Aaron Johnson wrote:Aaron said we have no idea of what goes on behind the scenes, and I agee. We don't, but when asked, it can't be discussed? so it shouldn't be referred to then
When asked, sometimes it cannot be openly discussed. It shouldn't be referred to? Perhaps. I would consider this in the future, but
it's also good for members to know what they CAN about SP, and that what is seen in the forum is not always what it seems, and that there is much more to the picture than is immediately evident.Again, it's a dead horse now.
Lolli:Well, speculating, my guess would be he couldn't answer you without revealing something about the specific members? He wouldn't want to do that, would he?
Quite often this is the case.
The general membership just has to understand that they cannot know all of the details involved with running SP for many, many reasons.
I selected some parts of the quote in bold.
This reminds me of a parent saying to their kid "you have to do this and mustn't do that and just have to accept it, cos you're too young to understand why". Aaron, things like that either shouldn't be said at all, or, when already said, should be explained to the end. As much as possible without breaching the privacy of the involved members, but without speaking in riddles. The words I put in bold, IMHO, just reflect the way the whole PnP problem was dealt with.
When it comes to PnP, I rarely ventured there, sometimes enjoying reading some fun threads. I couldn't care less about the flame wars and wasn't really interested what was going on in that field, until now when shit really hit the fan when PnP got spectacularly nuked. I have an impression that what used to be limited to the few individuals dwelling in the dark corners of PnP, is now spilling over to the mainstream SP.
Aaron, you and other elves have my greatest respect for running and maintaining this greatest mountaineering website on the planet. I won't really miss PnP, I just don't like the way the problem was dealt with. It seems to me that it created a lot more bad blood than there was before. Sad to see some highly contributing members leave together with their great pages. I can't imagine myself deleting my stuff cos my modest contributions are not just for the 'management' but for everyone and for myself, but everyone's different. I've read some relevant discussions recently and I agree the most with Bob Sihler, I could put my signature under his every word.
Just thought you might be interested in an opinion from a completely neutral observer.
Cheers,
Kamil