Q: You know what really bugs me?

A: A BAD MODERATOR!

Today, a moderator that is well known in the sim world and who plugs a certain product at every opportunity locked a thread in the rudest, most needless and childish fashion I have yet seen in these forums. The guy just read whatever he wanted into my two normal posts and then proceeded to lash out with an idiotic and poorly written non sequitur and killed the thread. If this fellow had to close the thread, fine, but at least he should have the courtesy of explaining why in a coherent way, instead of butting in like a hysterical little b%*ch. It simply made no sense in the context of what I wrote. It might have made sense in the context of what a few other posters wrote, but what difference does it make if one can't tell if this guy is writing to me, to someone else, or to the general public? He just came across as infantile. It's no wonder some users have lately been ticked off at the way some threads are being handled! The most telling part is that nearly all of those threads are being "moderated" and locked by the same guy.

Now, the fact is that nearly all the moderators at FlightSim are very much first class. Some of them are even on my friend's list (and I select carefully). However, when one of those few, and I mean very few bad guys jumps in, it spoils the pleasure of intelligent interaction and rule abiding discussion. It sucks.

Hats off to the good moderators, who are in the great majority! Shame to the immoderate minority! You know who you are...