Firstly this is a solo effort, Hitcher, Joni and SPman have had no input into this thread, I'm going it alone because I feel there are some things that need to be said regarding some issues the site is facing.
No doubt all of you by now are aware of Ixion's thread, and have questions that you feel need answering. I can't promise to answer everyones questions, but I'll go as far as I can to clear some things up.
His decision to leave the site was his and his alone. For a long time now we have had some rules here at KB, rules that were set up by SpankMe, not the senior moderators. One of the major issues surrounding the rules has been consistancy. A lot of you have expressed that the rules were not being applied to all members, and therefore quite rightly felt wronged. SpankMe created these rules, and requested his team of moderators to use the infraction system to make sure they were being followed. This wasn't happening, and as the infraction system was not going to be dropped we (the SM's) needed to address the situation quickly, as it was affecting morale at the site.
During one of the discussions in the moderators forum Ixion made it quite clear that his view of moderating was far removed from that of all the other mod's, and from what SpankMe had requested. It was decided then that we would ask Ixion if he still wanted to moderate, as we felt his view's conflicted with what is expected of a moderator. A PM was sent to Ixion, to which he never replied. No, not even a 'Fuck you guys' or a 'yeah maybe you're right', nothing. After a period of approxiamately two weeks and still no response from Ixion, we were left with no other option than to remove him from moderating duties. A PM was sent, outlining the situation and encouraging him to stay at the site as we see him as a valued member of KB. And still we got no response, that is until last night with his rather one-sided attack on Hitcher and the rest of the 'elite'...
As I said, it is his decision to leave. He was not pushed, he had ample opportunity to talk to us about it but choose not to. Motu also deciding to leave is for his own reasons.
It seems a lot of people here feel the responsibility of the site falls solely on the moderators. I'm afraid to tell you this but it falls on all of us. This site is nothing without its members, and by that I mean the personality of the site is a direct result of what we all post here. People moan about the amount of 'crap' posts on the forums, and not enough bike topics. Well you have the power to change that, not the moderators. I watch the forums every day, and I see a lot of threads about motorcycling in general, from reviews to request for help, to stories about recent adventures. So if you're feeling that the forum is losing its direction, YOU can do something about it.
Moving on a little now.
Since SpankMe made his announcement no new rules have been introduced, so where do a lot of you guys get the idea that we are responsible for new rules etc? All we have done is try to address one of the issues brought up to us, consistancy. And as soon as we do that we get attacked. There is no 'major clean-up' of the site going on, no members being pushed out. There is no restrictions on freedom of speech (other than abusive posts, one of SpankMe's rules), no infractions for swearing, taking the piss, having fun.
Regarding banned members, there has only been one (1) banned user (other than aliases). This member was banned by SpankMe, not the senior mod's. As the site is still SpankMe's, this ruling remains. Other members have been sinbinned, they can still post, they can still particapate. We have no intentions of 'banning' any members unless forced to. If a sinbinned member chooses not to post, thats their decision.
I'm looking forward to your input on this thread. We are all here for the same reason, bikes and friendship. So lets try to get on with it.
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