I have only a passing interest in the shenanigans, mainly because shenanigans caused this place to be set up.
It seems that the benta thread disappeared because benta asked for it to be removed, and the mods obliged. Best guess seems to be that benta was embarrassed by his thread, and wanted to to forget about it. I suspect the mods agreed because there has recently been discussion about people leaving.
To me that is another poor mod decision; as I said, I hate seeing history revised/deleted/etc. Keep the historical record unchanged, and add retractions/apologies as appropriate.
Moderation is a difficult and thankless task. Being understaffed leads to mods reacting to whoever complains about whatever, and that can lead to weaponised moderation. No simple solution.
Interesting findings on the internet
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Re: Interesting findings on the internet
I don't know if you participated in the blog TEA thread or not. If you pull up that thread starting around 19 August 2022 you'll see very heavy handled moderation which IMHO was completely unjustified.EC8010 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2026 6:23 am I was a moderator for three years at diyAudio; it required a good deal of delicacy and we found that a gentle warning was most effective. So I doubt if there's really a "slash and burn". But I haven't looked closely; I don't waste my time watching playground arguments. I do notice that there are very definite cliques at the other place.
I'm up early to go to RATS (Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society) radio rally. Do they have a separate membership for receiving? The strongest argument I expect to be involved in there is whether I'm prepared to meet the vendor's asking price. In general, the prices asked at radio rallies are very reasonable.
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Re: Interesting findings on the internet
As I recall the TEA thread was rambling and more or less a world on its own. DJ was pleased it had so much traffic, but rarely looked at it. The discussions about none-TE related things, such as work benches, fizzled out in reasonable time. A fairly new member complained. One of the moderators who'd never looked at it before, saw the rambling discussions and jumped in with two hobnail boots, deleting posts and warning posters, without really understanding what he was messing with. A lot of regular posters became very pissed off.
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Or the thread started by our very own bd139 https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/foru ... msg5804353
Don't bother to read it, even though it contains a few good posts amongst the usual dross.
Don't bother to read it, even though it contains a few good posts amongst the usual dross.
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
I read the first two of 20 pages then skipped to the last. A particular contributor appeared. You may guess who I mean. I've believe he's been banned a couple of times in the past and reappeared under other avatars. Without question he's a genuine Wayne Kerr product. I've come to filter out any thread he pops up in.
I occasionally visit the other place and it can be interesting and useful. I don't wish to be drawn into it.
I occasionally visit the other place and it can be interesting and useful. I don't wish to be drawn into it.
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17 ... tion-suits
Translation: Amazon knows it is flogging dangerous and fake items, and knows it needs to protect itself from its customers. Tech bros at work.
I wonder if this is legal in other countries. Probably is.
Translation: Amazon knows it is flogging dangerous and fake items, and knows it needs to protect itself from its customers. Tech bros at work.
I wonder if this is legal in other countries. Probably is.
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
Nailed it exactly.Zenith wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2026 7:48 pmAs I recall the TEA thread was rambling and more or less a world on its own. DJ was pleased it had so much traffic, but rarely looked at it. The discussions about none-TE related things, such as work benches, fizzled out in reasonable time. A fairly new member complained. One of the moderators who'd never looked at it before, saw the rambling discussions and jumped in with two hobnail boots, deleting posts and warning posters, without really understanding what he was messing with. A lot of regular posters became very pissed off.
Them were fun times and made it the the largest and most viewed thread which it still remains today.....and by an order of magnitude too !
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