed, Tiki, Ryan , Incharge, Innercalm etc. etc.

Well something needs to change. And I don't want to infer that they are bad people or dishonest. None of them are trolls, regardless of the rhetoric. But I do think there needs to be some serious and legitimate moderating there. And I do think the slates need to be wiped clean and for the Webmaster to give some clear and unequivical direction on what will be accepted on the debate boards and what will cause a ban. We can't have haphazard moderating here. And Spud and Peggy shouldn't be banned. But. If I was the moderator there, well I personally would be hiding a massive amount of posts.The debate boards have become out of control. And it is very easy for legitimate posters to get carried away there. I know. I spent several years on there, and I will admit that I broke the TOS more then a couple of times. It gets emotional over there.

I did come on here last year to make the case for Tony Isaacs to be instated as a Global Moderator. I still do think that it is a great solution to a lot of these problems. Curezone is a big site, so it needs multiple moderators, but he has paid his dues here and has moderating experience on other sites, including serious ones where people are suffering from stage 4 cancer. Hopefully the Webmaster will reconsider this request. I can't think of anyone else I would rather have here making those tough decisions. He is a pro at it.