To be clear I enjoy Bart as a fellow wordling and as a moderator and I am grateful for all of the hard work and heavy lifting that he does. Just to clarify I was not inferring he was overzealous in defense of Park Service or any other topic.
I thought of taking my comment about over policing by some down but sometimes it feels like a couple of subjects are almost off limits to certain moderators. I think if a thread does not violate the community rules and standards that no applicable subject should be forbidden and by and large thats how this page is ran.
Of course Wayne would be the ultimate arbiter of that decision, this is his forum and he gets to decide because after all freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. I’ve never known him to shut down a post either during my five years or so here.
I’m not saying it’s a freedom of speech issue because this is a privately owned page, I get it. But when a moderator jumps in to police and shut down discussion of their pet topics It feels kinda like watching an over officiated NBA Finals game where it kills the fun and you’re pretty sure the ref has a favorite. That leads to the refrain, Just let them play.
For me open, honest, serious and well informed discussion is what sets Wayne's Words apart. If we want to talk about Park Service or discuss the impacts of Surf Boats you should just let us play.
