I offered to help the other night after seeing what happened to Chinup, concerned about AB suddenly finding himself on his own. I genuinely meant it as I really care for this forum despite everything, suggesting I just try it up until Christmas just to settle things down with the time limit giving me focus.
It did not of course instantly register, but it still did not take long to recognise what a fucking sap I am - my concern for AB suddenly having no forum colleague is only based on how I may feel under such circumstances - to believe that he needed the help without even waiting to see is about as condescending as it gets and even if that were the case thinking that I could actually be of help just based on the fact that I have been in the role before is pretty grandiose.
And of course that is all well before we get to the unacceptable manner in which Chinup left the role. Jumping in her grave would do little to enamour me to the few members that still suffer me posting at all. I managed to do this before due to a solid and open channel of communication to senior volunteers whom I could both bounce off and lean on, but whatever breakdown led to Chinup being treated as if she were impossible to manage is something I hope is of real regret.
One vision I would have doing it again is to maximise the transparency of content moderation without of course breaking the confidentiality that's vital in TPH (or whatever the current forum is) for thrashing out decisions in as least a judgemental environ as is possible.
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