I want to thank you all – there was an outpour of e-mails in response to the call for new moderators. I have not yet gotten a chance to respond to each of you personally, but I more than appreciate the continued support and interest.
After reading through your suggestions, I think I have a good idea of how I want to do things. With a relatively small community, a mass of unnecessary sub-forums will become overwhelming for everyone and we’ll end up losing the intimacy – as things grow, we’ll expand.
The main point is that I will absolutely have to moderate with an iron fist. Reading through your emails, you all seem to be in agreement on this. This initial formative stage is critical to this whole experiment, so I’ll need your help in policing. If we give children even any lenience, the whole thing will die and anyone of any quality will lose all interest. I’ve seen it happen.
