May I respectfully ask why you deleted the thread "Is DR1 Now All 'Off Topic'"?
The post were all on point, there was no abusive language, no name calling, just an expression of the concern many of us have about threads that are of interest relative to matters related to the Dominican Republic being hijacked and allowed to continue off topic for days and days with, as one of the respondents to the thread said, nothing but blah, blah, blah.
Again, with all due respect, I believe that closing a thread that enabled many members to express their concern, and saying that threads like this don't help anything is an abuse of the moderator's discretion. DR1 should be willing to hear what the members have to say, even if causes some to feel defensive.
I personally believe that it is helpful to DR1 to give posters the chance to speak on this subject and to feel that they are being listened to. The thread was intended to help,not hurt.
In regards to your point about moderators not being at the computer 24/7, I don't think anyone expects that.
If, instead of closing the thread, you had explained that moderators are not at the computer 24/7 and asked how else can we work together to solve this problem, I am sure you would have been told that nobody expects moderators to be at their computer 24/7, and perhaps what might be done would be for the moderators, perhaps once a day, to do house cleaning and delete all the posts that are off topic. I think if this were done a few times those who are hijacking the threads would get the message and the rest of us would feel our concerns have been heard.
The post were all on point, there was no abusive language, no name calling, just an expression of the concern many of us have about threads that are of interest relative to matters related to the Dominican Republic being hijacked and allowed to continue off topic for days and days with, as one of the respondents to the thread said, nothing but blah, blah, blah.
Again, with all due respect, I believe that closing a thread that enabled many members to express their concern, and saying that threads like this don't help anything is an abuse of the moderator's discretion. DR1 should be willing to hear what the members have to say, even if causes some to feel defensive.
I personally believe that it is helpful to DR1 to give posters the chance to speak on this subject and to feel that they are being listened to. The thread was intended to help,not hurt.
In regards to your point about moderators not being at the computer 24/7, I don't think anyone expects that.
If, instead of closing the thread, you had explained that moderators are not at the computer 24/7 and asked how else can we work together to solve this problem, I am sure you would have been told that nobody expects moderators to be at their computer 24/7, and perhaps what might be done would be for the moderators, perhaps once a day, to do house cleaning and delete all the posts that are off topic. I think if this were done a few times those who are hijacking the threads would get the message and the rest of us would feel our concerns have been heard.