Thanks for coming here. There's lots of questions and a hopefully some negotiating to be done on both sides. Your email indicated that you would be willing to do some talking here and clear the air a bit. Thank you for that. The lack of communication has been frustrating for all and I think has compounded the pushback.
I, for one, would be interesting in a post from you lining out what is and is not allowed on BT. With some clear go-forward guidelines, I'm hoping things can get kicked off of high center and get back to something that people can live with.
First and foremost is porn. There have been several direct links to porn and that is an obvious NO No. What else?
If people know the boundaries, then moderation gets a bunch easier and there's no hard feelings when the mods take action.
Could you also take a minute to lay out your vision of the go forward strategy for BT. If the eventual plan is to shut down BT or the Tavern for good, we may as well know it now.
I think that there are many here who are interesting in a productive and postive move forward.
Is there any chance of getting two things to happen:
1) restoring the handles of the people that were banned that were good posters and about which there's a general feeling of "unfaired upon". If we can agree on a short list, could you see your way clear to reinstate them?
2) opening up the tavern to new posters. with no new blood, it will certainly die a slow and painful death. The problem with that is that the topics will spill back onto the main board, as they are inevitable.
Lastly, what would like to see FROM US? Lay it out and I bet we can get some agreement.