I tried to address this yesterday, but unfortunately couldn't.
I thought I drew a line On 17/082023 at 08:58pm. I've explained why I wanted the thread to remain open and I asked for no further posts unless you had something constructive to say. Thats why a post afterwards was removed.
Questioning moderation is rather pointless as there is a lot of background info that most arent aware of. I've had critism directed aimed at me saying I should "let him be". I've had others who say I should ban him. As I said earlier I cant please all of you all of the time.. and despite the critique aimed at me, I can assure you it is genuine and there is was reason why locking threads is an easy answer, but why Max needs to be made aware if something is unacceptable.
Yes Max can be hard work, but what really does cause additional work for admin is when people start making unhelpful remarks or telling us what to do. I should not have to justify moderation, we do what we hope is best for the community.
To those who are saying ban him.
What rule has he broken. Hes never been rude.
Most of the time its other members posts that cause the thread to be locked.
Making 2 or 3 word posts each and every time he starts a thread saying "Not again" "Oh great here we go again", "Here we go again" each and every time he posts regardless of its content is not at all helpful and makes you part of the problem.
To those who say I'm being too harsh and should leave him alone.
His posts can annoy other members and he wastes their time trying to help him.
It is annoying if he asks for advice, ignores it and then finds himself regretting his actions.
Mental illness may explain what he does, but it should not be used as an excuse.
Some members dont have a problem with Max's posts, but do with the background noise that starts up.
So whatever we do, there's someone going to complain. Will this work? I don't know, but nothing else so far seems to have helped.
As far as Im concerned theres nothing more to say on moderation, take subtopics such as mental health elsewhere if needed please. Not here just making more noise. What is not closed is Max getting help and taking some sort of responsibility for his obsession and in recognition that he is hopefully taking first steps. This thread doesnt get closed until Max has some control over it.
To Max, there's quite a lot of people who have backed you here and put trust into you trying to do something about your obsession, if you fail or slip then they will be disappointed, but the person let down that matters the most is yourself. You can do this
