An open letter to prog Archives

Just one note Steve - ProgArchives is a privately owned and operated website and does not need to follow any public policy in regard to freedom of speech or whatnot. The admins and owners have the full right to hide and censor what we wish. If something violates the policies and expectations we've put forth on the forum, we should and will hide the thread. 

That being said, as admins, I'd like to believe we've kept a fairly open mind in terms of what we allow and don't allow on the forum. There are definitely forums that have more stringent moderation and there are definitely forums that have more lax moderation and PA generally is very middle of the road. 

If you disagree with how the admins handle business, feel free to leave. This is not a authoritarian country; you are not being forced to stay here. You've caused a fair amount of trouble here, and quite frankly a more stringent administrator would probably have banned you for trolling but I for one am fine with having some members disagree with how the site is run. I'd love to take constructive criticism but honestly all you've offered is pointless dissent. If you don't like the admins, feel free to leave. No one is stopping you. How we acted in the religion thread is perfectly reasonable and had the backing of the majority of the collaborators of the site. 

And please stop making duplicate accounts. We will continue to remove them as that is against our policies.

 

I'm OUT too. 

As just demonstrated, Steve does the name-calling thing in a more sly manner. 

It's the infamous "high-horse tactic".

The bs only continues with you Steve - that much is evident.

If you don't like how things are done here - or similarly can't discuss with members in a respectful tone, then merely leave. 

You resort to name-calling every chance you get - including here. Calling me a coward doesn't really help your agenda. 

And I will stand up for how PA handles these things every chance I get. I was on the other side of the curtain too, so I know how hard it is to keep a site like this running. There is a reason why PA is regarded as one of the friendliest sites of it's kind over the internet. A large part of that is down to the admins and the rules they try to enforce the best way they can.

Yes they delete overtly abusive posts and threads - something I hope future admins will continue to do. 

I have and it reads like a butthurt drama queen. 

You make an arse out of yourself and terrorise anyone with an opposing view - or completely misunderstand people's intentions. Then when things go tits up you start blaming PA and it's admins for cleaning up the sh*t you yourself started.

Sorry dude, but you're on your own here.