I don't have anything against the mods but I don't like all the threads being closed. Of course this is a harm reduction site not a chit chat area for drugs but work isn't the place for naps and I still like those too.
Regardless of whether or not anyone agrees I don't see opening a thread here is immature or unwarrantably attacking any mods. Clearly this would be "attacking" the some mods but that is due to them being tied to issue.
I do not much appreciate places which are so strict about their policies. I do not want this many threads closed, if nobody wanted to post in a bad thread then they would go down naturally without anyone locking it. When people get together through any medium there will be micro-governments. I would rather bluelight be much more laissez faire than communistic but there isn't much to do about it right? Voicing opinions will only ever work when the voice that is spewing an opinion coincides with the people in charge. The only valid options are to go somewhere else or to gain mod status yourself and go rogue as it were.
Goodluck OP, I agree with everything except your reference to Nazis but whatever.
You make some excellent points but at the same time, you don't really see the big picture the same as we do who have been carefully watching the forum for so long.
OD especially relies on a core of regulars to contribute a substantial portion of most valuable, necessary, accurate information and when we allow the same threads over and over, they'll get bored and leave... and when that person can go and EASILY find the information using the directory or search engine, why should that detract from new and innovative discussion that furthers the community?
If we didn't moderate (ignoring the sourcing issue) the forum would be overrun by the same threads over and over asking....
-what they can take to get more fucked up off their opioid-of-choice
-how long suboxone will block opioids/how long to wait to avoid P-w/d
-how to defeat the newest abuse proof measure
-how long before they become addicted to 'X'
-how to deal with opiate withdrawal?
and other threads in this vein
Then we'd have TONS of threads with no harm reduction value such as...
-what should I say to a doctor to get 'X'
-Please guess what my heroin was cut with
-Please guess what my RC order really was
If a thread is ever at all a gray area and not a specific, concrete guideline-violation I tell people if they'd like to discuss reopening it, to PM me and I often do reopen them. Oftentimes it seems like it'll be the same discussion that's been done 2 dozen times but when the OP demonstrates any good reason (or sometimes just a polite request) then I'm amenable.
If anyone thinks the forum should be run differently, I am quite open to suggestions. Saying "you close too many threads" isn't helpful nor is throwing around nazi or communist comparisons.
If anyone thinks a specific policy should be changed or amended, let us know and we'll hear you out. I don't IN THE LEAST enjoy closing threads, in fact its annoying, but I'm just trying to keep the discussion as productive and HR-focused as I can.
I don't take criticism personally and I've learned a lot being called out when I was wrong. If its beneficial for the forum I appreciate any feedback.
Recently we started an OD Feedback thread to gauge opinion on this subject and it generated next to no discussion. If people just want to call us nazi's, nothing is going to change. If you have suggestions and solutions to help improve the forum, we're all ears.