I've been elsewhere today and just logged on to the suprise of 50+ posts on this subject. That means the issues of centure (spelled censorship?) and delete button power abuse via 'selectivity' likely is as significant to many people as it is to me. Good. Maybe it will make a difference to the better for all of us involved in these 2 good fishing and lifestyle fun public posting forums that have become part of our lives. ...

As for you Pitch Pocket, you addressed me directly so I will answer you directly. To quote this 'ifish insider' with the disguised moniker (Gregg, Bill, Pete, Jen, SS, RW, or whoever? - note the question mark before you get your panties in a bunch wink ):

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RT, if you get your panties in a knot every time something doesn't go your way, you are going to need a prescription for Prozac. Using your little influence and notoriety to promote a snotty sour grape attitude is very unprofessional. You come over here and rally the troops for what reason?
The moderators at any sight are human beings that have to make decisions based upon whatever criteria they are given. If they make a seemingly wrong judgement call, it is just that....a judgement call. So what if the party photos were deemed unnecessary. Jen has posted many times about the unwieldly size the board is getting. Is that lost on you? Geez, cut some slack and lighten up.
As a "professional" writer for my favorite fishing magazine, I wonder if you don't have a responsiblity to take a little higher ground and stop this bashing crap. See if Mr. Amato would let you print your little diatribe in his magazine. That should be a good indicator as to whether you should post it here.


Hmmm. Classy. rolleyes Spare the prescription advice doc; and quit sniffing around in my panties please. And "snotty sour grape attitude"? As I have had to do with other 'reading and conceptionally challenged people', I ask you to go back and re-read my posts within this thread and see that they are about principle, not grapes! ...

Your take on moderators is "they have to make decisions on whatever criteria they are given". EXACTLY! On ifish, Hookset is not abiding fairly by the criteria. He is abiding by selective directive, in addition to his own selectivity. He is targeting those of the owner's disdain. "A judgement call" - no, more like a biased call! Clearly you must be able to see that allowing a few members to post many many pics on ifish of the recent beer drinking partying going on around small children at Jennie's place (which Hook' and Jen clearly allowed, against "criteria", without even a behind the scenes whisper) and then turning around and locking, critisizing, and then deleting my thread is utterly hypocritical and unfair! It's because of the true reasons I wrote about in the long post within this thread. 3 moderators felt compelled to leave that 'directed' and unpaid role within half a year! And we are getting the unfair wrath of a 'queen' scorned; especially behind the scenes of which you may be privy to or not. You simply cannot get around those facts. Trying to do so makes you look as weakly "agenda'd" as Dan has correctly portrayed you. ...

As for you comparing apples to oranges in asking if STS would want my "diatribe" published in their mag, I doubt it because it would be pointless to most of their readers. They are a magazine, not an interactive website. ... Yet. ... Nick has brought up the subject of opening up a public BB on the STS website with me as moderator/techie - with a "no holds barred" freedom of expression allowed. I told him I would think about it after I finish my overdue book (which I have been re-writing in entirety; for the best possible comprehensive work - now slowed down again due to a broken tailbone). If it comes about, it will definitely be informative AND FUN! I have kinda had it with moderating, but that situation might re-kindle my interest. We'll see. ...

As for all of you others, thanks for your support. And some of you, understand this is not a sour grapes 'diatribe' - it is about changing a fishing website's influential public forum page to proper fairness and equal rights of expression. That can't be done on that site with the people presently on the delete buttons. That's why it's here. Like I said - that's all.

RT