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That's just it. Most of the people on the staff now aren't ones to pick a fight or take a strong stand on anything I know of board-wise either way. It's not because they are yes-men or super loyal to Elwood, IMHO, but they just don't *like* that sort of thing.Volpone said:Another symptom that hasn't been addressed is the "I didn't agree with Elwood but :clyde: he's the boss. My hands are tied." Factor. The restructuring COULD give the moderators some real power to influence things and make sure less of the shifty, corrupt stuff goes on. But only if the mods are willing to toe the line and stand up to Elwood when things get out of hand. If they just shrug and say "Ah well, it's his board. He can do what he wants." then they are worse than useless and the next blowup WILL fracture the board (worse than this one has).
That said, that's also their best asset. They're not ones to jump down people's throats with wild accusations which as we well know helped in no small part to escalate things and play the whole "I don't care what you think because you suck" card while in mod capasity (IE, the HD). People don't respond too well to name calling and lies abotu them. Funny the way that works.
I do think the structure change is one of the best changes to WF, however. I've heard that suggestion thrown around by people for a while, and out of all the people on staff to keep, I think Elwood picked a pretty good bunch. Only time will tell how it'll all work out, though.