Originally Posted by
Jon Szanto
Hey, I'll stand in the flames, if no one else will. I have a Nomex suit and a big heart.
To the members of the Forums of FPG, and to Eric, the owner
I've come home from a day of not one, two, or three, but four very positive events, only to find this. That stuff in red is not a quote from someone else, but that's me, how I feel, right now.
No, I'm not satisfied. For each and every person who thanked our former moderator in a thread dedicated to that function, there is a gaping void. A surface balm does not, in the least, effect a cure on the deeper problems, and the fact that someone who had, in exemplary manner, dispatched his duties and is now summarily relieved of said duties - with no reason given whatsoever - does not fly.
Worse, it doesn't bode well at all for the rest of us. It is a grand "sweeping under the carpet". Been there, had that done, in other forums. Some guy gets booted, no transparency, there is precisely zero confidence the same thing or similar can't happen to any member here. Why? You'll never know, because you can't handle the truth, or some rubbish.
It should be obvious that I am royally pissed, massively disappointed, and completely energized. I have spent the last 3 days or so paying attention to a group of people that I have come to care a lot about, and I'll daresay possibly more so than an owner who abidicates for an extended period. Daresay, I said, because I don't know all the details. There is hubris here, and impulsive behavior, and a complete lack of any thanks for how this forum has been dealt with over that same extended period.
And lots and lots of questions.
Why now? Why no tweaking or even casual attention to any problems at any time in the past? How is it that - BOOM! - someone is offed, and... oh, we should all feel cozy now?
A long day, it's been. This is less informational and more emotional than some of the posts I may make. I'll probably gather myself, hopefully in the light of more information, and make a cogent, reasoned, and planned response to all of this. But make no mistake: I am not placated, I am not satisfied and I am not happy. This is a pen show room where someone has been brutally attacked, and that isn't the kind of pen show I like to attend.
At this point, there is simply no excuse for what has transpired, most certainly in the manner with which it has transpired.
None.
If any of you have read my posts from the last few days, you know what I'm about. You know the kind of person I am, and what kind of empathy I have for a community of like-driven souls. Don't expect any less than complete passion for something as "trivial", as some people have so callously alluded, as a discussion forum. I know full well this opens me up to disparagement. I choose this territory, and I'll accept what comes with it.
And I'm not done.
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