all these issues being mentioned would be resolved by just having actual moderators rather than saying you’re too busy doing a thankless task to engage with people. You absolutely can edit posts and titles, if admin don’t have time for that, that’s a decision, and there is a convenient rule not to question decisions, but would be easy to have some people that can and do.
All that is doing is driving people away - you want to build a community with these forums but if you look back there are a. Lot of names that have been regular posters that have been banned or left due to go slows. It’s a shame imo because we had to pretty much fight every step of the way to get a platform that isn’t stuck in 1996 for FMTTM and it’s night and day better than the old platform, but you ultimately need a community to keep using your site.
as old posters leave, get banned or even die off, new posters need to replace them and it’s a battle with more accessible social media like tiktoks, Twitter, fb, Snapchat etc so an uphill struggle at all times for the old web forum. Most the new posters end up being CoB accounts on a windup and masks soon slip
I disagree really that it is a thankless task as I see people consistently grateful for robs efforts - and ultimately Rob had said a few times this forum is his main source of income - in that case I’d suggest seeing posters as customers and treating them as such as if you want people to generate traffic, subscribe etc the best way is to engage with them and if you don’t have time to do that, set up a process where others do it for you, likewise doing housekeeping like organising FAQ’s, useful info threads and acting as an escalation point to the admin so they don’t have to deal with everything at ground level.
the fact the naughty step exists, despite being denied for so long, is the worst for me.
but all this has been said before so expect what will actually happen is everyone will be told no questioning the hierarchy and thread locked.