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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
He is.
My take on Hootie is well-established, but even I recognize that he adds significantly more value as a poster to the board than Phobia does.
IRL there's no doubt in my mind that I'd like Phobia more; Phobia appears to be a grown up.
But on the board, he contributes next to nothing as a poster and the only time I tend to take note of anything he has to say is when he's engaged in yet another pissing match, often because someone has wounded his pride.
Phobia's a pretty lousy poster and an overly-sensitive mod. He's an entirely different type of 'lame' than Meatwhistle, but he's easily as lame in his own way.
If I had to pick a board full of Phobias or a board full of Hooties, I'd take the board full of Phobias, but if I had to excise one phobia from this board or one hootie, I'd drop Phobia well before Hootie.
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I'm okay with this criticism. Here's the rub. I've been here a long time. I helped Kyle build this site from 50 pilgrims to what it is today. I say this not asking that you kiss my ass but that you trust that what I'm telling you is based on a lot of experience at running a site like this.
I understand the nuances of an internet community such as this. Hootie and those of his ilk are entertaining and they're typically good for sporadic traffic surges. What they're not good for is long-term community viability. Eventually something has to give and frankly, I'd rather ban 5 Hooties (and have) than risk losing two or three more veteran contributors.
Contrary to what you've been told about my tenure at WPI, I built that place into a half-dozen posts per day board to thousands of posts per day in under a year. I understand and I care. That's why I do some of the things I do on this site. I'm not perfect and I've made plenty of mistakes over the years. I used to have time to take young guys under my wing and integrate them into the community. I don't have time for that any longer so my methods are perceived as harsh or sensitive. That's fine. When Kyle thinks my methods are out of touch and not in the best interest of the long-term growth of ChiefsPlanet he'll ask me to step down and I will.