Once upon a time, I was not only a moderator and administrator but a site owner within the moribund Orkut communities. What an experience
that was!
I'm sure, despite my very tough reputation, that I seemed unfair to some people, that I may have had what seemed to be favorites at times. But I didn't do it intentionally.
Sometimes I just knew the person involved through some other contact and I knew that they were not trying to sound exactly the way it read in print...and remember, Orkut is dominated by Brazilians and Indians, so when they posted in my English-speaking groups it was not always what you would hear in Kansas City, or even London. No, I take that back. You would hear it said that way in some stores in London.
Anyway, I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes here and I doubt anyone else can say with authority either. I had days when I had to apologize for my acting in haste, and I had situations I dealt with late because I was hoping the group would learn from each others' differences in their interactions.
Then, too, I was often mystified when a post would just disappear *poof!* as though it had never ever been there. Then I learned that there was another secret world tunneled into Orkut's servers that sometimes interacted with the surface code and caused "RANDOM" glitches. It seems Orkut is thoroughly hacked and who knows what nefarious activities are being carried out in the sewer systems beneath those Orkutian streets. (Unless they're hacktivists, working for a better world. But who knows?)
I'm not defending whatever is going on here. I'm not saying that it's all a misperception on several people's part. I'm just sharing that the world is a difficult place that is not fair. My first boss shared with me that whoever told me life would be fair should be slapped, even if it was my mama, because that person l i e d to me.
And we all of us make our share of mistakes and have our personal biases, and we are not fair to others despite our best intentions.
Let's lighten up and share a round of beers, shall we? We'll charge it to the mod's tab.
