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First off, I want to say thanks to all the moderators. I know from experience what a time consuming, thankless job it is. Big thumbs up!! And a big thanks to Chas for a great forum!

I am a senior moderator on a website with over 88,000 members. There are a group of 40-50 or so of us that have pretty extensive powers throughout the website and are expected to carry the website for the most part, bringing only serious issues or pandemic problems to the attention of the site owners. That site is run as a business, a source of revenue(six figures a year) and it is definitely not 10yods. With over 100 moderators and growing, we have a very diverse opinion base and we often discuss members who have issues - however most decisions are made by individual moderators. I can say for a fact that you get MUCH more freedom of speech over here. Over on my site some of the threads you've posted up, would have been trashcanned without so much as a warning. We also regulate signatures a great deal and no warnings are issued there either. With a userbase nearing 100k it is entirely impractical.

Sorry for the long winded background, but I think it is awesome that there is a group moderation attitude here, since it is a smaller board, it keeps it more family-oriented. I have not run into any issues with the moderators so far, and while I have been accused of being a NaziMod before, I can gladly say I have not noticed any of that behavior over here. I've made some great friends through this message board, and as each month passes that number increases.

Keep up the good job mods!